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The loss of pay phones is a really good example of saving pennies and losing essential service as a result of technological progress. When companies started tak
by fzeroracer 1y ago
The loss of pay phones is a really good example of saving pennies and losing essential service as a result of technological progress. When companies started taking them down, local governments should've stepped in to take over or help form a non-profit to maintain these services. There's a number of times where I've been out and about and my phone either can't get service or just inconveniently died on me, and having easy access to a pay phone helps prevent one from being totally stranded. And strangers, rightfully so, are reluctant to share their phone.
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- Larrikin 1y agoThe big problem is that the only people I would be able to call in that situation would be my own dead phone, my parents, my friend's house from 5th grade, and the pizza places near where I grew up. I wonder if people younger would even have that many numbers memorized.
- hidroto 1y agoa simple solution is to have emergency contacts written in your wallet, with the added benefit of letting bystanders call for you when you are incapacitated.