In the 21st century pagers are becoming obsolete and so are ringback payphones.
On Castro at Market there's a pay-phone that still rings back. This unidentified man is probably waiting for the bus like me but often enough I see the speedfreaks and hustlers cluster 'round the Ringback Booth looking furtive and anxious. Sometimes even though the access to the phone's totally unblocked as I sit on the street, one will yell at me "Move! Wanna use the phone!" I point out the phone in the MUNI underground station behind me but they need THIS phone.
Posted by Mesila
