Karens spar at a restaurant after after one overhears the other's loud phone conversation: 'I could hear everything'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 24, 2024 8:00 AM EDT

The only thing that can ruin a restaurant meal more than bad food is the presence of an unruly customer. Sometimes, they are clearly lonely and enjoy eavesdropping and inserting themselves into your dinner conversations. When this happens, you tend to indulge them with a few polite exchanges, only to realize that you are going to have to endure this for the next 45 minutes (at least) because you are simply too simply polite to ask them to leave you alone. Other times, your meal is interrupted by a conflict or loud patron nearby and you just can't hear yourself think.

In this scenario, an entitled Karen propped her phone up in a fancy restaurant and spoke to her friend loudly on speaker phone for the total duration of a nearby couple's meal. What this woman did not realize was that this Redditor was not the type to avoid a confrontation. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about a bartender whose one week notice became zero weeks notice.

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    "If you're talking loud enough to be heard 3 tables away, I'm joining in"
    via Kayleigh Harrington
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    If you're talking loud enough to be heard 3 tables away, I'm joining in
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    My husband and I were at a casual restaurant we go to a lot and it sounded like a TV playing. I look over and 3 tables a way is a couple eating. The woman had her phone propped against her water glass and was having a LOUD conversation with the phone while she ate. I could hear everything.
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    How fricken. 75 So I got up and went over to the offending table. I put my face over the table so the person in the phone could see me.
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    Me: "Hi! How are you? I figured since I could hear the conversation at my table, I would I introduce myself! Hi, I'm Nancy! So nice to meet you."
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    Then I went back to my table. I was very disappointed that they discontinued their conversation shortly after.
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    lapsteelguitar 12 hr. ago I did something similar in a Walmart. Woman in line at the pharmacy was talking to her sister on the speaker, so everybody could hear. I very loudly said "does your sister know she's on speaker phone?" She didn't, but she did learn that she was. The woman in line goes to me "you're an you know that?" And all I said was "yes". End of conversation.
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    Khuntastic 11 hr. ago That's gold coming from a person talking to someone on speaker phone in public
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    MrSurly. 8 hr. ago I once had a co-worker ask "are you trying to be an ?" I said "no, it just comes naturally." Look on her face was priceless.
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    Led4355 12 hr. ago My weekly calls to my 80 plus year old parents are on FaceTime. About a year or so ago, I called and my mom answered while they were out to dinner at their favorite restaurant. I tried to make a quick exit, but my mom wanted to tell me about their day.
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    Sure enough, one of the other guests in the restaurant introduced themselves to my parents and to me on FaceTime and wished us all a good afternoon as they returned to their table.
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    My mom thought they were so nice to come over and make conversation. I was mortified at the intrusion we must have made into the other diner's experience.
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    No_Meet5004. 13 hr. ago Why does anyone talk in speaker phone in public? You hear worse, everyone else hears and you look like a total 1. I've had to to my mother from doing this a few times.....
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    HellaGenX 11 hr. ago I do this with students who talk during quiet time in class! The rule is that you can talk quietly but if I can hear you from my desk it is NOT quiet and I will join in on the discussion
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    It only takes one, "Which one of you have a crush on Dylan? Or are both of you crushing on Dylan?" For everyone to learn to lower their voices real quick
    via u/Battleaxe1959
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    AirElemental_0316 11 hr. ago I live across from an AA meeting office. (AA - alcoholic anonymous) Heard a guy complaining about his wife kicking him out. 3 hours later it's almost midnight and he's still talking about it, so I leaned out the window and yelled, "it's probably gonna take a lot more than just a simple apology. I suggest some real nice jewelry and her favorite flowers. Grovel on your knees." They shut up right after that.
    via u/Battleaxe1959

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