Good old pagers. I absolutely don’t miss mine, but they were a welcome relief to get the odd message when you were working in dangerous or “clean” environments where phones (or any other electronic or transmitting device) were prohibited.
I think my last one fell out of my belt and into a toilet mid-piss, so that was that.
Good old pagers. I absolutely don’t miss mine, but they were a welcome relief to get the odd message when you were working in dangerous or “clean” environments where phones (or any other electronic or transmitting device) were prohibited.
I think my last one fell out of my belt and into a toilet mid-piss, so that was that.
I associate it with on-call rotation. We definitely didn’t have money for them when I was in high school. I think one rich kid had one.
Yea little confused with this no kids had them, they where not cheap.
Not at first but they got cheaper, especially after cellphones started to become somewhat affordable.
In the 90s, a few 17-18 year olds I knew, had them