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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In Denmark we had a service called "Miss Time" (Frøken Klokken) where you could dial 155 and get the time. You could just about get the current time in a phone booth without needing to pay, which I used pretty regularly during my paper route. The service ran between 1939 and 2021, but one can still experience it digitally here which is pretty cool: https://froekenklokken.enigma.dk/

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Phone companies used to employ somebody to sit and answer those calls!

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago

And they probably made enough to support a family of 4 with a house.

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

F for the now-unemployed time callers 😞