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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2021 11:23:49 GMT -5
When she and Ben are driving and she says "They do not see me and I do not see them. Its as if I do not have a face".
I had to wonder if Erin would break down and start telling the callers what she was wearing just to feel human and alive.
Then I started wonder if she would be the first to start phone chats...
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Post by jason88cubss on Jun 4, 2021 18:13:25 GMT -5
When she and Ben are driving and she says "They do not see me and I do not see them. Its as if I do not have a face". I had to wonder if Erin would break down and start telling the callers what she was wearing just to feel human and alive. Then I started wonder if she would be the first to start phone chats... hmm possibly. I like Erin a lot but she seemed to really need attention so I could see her describing what she was wearing what how she was feeling |
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Post by JessicaGirlSpy on Jun 8, 2021 16:39:26 GMT -5
I have never called or used a telephone operator in my life
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Post by Easton on Jun 8, 2021 17:36:44 GMT -5
^ There's not much need for them anymore except for specialised calls such as 'person-to-person' or 'reverse charges' or overseas calls, etc.
'Person-to-person' is requesting to speak to a specific person. If the person isn't there, there are no charges pending. I don't know if they still allow that since it was a good way to call long distance to home ask for yourself. Easy way to let the family know that you had arrived safely.
'Reverse charges' meant that the people you call agree to accept and pay the charges.
Once upon a time, operators were ubiquitous. Cell phones have virtually eliminated the need for them.
Fortunately, we still have Ernestine on video.
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Post by tommyc on Jun 8, 2021 22:11:27 GMT -5
I have never called or used a telephone operator in my life Lol, that's funny. It's probably been 30 years since I last needed an operator. I think I used the operator mostly while traveling and making a long distance call and charging the person I was calling. Later on, there was the long distance calling card. It was a card pre-loaded with money. You called the calling card company phone number then punched in your calling card number and then punched in the number you were calling. Cellphones have changed all that. I think most mobile plans these days include free unlimited calls within the United States. No more worrying whether a call will incur long distance charges. I remember my first cellphone plan only included free calls within my state. Calls outside Ohio were long distance. Most of my long distance calling with the calling card were from Niagara Falls. I vividly remember many times being in the hotel room and calling home to tell mom and dad I made it to Canada safely and describing our adventures for the day. These days in Niagara Falls, I can still pick up the American Verizon signal in Canada when along the Niagara River gorge. When traveling further into Canada, I get a text from Verizon stating they noticed I have entered Canada and they offer unlimited calling from Canada for $5 per day. I always elect to take it. Much better than worrying about being socked with crazy expensive international calling and roaming charges. |
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Post by e knight on Jun 9, 2021 0:15:22 GMT -5
If I remember ...
Arthur C. Clarke predicted -- in his novel 2010: Odyssey Two, published in 1982 -- that as of January 1, 2001, all telephone calls would be local.
I don't think that was quite right, but pretty close!
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Post by pinkbaker07 on Jun 10, 2021 15:33:22 GMT -5
I have never called or used a telephone operator in my life We have Alexa for this now or Google.  |
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Post by pinkbaker07 on Jun 10, 2021 15:34:41 GMT -5
I have never called or used a telephone operator in my life Lol, that's funny. It's probably been 30 years since I last needed an operator. I think I used the operator mostly while traveling and making a long distance call and charging the person I was calling. Later on, there was the long distance calling card. It was a card pre-loaded with money. You called the calling card company phone number then punched in your calling card number and then punched in the number you were calling. Cellphones have changed all that. I think most mobile plans these days include free unlimited calls within the United States. No more worrying whether a call will incur long distance charges. I remember my first cellphone plan only included free calls within my state. Calls outside Ohio were long distance. Most of my long distance calling with the calling card were from Niagara Falls. I vividly remember many times being in the hotel room and calling home to tell mom and dad I made it to Canada safely and describing our adventures for the day. These days in Niagara Falls, I can still pick up the American Verizon signal in Canada when along the Niagara River gorge. When traveling further into Canada, I get a text from Verizon stating they noticed I have entered Canada and they offer unlimited calling from Canada for $5 per day. I always elect to take it. Much better than worrying about being socked with crazy expensive international calling and roaming charges. I used the calling cards. I feel old all of a sudden |
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Post by isumpin on Jun 11, 2021 7:01:28 GMT -5
I have never called or used a telephone operator in my life We have Alexa for this now or Google. Yall feel old??? I worked as an operator!!!!! |
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Post by JessicaGirlSpy on Sept 26, 2021 11:39:07 GMT -5
I have never called or used a telephone operator in my life I was thinking-- even though I haven seen pay phones, I have never seen a telephone booth in person ( only in tv programmes and movies) |
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Post by Easton on Sept 26, 2021 12:52:21 GMT -5
^ Believe it or not, there was a time when there were banks of public phones:
They were usually separated by metal or plexiglass dividers and users tended to tuck their heads between them and spoke in quiet voices in order to keep their conversations private.
These days, you can hear a person's 'private' conversations from several houses down the street.
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Post by carol on Sept 26, 2021 17:34:24 GMT -5
^ There's not much need for them anymore except for specialised calls such as 'person-to-person' or 'reverse charges' or overseas calls, etc. 'Person-to-person' is requesting to speak to a specific person. If the person isn't there, there are no charges pending. I don't know if they still allow that since it was a good way to call long distance to home ask for yourself. Easy way to let the family know that you had arrived safely. 'Reverse charges' meant that the people you call agree to accept and pay the charges. Once upon a time, operators were ubiquitous. Cell phones have virtually eliminated the need for them. Fortunately, we still have Ernestine on video.
I was very young at the time but I remember watching Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the Operator on Laugh In. I also remember her as Edith Ann in the big rocking chair. And that's the truth! PPPPBBBBTTTT! |
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Post by Easton on Sept 26, 2021 18:06:44 GMT -5
^ Well done with that raspberry!
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Post by sdw on Sept 26, 2021 18:57:52 GMT -5
My great grandfather Layel owned a phone company and his daughter my grandmother was a switch board operator.
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Post by e knight on Sept 26, 2021 21:49:45 GMT -5
They used to have telephone booths wherein one had a semblance of privacy when using a pay phone.
In the 1940s. Clark Kent could slip into one to change into you-know-who.
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