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My dad speaks loudly on speakerphone phones in restaurants and public spaces daily because he's a rude old asshole.

No one beside myself has ever told him to stop because I think being old gives one a bit of a 'get out of jail free card ' with regard to social behaviors.

I would love for you or someone like you to happen upon him and tell him to knock it off, but alas that seems fleetingly rare.

What would he do if I would tell him to knock it off? Wouldn't he just yell at me making the situation worse than it was to begin with?

People talk on the phone all the time on every US metro I’ve tried. Seems fine if they’re not on speaker or raising their voice

Unfortunately, these days, most of us won't do that because there is a high likelihood it could incite violence.

and inciting violence is against the law.