The Importance of Public Telephones

In this new age of wireless mobility and freedom, almost everyone owns a mobile phone. Look around you and everyone is literally holding one. Even a primary one kid is holding a phone that is by far better than most working adults. It’s a common sight nowadays that most people just close one eye on it and move on with life. I, however, look at these kids shaking my head in disagreement. I mean, first off, what on this freakin earth’s purpose is a kid going to use such an expensive phone for? Surf pRon of 3G? Chat away with his puppy lover? Call their friends and start talking on the phone while cursing, mai chibai you?!?! Forgive me but I still can’t seem to comprehend the importance of a handset to a kid with the exception of calling their parents.

OK, enough about kids. Back to the general public, we have come to rely heavily on mobile phones that if we were to lose our mobile phones, it would render us helpless. Take me for example, I use my mobile phone a lot for calls, so much so that when I forget to bring my phone when I am out, I really find it a hassle to communicate. When I need to ask somebody something, I can’t. What is more important is that I have my entire phone book in my phone and not having the phone with me, I can’t even recall a single number with the exception of numbers that I regularly dial. Don’t laugh! At least I can still remember my own number when some people can’t even recall their own mobile number. To find a public phone is also a problem because they are mostly either damaged if not filled with saliva in the coin return area.

Public phones were once extremely useful when mobile phones were still not within reach for most people. Mobile phones are dirt cheap nowadays you can literally get one for less than RM200! Therefore, public phones are not so important nowadays. Nonetheless, humans, or should I say low life Malaysians, have found a new use for public phones. Public phones were once used to make calls. Simple, insert coins/card, dial a number, talk and hang up. Now, you can use a public phone for this:

Now you can:

1) Take the whole phone out of its booth. (God knows how)

2) Stick adverts on it. Loan RM10,000 from me and pay a low 3% interest. If you can’t pay back, I’ll hunt you down and chop your little brother off.

3) Stick your phone number on the booth offering sex for RM100 a night. What is there to lose? You get pleasure and money, great deal!

4) Last but not least, throw rubbish in it! How useful! You can now use a phone booth as a rubbish bin as well, brilliant!

Now, says who Malaysians are dumb? We are one innovative bunch of people. Where else can you find a rubbish bin phone booth? MALAYSIA!!! We have long been known as the Boleh Land and now we have proven ourselves once again. Malaysia Boleh!!!