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There was etiquette though. I was taught as a child that it was rude to call people at meal times, or late at night. Because answering machines were rare, peopl
by galago 5y ago
There was etiquette though. I was taught as a child that it was rude to call people at meal times, or late at night. Because answering machines were rare, people would usually answer a ringing phone in case it was an emergency. I think even young people today know this if they've seen a lot of movies/tv set in the 20th century. Its the stereotypical scene of a phone ringing in someone's bedroom and they turn on the light an answer even though its nighttime.
- ghaff 5y agoThat's true enough. But, at home, that meant that anytime between 7 and 10 the phone would ring and you'd "have to" pick it up. Same thing if you sitting in your office, whatever you were doing. Pre-CallerID especially, a lot of people were conditioned to a phone call being something important that took a long time to break. Of course, calling was relatively expensive so while you could have wrong numbers you mostly didn't have junk callers.