Phoneswarm provides the phone numbers of remote payphones for you to call so you can chat wiht strangers. They share stories about the conversations they have with people who answer the phones.
One thing I've noticed about the pay phones is that after you call and reach the modem thing, you have to wait ten or twenty seconds before you can call again. I get a busy signal between this. And as I was typing that, I got through. Luckily, I left my microphone on, Audacity recording, and my phone on speakerphone, so I recorded the conversation. It actually scared me a lot. He said stuff about drugs and me being female because of my high voice. Twenty bucks says he's still waiting there by the phone for me to call back. Listen and behold – and be afraid. If you want, I can post a text transcript for our dial-up friends. Despite the fact that my heart is beating 140 miles per hour in fear, that was pretty fun. I'll definitely be trying it again.
(Thanks, Jon!)
