• Kairos
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    31 month ago

    Why is there a payphone inside of a highschool?

    • @[email protected]
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      141 month ago

      Cell phones didn’t exist. Kids need to call to get picked up after hours. There were payphones anywhere they would be used. Malls, Outside fast food restaurants, in shopping centers at gas stations.

      • Robust Mirror
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        91 month ago

        I like in Australia we never got rid of them. More or less every payphone I saw growing up is still here. But they gave them 2 amazing upgrades:

        1. They are now free to use

        2. They are additionally free Wifi hotspots

        Much better than dismantling them imo. They may not be widely used, but it’s worth it for those that do. I’ve even used it once when my phone went flat and needed to call my wife.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 month ago

      Replace “inside of a highschool” with literally any location with reasonable footfall to get the same answer.

      • Kairos
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        21 month ago

        Fair.

        Just seems weird to have it in a hallway. Maybe it opens up to a cafeteria behind the camera where I would expect it.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 month ago

          Ours was on a wall across from the office, but the wall opened up to the cafeteria just next to it. I recall students sometimes using it during lunch.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      So kids can prank call during lunchbreak and call 900 numbers… and call the parents to say they got in trouble for inappropriate calls…