P.M. BRIEFING : Speaker Phones Cause Static
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From Times Wire Services
NEW YORK — Almost half of the business executives contacted in a survey released today say they can’t stand phone conversations where the other party is on a speaker phone, pointing out another technological innovation that’s causing friction along with its benefits.
Like the mushrooming of fax machines, the proliferation of speaker phones in recent years as standard office equipment apparently has caused a backlash.
“Executives today are increasingly inundated with more efficient but less personal means of communication, such as a fax that anybody can read or a telephone conversation via speaker phone that any passerby can overhear,” said Robert Half, founder of Accountemps, the temporary-worker agency that sponsored the survey.
