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Is it true that in "ye olden times" you could sit at a dingy bar and ask the bartender for a phone and they'd give you a rotary phone on a long as cord so you could make a call while slinging drinks? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 days ago by SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I've seen that in several 70s and 80s movies and I don't buy it's real. Wouldn't the bar just have a payphone?

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[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

I've yet to find one with a working payphone in the last 5-10 years, but several with non-working payphones in little booths they never bothered to rip out

I know of a few in the area that replaced theirs with dedicated phones that only call a single cab company. I assume they get some sort of cut or space rental fee for the phone.