Last call for the phone booth?

[@Dbm_-oe7zv]

When you watch a video about dying pay phones on a smart phone....

[@Kristinapedia]

What is the definition of Irony? Oh sorry, thought we were playing Jeopardy.

[@terrymadre9286]

I love the both of you, equally.

[@adrieltucker4657]

I guess I am pretty randomly asking but does anyone know a good website to watch new series online ?

[@raylantrace5626]

@Adriel Tucker Flixportal xD

[@adrieltucker4657]

@Raylan Trace Thanks, signed up and it seems to work :) I really appreciate it !!

[@holdmybeer]

You have a collect call from "come pick me up mom!!" would you like to accept?

[@littlemissink]

holdmybeer first name, Bob. last name, Wehadababyitsaboy.

[@katakisLives]

Is that what we in the UK call a reverse charge call?

[@holdmybeer]

No idea, I've never been across the pond.

[@katakisLives]

Lets say you're in a phone booth and you have no money! basically it means you can call someone and if they allow they can pay the cost of the call so you can talk to them

[@holdmybeer]

The recording asks you to say your name, but instead of saying your name you leave a quick message so the receiving party doesn't have to pay to accept the call. It's sort of a 1980's 90's phonebooth hack

[@luiscuba803]

Just wait , the phone booth will come back in style like records.

[@lngvly22]

It's a unfortunate combination, because nobody wants pay phones to go away but nobody wants to use them either.

[@LikeBlowingintheWind]

Something that this generation doesn't take into consideration is anonymity. The pay phone was a perfect device to call in 911 without have to revealing who you are. Also great for making whistleblowing calls. Most Americans have given you privacy for a little convenience and the newest shiny object.

[@leazzel7]

phone Booth's were a sanctuary, when you were caught in the pouring rain. Sometimes a few stranger's would squeeze in with you.

[@NESherv]

Where did the strange man touch you?

[@Zeyev]

If only you knew about the pay-phone fraud issue. Some unscrupulous pay-phone owners bilked companies out of millions of dollars by programming their pay phones to dial toll-free numbers. It's complicated. And, as far as I know, still going on. Another issue is that you're more likely to find pay phones today in transportation centers like subway stations and bus terminals and train stations. But that is not as much fun as finding them in a booth on the street. Great episode.

[@mattm5941]

Honestly I've used those a few times when my phone died and I had to call my mom and stuff and in my opinion they're still really useful, when I was younger there was maybe like 30 in my neighborhood and now I think there's like 7 and it makes me sad to see them go

[@thedarci1368]

You know I actually miss having phone booths. I think they are still something usable to people. Besides there was always a good line in telling someone "Here's a quarter call someone who cares":)))

[@liz2880]

Back in the early 00's before we all had cell phones these were used, finding one that worked wasn't so easy though

[@ziudra91]

We had cell phones in the early 2000's

[@cutiedopo17]

there were cell phones then lol.

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@cutiedopo17 They weren't anywhere near as widespread, nor were the networks as exhaustive.

[@42luke93]

No more anonymous calls, they were just removed in my neighborhood ; (

[@morpar318]

Ummmm Excuuuuse me. How could you forget that Bill and Ted had some awesome adventures traveling through time in a machine made from a phone booth???

[@ag-bk5wf]

Remove the phone and make them quiet booth for cell phone calls.

[@priscillaemerald987]

Phone booths... that takes me back.

[@dexterwong3111]

Honolulu still has a number of pedestal phone booths left for international tourists to call home.

[@c.r.n7315]

Dexter Wong as a Hawaii resident I still see those too the malls, the airport, and even just out in the street

[@dexterwong3111]

Yes, I was just pointing that out to people who live outside of Honolulu.

[@bandccoresohio]

Dexter Wong lmao

[@getminesallday24]

@@c.r.n7315 in califor ia they are antiques very rare to see one

[@pinkfreud62]

Well, at my age, phone booths are a memory. They cost a dime when I first used them. Still, having a few around is helpful because people do lose & break their cells. Or as it said, not all people have cell plans.

[@louiehorwood660]

I remember answering pay phones when they rang. Never knowing who's on the other side or why. Mostly just people with the wrong number but still.

[@mikhailbjornsson1874]

That's kinda weird and funny. Why bother answering it lol

[@angelagillett1033]

I would like to see phone booth come back

[@TransitAndTeslas]

Those Kiosks started popping up in my city too.

[@kelvinbremont1341]

Where you from?

[@angelagillett1033]

I loved phone booths, I would still get scared using them

[@roachtoasties]

I still see some payphones around Los Angeles. Of course, they're all broken, and smell like they should be part of some toxic waste superfund clean-up site.

[@C.G91]

I actually needed one a couple weeks ago my cell phone died I was stranded and no let me use their phone these phone booth are still needed what happens if you are at a place with no cell phone service

[@The_Isaiahnator]

Carrier pigeon?

[@JustCalMeBozeman]

I've actually used a pay phone in the last year or two as well. Same situation, my phone died and I needed to call someone, the truck stop had a pay phone.

[@leslieelaine8499]

Emergency phones are still necessary

[@katakisLives]

The yellow ones on the side of the motorway?

[@MK-ex4pb]

this actually is quite problematic. I've been in pabt and they ripped out ALL the phones. didn't even leave one little set some where. i used to need that to call for a pickup when i was heading home. it's crazy there's only four left

[@carmenroman3455]

I still believe that the phone booth is still cool

[@whitelion7976]

Should be that a few are kept alive in every town and city. As backup in case of nostalgia. I just bought one at a scrapyard

[@InterLinked1]

Well, payphones are not going away any time soon, they are still extremely profitable for the remaining COCOT providers. I still use payphones at least several times a month.

[@LuckyK7777]

I remember one time I went to use the payphone in the mall in the early 2000's and there was the most putrid smell of saliva all over the talking part I had ever smelled! Not really missing this unless I misplace my phone. I don't know, are businesses nice enough to let you borrow their phone in an emergency these days?

[@kathyoberle9093]

I wish they just remove the phone, not the stand.

[@carmenroman3455]

They need to bring back the Payphone

[@CranberryCreekProduction]

I believe yea. I do have a cellphone but I’ll still think pay phones and landlines are better. always. I’ll have change on me.

[@Kristinapedia]

WONDERFUL !!!! I happened upon The Payphone Project probably more than 10 years ago. Maybe even 15. I check it every now and then just for nostalgic reasons. At one point, in 1994, after I had broken up with a BF I moved back to my hometown. Until I got back on my feet I didn't have a phone (or cable tv...gasp!). I had a list of all the payphone numbers in the area on my fridge. (You used to be able to dial something like 945 or 958 and the phone would tell you the number). In a 2 mile radius there were no less than 15 payphones. Three within a few hundred feet of my apt. There may still be one in the diner in town but I'm not sure. I'm so glad your website is till up!

[@Kristinapedia]

and now that I've said I was happy your website is still up, I'm getting a 404 error on the North America page. Most of it is loading but the middle has this message: "Error 404 The page you've requested can not be displayed. It appears you've missed your intended destination, either through a bad or outdated link, or a typo in the page you were hoping to reach."

[@baxtermaxtor]

I walked by that exact booth a couple of days ago, stunned. Now seeing this video for the first time.

[@williamhill406]

baxtermaxtor Did you know that it was free to use before you saw this?

[@brenda3251]

Looks like the phone booth from secret of my success

[@brandongaming1049]

RIP Payphone!

[@oldtimegamer2.098]

Occasionally I think it would be fun to use a phone booth and I can imagine if anyone set one up they might be able to make a small amount of money off of it if the phone booth is in a busy place

[@felixxdenolo6793]

Maybe a sound proof booth when you have to make a private call with cellphone

[@MJDHX]

And zero radiation!

[@kyleadame7723]

Forget the payphone. What the heck is CBS Sunday Morning?? lol

[@QuadMochaMatti]

What is Sunday? Why is it any better than the others? I have no television. I have no family. I have no life.

[@Major_Mason]

Reasons why the payphone HAD to die: 10. Germs/Infections on the mic part and ear piece 9. Stationary, not mobile 8. Vandelism, missing buttons or cut cords 7. Mixed call quality 6. Show up as unidentified in caller IDs 5. They require quarters to use, let alone any money at all 4. Waiting lines for select locations 3. Nokia started eating away at payphones 2. Blackberry escalated the death with smartphones 1. Android finished it all off quickly......

[@MK-ex4pb]

FastLikeUNO what's wrong with quarters

[@shabbirnaqvi1344]

Michael King a cell phone is a one time fee and almost all cell phone plans have unlimited talk and text even on the base plans which are about 20 dollars a month. Compare that to 1 dollar a day if the pay phone is 50 cents and you call twice using it. Also not many people carry cash with them and the few that do don't have coins.

[@MK-ex4pb]

Shabbir Naqvi ya but occasionally you need a pay phone. and who the fuck doesn't carry cash. i cant imagine not having cash. it's happened a few times I've run out before getting to an ATM

[@shabbirnaqvi1344]

Michael King I dunno maybe just cause I grew up in the suburbs but in the age of portable batteries cell phones with huge batteries cheap cell plans and credit cards the pay phone seems to have lost its purpose. but having a few like how it is in Manhattan right now would still be good, cause emergencies happen

[@katakisLives]

BT phoneboxes were pretty well maintained! the call quality on a lot of cell phones can be pretty patchy too! all the dropped calls and such! provided you were in a built up area you were never too far from one! calls to and from mobiles are still pretty expensive

[@SL-cl9gt]

I predict that all the old fashioned stuff will make a comeback

[@GeloGalvez]

I was waiting for that Superman reference to pop up xD

[@normalminecraftletsplay]

where may i buy one? the only pay phones are in front of the downtown prison

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

How will superman get changed?

[@kathyoberle9093]

I love that vintage pay phone booth. Before they replace them with a pay phone stand in the 1970 s.

[@henrygonzalez7833]

Living in nyc i walk by so many phone booths and pay phones all day (in 2020) ive always wanted to stop and use one just to see if it works, but im afraid of the bacteria and jerms 😩

[@CranberryCreekProduction]

Then bring with you disaffected wipes or spray, and germ x. I’m just saying.

[@SamSitar]

do those kiosks still allow internet access?

[@josephtafur]

Mo Rocca at his funniest.

[@ArmyofTwoBot]

At his cringiest, more like it

[@wildblondeappeared7073]

*You have a collect call from Mom would you like to pick up?* "STACY RUN!"

[@Faiznorhanif]

nowadays pay phone should be a Free Public Phone for emergency in park , or if they forgot to bring their phones

[@MarkMphonoman]

This was great, thanks. 😊

[@Nikohere]

its just like at some resteraunts or say a starbucks may offer free charging places on a table youll sit on while charging your phone drinking coffee.

[@libertyann439]

Sometimes these come in handy. A guy was perusing me and gave me his card but I wasn't interested. I was able to use a pay phone to tell him to leave me alone. I could not use a cell phone here.

[@nazrulimran2750]

We still use them in Malaysia! Mostly in elementary schools.. Kids use them to call parents in case of ER or mostly like I left my book mum, when r u coming to pick us up dad...etc :)

[@GoldenGrenadier]

It doesn't help that you aren't doing a good job of selling the phone booth to people.

[@AlansoM54378]

There are still loads of pay phones in Brazil.

[@chrisamon80]

I like phone booth.

[@doctorwhoproductions834]

I use a telephone box everyday

[@generalralph6291]

Does the host realize he’s a disturbing, unlikable nerd?

[@katakisLives]

Well British Telecom are going to be removing the remaining phone booth's in the near future, most of the ones which remain are in a very poor state and often smell of urine! and whats more they usually don't work! the cost of making a call in a phone booth was a rip-off for ages and only really a last resort! I used to collect the BT phone cards in the 90's but they stopped making them years ago! I could probably count the number of times I ever actually used one on one hand and I grew up in the 90's

[@heavymentalkings]

phone booths? we don't even have pay phones in Austin TX?

[@ocpofficialrep7026]

PICK UP THE PHONE AND DIAL C-A-L-L--A-T-T IT'S THAT EASY AND SAVE BIG BUCKS ON EVERY CALL! Commercial from my childhood when phone booths were just starting to meet their demise.

[@floyd201149]

The Wal-Mart STORE where I shop has one it has not worked for months

[@VanezaBueno-hv3vh]

Hi Mr Payphone

[@lexa9767]

They literally have so many in Roma (Rome)

[@TheBlueThird]

What will Superman do now?

[@Nikohere]

it is an evolution that this world is changing through time and everything is changing to a much easier thing

[@katakisLives]

The phone booth was doomed the moment the cell phone was invented.

[@JetpacksWasYes2]

Niko here An evolution that will collect data when you connect it to charge? Lmao ok, not something you want.

[@Nikohere]

JetpacksWasYes everything comnects data my friend computer phones cameras all that

[@williamhill406]

Niko here Very true, although cellular phones will soon be defunct also according to my neighbor. He is experimenting with telepathic communication, says it's going very well,and as soon as he can get the government to stop listening to his call's through the fillings in his teeth, he will release the telepathophone 1.0 , I will wait for at least version 2or 3.0 , you know just to ensure that they don't catch fire in my head or something !!!

[@eljamoquio]

So you need discs of metal to sacrifice to operate this contraption? Where do you get those? Why does this machine like to eat metal discs?

[@deeplearning2au]

We should rather modernize them adding wifi a station to recharge the phones here I am against their removal

[@fetchstixRHD]

The kiosks (@ 3:55) basically do that - Wi-Fi, USB ports for recharging your phones, and the capability to make phone calls, either through loudspeaker or with a wired headset (I think all features are free to use)? Whether they're widely provided is another matter, at least I think they're supposed to be funded by the adverts that they display on those screens?

[@thebrickcollector5419]

there was 2 pay phones in my town but they got rid of them

[@NESherv]

[ringing] "Hello?" "Yes, a collect call for Mrs. Floyd from Mr. Floyd. Will you accept the charges from United States?" * click * "Oh, he hung up. That's your residence, right? I wonder why he hung up. Is there supposed to be someone else there besides your wife there to answer?" [ringing] "Hello?" "This is United States calling, are we reaching-" * click * "See, he keeps hanging up! ...And it's a man answering!"

[@Gadgetman1989]

NESherv TIME TO GO!!! 'KNOCKS FRANTICALLY' TIME TO GO!!!

[@Kristinapedia]

Best intro to the best Pink floyd song ever.

[@williamhill406]

NESherv You can't have your pudding if you don't eat your meat, oh wait someone else is already eating your pudding...

[@themadlad8540]

Funny. Phones got smart people got dummer. Go figure .

[@AiggEbe]

Charles Surber Oh god the irony.

[@tomatofish7524]

Charles Surber The irony is strong with this one!

[@QuadMochaMatti]

*Dumber*, not dummer, like "give the dummer some."

[@Duricas]

Are collect calls a thing of the past as well?

[@fetchstixRHD]

Would think so, considering there's free Wi-Fi in many places. I would think that most people have a sufficient (or unlimited) text message allowance (if not also calls) to send a message to call them?

[@HaysiKing]

I forgot about moe

[@QuadMochaMatti]

Looks like you forgot him so much, you don't remember how to spell his name. It's "Mo", as in Mopar, but before Daimler-Benz and Fiat destroyed Chrysler.

[@shaggyaxe]

"Rovary phone". Must be a female phone. :D

[@fjcruisefjcruise4527]

Nobody remembers nobody numbers no more .

[@richardnunez3474]

if hard lines are going to be completely gone then we'll have some serious problems along with many others. These important things tht our technology has killed off we will need again. Especially hard line telephones. Yikes!

[@MK-ex4pb]

Richard Nunez THEY CUT THE HARD LINE

[@robertrowland1061]

4:23 to 4:32 nice legs!

[@prestonescola6781]

Why is this cringy

[@themadlad8540]

nostalgia has a short memory pay phones suck!

[@drewconway7135]

Did we really need an "expert" to tell us why the payphone is dying? More importantly, does anyone care?

[@leazzel7]

phone Booth's were a sanctuary, when you were caught in the pouring rain. Sometimes a few stranger's would squeeze in with you.

[@katakisLives]

Also it can sometimes feel safer going in a phone box at night than getting out an expensive smart phone which could be a target for muggers

[@Kristinapedia]

so when those muggers try to get you, you are in a 2 foot by 2 foot metal box with no where to run....

[@VVV953]

They were great for prank calls