I'm so old I Remember when:

[AGeese]

I kinda miss pagers to be honest. People couldn't send you a long winded text about everything you're supposedly doing wrong. We kept it simple with code numbers.

 

[Sally PB]

I never had a pager. When they were common enough that some people -- but not everyone -- had them, the common perception where I worked was that it was predominantly drug dealers who had them.

 

[AGeese]

I never had a pager. When they were common enough that some people -- but not everyone -- had them, the common perception where I worked was that it was predominantly drug dealers who had them.

That is not untrue I did get a cell as soon as they evolved from brick phones so I had both for a time. Kids...

 

[Sally PB]

the common perception where I worked was that it was predominantly drug dealers who had them.

That was what the local news seemed to think. If you had a pager and were not a doctor (or other such "must be able to get ahold of you 24/7" professional), you were a drug dealer. They fostered that notion with footage of presumed dealers sitting out on the street corners, getting a page, and going to a pay phone.

 

[Sally PB]

the common perception where I worked was that it was predominantly drug dealers who had them.

That was what the local news seemed to think. If you had a pager and were not a doctor (or other such "must be able to get ahold of you 24/7" professional), you were a drug dealer. They fostered that notion with footage of presumed dealers sitting out on the street corners, getting a page, and going to a pay phone.

 

[jxp]

I had a pager. I was a licensed traditional homebirth midwife at the time. I delivered little bundles that brought more euphoria than drugs ever could.

 

[AGeese]

I don't miss pay phones.

 

[pertnear09]

I don't miss pay phones.

I don't either. I once put the receiver of a pay phone up to my ear only to find out someone had put ketchup all over the earpiece. My cousin got a good laugh out of that even though he wasn't the one who did it.

 

[Nomadicus]

I hated to run out of coins when needing to make a call at a pay phone before I could finish my business.

 

[AGeese]

I have so many coins in my console now, what to do?