Does anyone miss payphones?

[Buttonsy]

I remember that maybe a half a decade to a decade ago, payphones were pretty much everywhere, all over the place. Now they are almost all gone around where I live, sometimes you can see big empty holes where the phones used to be.

I definitely get that it's probably primarily because of the rise of cell phones, but for me, I can't personally afford to have a cell phone most of the time so payphones would be convenient for me.

Does anyone else miss payphones?

 

[John Wick]

YES!!!!

If you give them a good thumping in the right place, they start paying out like a poker machine!

 

[KatPancake]

I miss them bc they were convenient when you didn't have a cell phone. Nowadays I have one but not everyone can afford one.

if i had money for every time someone at the bus stop asked me to use my phone, I'd be pretty well off.

 

[MapleSilver]

Not really. They're mostly obsolete now that most people have cell phones, which are superior in most ways.

 

[nintendofan85]

I never really used one. I remember the trouble my dad had trying to use one at the Atlanta airport when we got stuck there coming back from Orlando back in 2005...

 

[honeyblossom]

Germ booths and boxes. No thanks, I'll pass.

 

[IcywolfosKelsos]

Used one once at my high school (~2008/2009)...in retrospect, I am surprised they had one. Anyways, I had to use it because my cellphone decided to die on me during the school day. Helped me call my mom to pick me up after choral practice. So I am grateful it was there. Unfortunately, The school decided to bin it the summer before my senior year.

I think they are cool and it's very uncommon to see them. It's also cool tech before the rise of cellphones.

 

[Loriii]

Yeah, I'd rather spend a few coins using a payphone especially when I need to call someone at home or contact the store's landline. It costs a lot using a cellphone, at least from where I live.

 

[AccfSally]

Yeah, I barely use a cellphone anyway.

 

[Alienfish]

Oh you mean like phone booths? Yeah I miss them.. they are cool We used to have this old orange thing on display at my old high school and honestly if I had room back then I'd totally bought it.

 

[Bcat]

only for the aesthetic. payphone by maroon 5 isn't relevant anymore.

 

[carp]

no gosh they smelt of piss, were always vandalised and had the worst connection

 

[visibleghost]

... payphones in 2013? ok

ive never used one. and w mobile phones i dont see a point in using or missing payphones, like, there are way better alternatives....

 

[Buttonsy]

... payphones in 2013? ok

ive never used one. and w mobile phones i dont see a point in using or missing payphones, like, there are way better alternatives....

I mean my town tends to be a few years late to trends so maybe we are also a few years late to moving out obsolete technology

Maybe I should have just called this thread "poor people problems" because my main reason for missing them is that I'm too poor for a mobile phone

 

[Romaki]

No, they were terrible and you could barely use them. I think we still have one in our city, but honestly you're better off just going into any public building/shop and asking them to help you out. The same thing was true back then, but I guess you felt more independent using one.

 

[Alienfish]

Why are people so negative and just "lol obsolete ****"? I consider them cool and would totally wish more were around if not for use just for display and nostalgia. And yeah I can imagine people here would rather use one more anon than just ask for a phone n stuff.

 

[oath2order]

**** payphones i don't miss them

 

[duckykate]

No because im not old

 

[matt]

Used to love looking for change in payphones
I made loads of money

 

[tiffanistarr]

No. They were infested with germs and piss lol


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