I would like to propse a ban to all speakerphones in an office setting. Let me be crystal clear on this point: There is never a fucking reason to use a speakerphone under any conditions. They are loud, and annoy everyone within a four mile radius. On my recent walk to the office cooler to get a refreshing cup of Poland Spring water, I passed three bitches sitting in their cubes shouting into their speaker phone with clients. Apparantly, they were unwilling to burn the four calories required to hold a phone to their ear. Or perhaps they want the entire office to hear them work their magic with the client on the other end. How impressive that these woman are doing business! Listen to them talk! How literate and business-like! Excellent use of words such as "proactive" and "addendum" and "counterintuitive"! Let me nominate you for business woman of the year! Anyone who has been on the other end of a speakerphone knows you can't hear shit. It sounds like the person is talking to you from the bottom of a tinbox filled with ping-pong balls with duct tape over their mouths. I can make out every seventh word, if I'm lucky. Even the idea behind speakerphones suck. It frees up your hands so you can attend to other important business matters while conversing with the client. So now they can use another big business word: "mulitask". Courtesy of speakerphones, you can write emails, mark your personal calendar with your next salon appointment, and sharpen your pencils, all while discussing important business with the person on the other line. Do us a fucking favor and pick up your phone and keep your conversations to yourself. If you really wanna use speakerphone, get an office somewhere in the basement where nobody needs to listen to your annoying conversation but the rats and roaches, and other earless creatures. Thanks in advance.