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exactly. sometimes I practically get a sprain from the eyerolling with my mom.

Dh put me on the speaker phone at work. Once.

Heh.

I only do it at work if I'm extremely busy, but I have to talk to you, or I don't really want to talk to you, and I'm hoping that being on speakerphone will annoy you enough to keep our conversation short.

Hmmph. I like a lot of the Elsewares stuff, but I can make this for you for half the price, if you want.

I got a phone system that has hands-free hand sets for our house. It's come in right handy--even if all I do is change diapers while on the phone with my sister.

No, you'll ask me to pick up the phone. We'll see where it goes from there.

Hmph.

Hmph.

You have my eyes and my mouth. Why must you take my hands as well?

Ugh. I have to write a kinda difficult e-mail that is firm but doesn't reveal my intense irritation.

I'm really hungry, but I'm afraid if I go get lunch, the movers will take my cube while I'm gone.

You have my eyes and my mouth. Why must you take my hands as well?

I don't need your eyes when we're on the phone. I'm always doing other stuff when I'm on the phone.

I dislike the echoey sound of the speakerphone when I'm on teh other end, and can't seem to resist the urge to raise my voice when I'm talking into one. When I want my hands free, I do the shoulder-cheek pinch on the handset or use a headset.

I don't need your eyes when we're on the phone.

Yeah, I meant ears. Quite obviously, I don't have my brain.

I'm a speakerphone shouter, too. Which is unfortunate, because our chief meeting-room at work is right next to the Super Huge Boss's office, and the walls are thin. She has perfected the gesture of "shut the hell up!" which she can make through the conference-room windows.

Just got out of a meeting, in fact. Except that I didn't have to do any talking. Those are fine meetings, as long as I don't fall asleep.

Need more caffeine.