roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) (02/09/91)
peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > Back when I was going to Berkeley someone accidentally gave out the # > of the payphone outside the door instead of their own. They got a lot > of calls, and some of the store's regulars would take to answering the > phone in "interesting" ways after "Pay Phone" and "Wrong Number" wore > off. Reminds me of when I was a kid, and the pizza joint had a pay phone for all incoming non-business calls. Customers answered when it rang, and I liked to answer with a business name ... any name at all, as long as it sounded authentic and wasn't located in Nome. "American Airlines, reservations ... may I help you?" was always a good one for stopping folks in their tracks. Roy M. Silvernail now available at: cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu