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Using a Payphone

June 2023

Today the only thing I did was to walk around the block for a bit of exercise.

During the walk I saw this public Payphone. I stopped and read the notices to see that all phone calls are free. Some of these public pay phones are free wifi hotspots.

So I decided to use it as I hadn’t used a Payphone in many – many – years.

I called Andrew at home on the home landline (yes, we still have this). It rang through even though I knew that he was home.

Was he screening calls?!

Then I called his mobile which also went through to voice mail. No answer.

Then I texted him to say to “pick up the phone!”

I called him again then he answered finally.

That’s when I realised that if you’re really in trouble, without a phone, you’d be calling for assistance from the public phone with no one at home picking up because they don’t recognise or trust the number!

My how things have changed!