https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 16:33:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691196 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:43:25 +0000 lovehoneybee 691196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No idea, but it's been at least 15 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691178 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:41:24 +0000 Caly 691178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy crap...I honestly can't. Many many years.</p> <p>ETA: Oooh, I remember now. In 2009 we were in Rome &amp; had to call our bank in the US b/c our debit card had been cut off for "suspicious charges." We'd forgotten to tell them we'd be out of the country. Standing on the side of a busy street barely able to hear was good times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691171 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:40:00 +0000 LuLu Mom 691171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>last time I remember is in jr. high I called my parents collect and when it said "say your name" I would say "come pick me up" and they would deny the charges and come pick me up at the school! haha so cheap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691161 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:38:51 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 691161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, it was probably 2000 or so - I was at a pool hall with my cousin and we went outside to use the payphone to call someone, I don't remember who. But I was wearing a blue belt and some guys walking by were cackling at me "Crip!" - because of the blue. I thought I was going to get shot :( I don't think I ever wore that belt again. (Oh and it was nighttime and we were in Phoenix...so two young girls in a not that great neighborhood...yeah). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691143 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:35:42 +0000 Bookish 691143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>High school! We had a bunch in the cafeteria, and before I got my cell phone in like 10th grade I had to use them a lot to get my parents to pick me up after practice lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691138 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:34:55 +0000 Mrsbells 691138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope its been years </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691132 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:34:28 +0000 MrsTiz 691132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691120 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:32:10 +0000 mrskc 691120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was 9th grade. I used the one we had at school a lot to call my mom to come pick me up. I then got a cell phone in 10th grade. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691114 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:29:34 +0000 Arden 691114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In JFK airport in 2011. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691033 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:14:49 +0000 JessiBee 691033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember! I also used them in middle school/high school to have parents come pick me up, but now I wouldn't even know where to find one if I needed one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-691004 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:10:22 +0000 BSB 691004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: I saw one at the grocery store last night. That's what reminded me. I don't know the last time I noticed one before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690999 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:09:57 +0000 yellowbird 690999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I remember using one in like 9th grade. That was like 13 years ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690967 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:06:37 +0000 pui 690967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are still pay phones in my hometown, but I don't think I've used one since I was in college 7 years ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690931 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:01:37 +0000 BelugaBean 690931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was probably when I was in high school and on a field trip before I got my cell phone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690891 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:54:54 +0000 yin 690891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The last time was probably back in high school when I had to call my parents to pick me up from school. That was in 2003, which would be 10 years ago. Wow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690750 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:26:33 +0000 sslm 690750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was about 8 years ago when I thought I could go without a cell phone... I lasted about 2 weeks and then went running for the cell provider... lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690720 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:22:32 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 690720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I was 11. I was out with my aunt and she got sick. I called my mom and she picked us up and took us to the hospital. That was the only time I ever used one. I think my aunt had food poisoning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690702 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:19:38 +0000 Pirouette 690702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: i was so frazzled a cop came over and offered me a quarter! i was like thanks, but that's not enough to make a pay phone call these days. he was stunned, haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690666 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:11:23 +0000 LivsMama 690666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a looong time ago. But what I do remember about it was that I was at a hockey game in high school, and I called collect (even though I had quarters) and when it said "please state your name" I said really quickly "Hi dad its Kelly Im done can you come get me? Love you bye!" so he never got charged lol. except I had to say it so fast it was like "HidaditsKellyImdonecanyoucomegetme?Loveyoubye!" lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690664 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:10:59 +0000 MrsH 690664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I can't even remember the last time I saw a payphone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690655 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:09:07 +0000 BSB 690655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Ewww!<br /> @anonysquire: Your parents have one in their house? That's pretty cool!<br /> @Pirouette: Reading your post reminded me of my last pay phone use. Can't remember where or when it was but I do remember scrambling to find change before it cut me off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690185 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:54:25 +0000 Pirouette 690185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha last year! I left my cell at my parents house and got on the train back to the city. Once I got there, I had to go hunting for a pay phone, had to buy something to get change, and then when I made the call, it cut me off at 1 minute because apparently that's all 50 cents buys you! I had to call 3 times! </p> <p>We don't realize how good we have it now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690172 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:43:01 +0000 avivoca 690172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: I didn't get a cell phone until 2007 (when I got married). You're not alone on the late to cell-phones train. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690171 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:41:20 +0000 avivoca 690171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2003? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690156 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:24:38 +0000 autumnlove 690156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe in high school? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690149 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:13:23 +0000 heffalump 690149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like it was in college on my Australia trip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690133 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:27:42 +0000 swedishfish 690133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was in high school. I missed the bus and needed a ride home. No one was home for almost an hour and a half! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690126 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:02:02 +0000 illumina 690126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was probably 2005 when I visited the US for the first time on my own and my mobile was super expensive to use, so I used payphones to call collect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690123 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:56:02 +0000 Penny Lane 690123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I literally have never used a pay phone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-remember-the-last-time-you-used-a-pay-phone#post-690053 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:15:11 +0000 sunny 690053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the last time was around January 2003. I was interning in the US and I didn't have a cell phone. I lost my roommate in the mall and was trying to get ahold of her at our shared place since I didn't want to abandon her at the mall! So I used a mall pay phone to call our place. Turns out she thought I had abandoned her and left :-( </p>