Two weeks ago I had a lightning strike near the house that fried my AT&T modem.
A couple of techs showed up to check the box outside, pronounce the modem dead and hook me up with another one. While they were there two other AT&T employees showed up. One, a field trainer and the other a sales rep. in training. The four of them were amazed at the still operational rotary wall phone in the hallway and I actually had to explain how to dial a number on it to them. Kids…. smh.
Taking scouts backpacking in Big Bend National park a few years ago we stumbled across a working pay phone. All the scouts took a group picture with it.
Two weeks ago I had a lightning strike near the house that fried my AT&T modem.
A couple of techs showed up to check the box outside, pronounce the modem dead and hook me up with another one. While they were there two other AT&T employees showed up. One, a field trainer and the other a sales rep. in training. The four of them were amazed at the still operational rotary wall phone in the hallway and I actually had to explain how to dial a number on it to them. Kids…. smh.
Imagine explaining how this one works.
Received a nice old “Sam Spade” rotary-dial black phone for Christmas from family who knew how I roll. Love talking on it.
And, as Seinfeld said, you can really hang up on people with it, not just press a button.
The Techs were truly amazed when I explained how you’d dial zero and ask the operator to connect you to PRimrose5-1325.
What is this “dial” of which you speak?
Narrator: “Overcoming their initial fear, the two approached the strange object”
Kinda like the apes at the beginning of Space Odyssey 2001?
Taking scouts backpacking in Big Bend National park a few years ago we stumbled across a working pay phone. All the scouts took a group picture with it.