The Way Life Used To Be Retro Blog

“The Men of Distinction.”

“As seen on TV”, the endorsement most trusted by America!

This image made me think of the many classic films that have a scene where a frantic fellow is pushing the phone receiver down repeatedly and yelling: “Operator? Hello, operator? Operator!” before slamming it down. Obviously the dame has hung up on him and the operator can’t help. (But we know they’ll connect in the end.)

I know I prefer real people to automated systems. Nothing wrong with small talk: “Hello, how are you? Can I please have extension 5.” And speaking of that, I don’t like computerized faux operators thanking me for calling and wishing me a nice day.

I like how it “listens good” instead of “sounds good.”