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In reply to the discussion: Sprint CEO 'disgusted' by woman's racist rant in store [View all]csziggy
(34,135 posts)That is the way it works for taking photos, same for cell phone conversations when they are so loud the people around can not help but hear.
If she had been talking that loudly to her husband who apparently was with her she would not have an expectation that the people around her could not hear her. Just because she is on a cell phone, that does not magically isolate her from everyone else in hearing distance.
The man who tried to help her talked much more quietly and she could hear him just fine so it does not seem to me that the sound level in the store was loud. If the person on the other end of the call can't hear her, she should suggest that she call back from a more private place.
I have absolutely no sympathy for loud cell phone users. When they go on to use racial slurs to someone who was just trying to help her and then tries to encourage her companion to fight him, I hope she gets all the crap the internet can throw at her.