A payphone

[Jazzy]

The last payphone in NYC was just removed. When was the last time you remember actually using a pay phone? And, if the answer is never, when was the last time you even saw a payphone?

 

[tango]

I remember quite a lot of years ago needing to make a call but background noise was a bit intense so I ducked into a payphone cubicle to get at least some piece and quiet. It seemed a bit weird standing in a payphone cubicle using my cellphone but it was one of those "do what you need to do" situations.

 

[Lamb]

I'm sure it's been over 20 years since I last used a payphone! We used them all the time when I was younger. It was a way to get privacy that you couldn't get at home when there was only one phone and the cord only went 10 feet or so.

 

[Fritz Kobus]

When we were teens we would always check the pay phone coin return and sometimes would get a couple of dimes.

Last time I used a pay phone was probably about 2005.

 

[ImaginaryDay2]

I tried about 10 years ago when I let my cellphone at home. No change slot. Apparently I needed to insert my credit card. Nope

 

[Fritz Kobus]

I tried about 10 years ago when I let my cellphone at home. No change slot. Apparently I needed to insert my credit card. Nope

Never saw one of those, but had to do the credit card to put air in my donut spare after a missing piece of road took out my tire last winter. Two $2 shots on the air pump and I made it 15 miles home. Need to carry a hand pump in the car. As for the phone, i will have to wave someone down or turn on my cheezy flip phone that gets turned on about once a week whether I need to or not.