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- Operator Quotes while Red Boxing
-
- Sometimes a malfunctioning red box or making a local call cause you to have
- to deal with a live operator who can get testy when they find out you're
- screwing the place that they work for. Here are some operator responses
- heard by red boxers:
-
- 1."Well, son, your *toy* doesn't seem to be working today. Why don't you
- try *paying* for your call instead?" -Hollywood, CA
-
- 2."What'd you do, record those tones on the train tracks?" - my friend got
- this response when trying to use a very poor quality cassette of red box
- tones in Wood River, IL
-
- 3."(sigh) Well, I'll put your call through, but next time I want you to pay
- real money for your call, okay?" -Galveston, TX
-
- 4."That's it! I'm sick of you kids, I'm calling security *right now*!"
- -Cincinnati, OH
-
- 5."You know you'll go to hell for stealing..." -Portland, OR
-
- 6."I wish I could go over there right now and strangle that kid." -I
- overheard an operator in Seattle say this to her supervisor after they
- thought I had hung up the phone.
-
- 7."Okay, hold on while I turn you in to security." - Indianapolis, Indiana
- (What are they going to do, arrest me over the phone??)
-