You ever been on the phone and...

13 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief, informal monologue, Ray Sorrell asks viewers whether it is odd or inappropriate to be on a speakerphone conversation while using the bathroom. He notes that such behavior is generally not associated with Black people, yet he recently observed a Black individual doing it. Sorrell invites the audience to comment and correct him if he is mistaken, using a conversational, rhetorical style to provoke discussion about social norms and racial stereotypes surrounding bathroom etiquette and phone use.

Don't scroll. Tell me if I'm wrong first. Might think something's wrong with me, but get me right if I'm wrong. Do you think it's weird, strange, different to be on your phone, speakerphone, having a full conversation while you poop? These are things that are normally not done by Black people, but I just witnessed a Black person doing it. What is so important that we have to talk while boo-boo is coming out of my body? Comment below. Tell me if I'm wrong.