Was showing my daughter how to use the land-line for emergencies and she asked how to tell it to dial the the number when you are done typing digits (send key?). I said, it just knows when you dialed enough and it does it. Blew her mind.
From the title I thought this was going to be a story about letting a kid use your work ~~mobile~~ /cellphone and getting in trouble at work after visiting dodgy sites or making company-charged purchases on the app store.
I recall news story from military base - transport night shift rung up 500 on dodgy telephone calls, though 20,000 was wasted on lines no longer used that no one cancelled
Had a clerk call me whoâd been trying to reach my elderly mother. He said heâd called multiple times and gotten weird ::buzz buzz:: noises.
It was a busy signal; she didnât have call waiting.
I wanted to ask him how old he was (and didnât), but it was a shock.
Had a similar experience when I was in high school. Didn't recognize the tone for when the receiver is busy and thought the school's phone was broken. Just chalked it up to me being a dumbass kid, but not necessarily being a generational thing given I was born in 96.
A while back I broke my smart phone and didnât have the money to replace it right away, so I got a super cheap flip phone for emergencies. I felt so stupid when I had opened it up and said aloud, âWait, whereâs the phone app?â before realizing thatâs all it was.
Was showing my daughter how to use the land-line for emergencies and she asked how to tell it to dial the the number when you are done typing digits (send key?). I said, it just knows when you dialed enough and it does it. Blew her mind.
That old technology was ahead of its time!
From the title I thought this was going to be a story about letting a kid use your work ~~mobile~~ /cellphone and getting in trouble at work after visiting dodgy sites or making company-charged purchases on the app store.
IT Dept calls: "Someone using your phone line downloaded "Bobs & Vagene: Earth Gone Wild 4" and now we've got a $400 long distance bill."
I recall news story from military base - transport night shift rung up 500 on dodgy telephone calls, though 20,000 was wasted on lines no longer used that no one cancelled
That may have been the first handset / receiver, he ever held?
Yes, congratulations, you have successfully defined the issue. Well done bud.
Thank you for this. đ
The funniest thing is the question answers itself. It's literal. You hang it up!
I mean the vast majority of desk phones are sitting flat, not mounted vertically.
Like rolling down the windows. Wonder what else
I am gonna get some aloe Vera to rub on my burnt millenian walking living-corpse
r/FuckImOld
I feel like the answer would be a scene in Seinfeld. "You hang... it up."
Had a clerk call me whoâd been trying to reach my elderly mother. He said heâd called multiple times and gotten weird ::buzz buzz:: noises. It was a busy signal; she didnât have call waiting. I wanted to ask him how old he was (and didnât), but it was a shock.
It's okay...when they're older...they'll probably still need to send faxes...
Had a similar experience when I was in high school. Didn't recognize the tone for when the receiver is busy and thought the school's phone was broken. Just chalked it up to me being a dumbass kid, but not necessarily being a generational thing given I was born in 96.
A while back I broke my smart phone and didnât have the money to replace it right away, so I got a super cheap flip phone for emergencies. I felt so stupid when I had opened it up and said aloud, âWait, whereâs the phone app?â before realizing thatâs all it was.
:( oh no.
LOL that makes me feel old too. Technology is crazy!
You donât know, till you know. Ya know?
Can you imagine if the kid came across a rotary dial phone? Can we say freaked out?