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Regardless of your position in life. I don’t care if you are a coworker or a boss or just a stranger in a restaurant.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

You're taking the wrong approach to this. If they're consuming content in public via the speaker, they're including you on the consumption. Join in the conversation if they're on a call. Comment on the music. Sidle on over next to them and ask them to share the screen if it's a video.

"Oh, you weren't including the rest of us? Don't use the speaker then." Look into their eyes, and hold that stare for much longer than is comfortable.