I was walking around the Cupertino library/city hall
complex the other day, when I noticed this:
Yes, smack in the civic center of the Home of the iPhone
there is a pay telephone. Go figure.
But when I got up close, I saw that it’s not branded with
any recognizable service provider; no Verizon or AT&T. The only thing
written on it was Payphone.com, which is a manufacturer of equipment. I don’t
know who provides the connection, and I didn’t drop a quarter into the slot to find out.
I was too bemused by the whole back-to-the-last-century-ness
of the whole thing. Maybe people just use it as a prop for selfies. Yeah, that’ll
be it.
Art installation?
ReplyDeleteThat possibility occurred to me. Hipster-ironic installation art. Next time I should pick up the handset & see if there's a recording of Steve Jobs...
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