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Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 days ago
I’ve broken plenty of phones back in the day from slamming the handset down on the cradle.
break a public pay phone
At the zenith of that technology, the phone company(ies) had already battle tested countless other designs. The newest relics you find are hardened enough to be left unattended in the most vandalism prone areas imaginable. Each one, a little fortress perfectly protecting delicate electronics and a coin-box. Slam it all you want: they’re nigh-on indestructible.
The only non-functioning payphones I ever saw were the ones where the handset had been sawn off.
You have to really try to actually break a public payphone. By the time the receiver cracks you’ve hung up on the other end at least one or two slams ago.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Why run from the broken public? Not like they ever knew