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I used to have a radio show in high school. Not only did the high school let a bunch of kids broadcast basically anything they wanted to the public at large - t
by nakedrobot2 12y ago
I used to have a radio show in high school. Not only did the high school let a bunch of kids broadcast basically anything they wanted to the public at large - they ALSO had a TELEPHONE hooked up, so that you could place calls, live! (They also had a 7-second delay, with a "dump button" just in case a bad word slipped out)
We used to call the Burger King customer service 800 number. Every week. We'd complain about Big Macs, and other silly things. Nothing harmful. They eventually got wise to our antics and everyone working there was told not to talk to those kids calling between 11am and 2pm on saturdays.
The 800 operator was also very useful: 800 555 1212 - a directory of all toll-free numbers. Once we just made up a 3-letter acronym, got the 800 number for it, and called them. Some guy answered. We asked him what the 3 letters stand for. "Nothing," he said. "They used to stand for something but they don't, anymore." It was a strange kind of existential conversation.
Oh yes, those were fun times.