I’m not sure how anyone ever thought speaker phones were a good idea.  It’s bad enough when multiple people group around a phone and all talk at once, but it’s even worse when an individual refuses to pick up the receiver when they’re the only one there.  I mean how lazy can you be?  Are you telling me because you don’t want to hold the receiver to your head, I’m forced to talk to someone who sounds like some sort of futuristic robot with a smoking problem sitting in a barrel?  Jesus, at least go pop for a headset or one of those beige colored shoulder stands like they used in the 80s.  In the meantime, do me a favor and put a piece of tape over your speaker button that says “Do not use on pain of death or massive hearing loss”.