I still see them at some airports, and sometimes by bus stations. So several times a year. But besides those places, yeah they’re pretty rare

There's a regional chain of gas stations around me that has a payphone and a road map posted on the wall just inside the door of every location, just in case someone is having a really bad day.

There was one that worked up until a few years ago that was in the middle of the Mojave somewhere. Decades ago someone posted the phone number somewhere online, and people started calling it all the time just to see if anyone answered. They finally decommissioned it not too long ago

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OoK9OTZ35SGJi18RSeR1i

E: this episode is from 10 years ago so I guess its been longer than I thought

Probably at a speakeasy

Especially outside and with the phone book holder too!

I actually saw one a few months ago, it didn't work 😔.

There's a lot still standing in Brazil, none that I've seen look like they've worked in years though. Seems like they shut them off but never bothered to remove them. They have cool looking egg-like covers on them.

there was one at a college I saw. The phone part had been ripped out :/

If you have or can borrow a white pickup truck or van, and wear a hi-vis vest, nobody will ask any questions.

Nobody would probably ask any questions anyway, but it wouldn’t hurt

*rescue

Please... Before it's too late...

Steal it and then get it working again. Wire it up to Bluetooth so that it rings when your cell phone rings (and of course that includes the dialer so that you can make outbound calls too).

Or into Psyren!

Ever noticed payphones started disappearing after The Matrix came out? THEY DON'T WANT US ESCAPING! THE WACHOWSKIS EXPOSED THE SECRET AND THEY'RE REMOVING OUR ESCAPE WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

I'm just under 30 myself and used payphones as a kid. Granted this was in a very small town so a little behind the rest of the country. Althougg they certainly weren't THAT common even.

I still use a pager!

I work in a facility where we can't have cell phones, so if i need to be reached, i get a sweet sweet page. Its different now though, you just text it and the text shows up. I cant respond to it on my pager, but you can tell me what you need and i can go find my phone to reply.

Yes, down with technology! If all-natural, organic payphones were good enough for our hunter-gatherer ancestors, they’re good enough for us.