A rather interesting 1972 ad run by AT&T and Bell Telephone

    by HawkeyeTen

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    1. I knew two great men who were telephone operators in the mid-1970’s.

      Both of them absolutely loved the job.

      And both of them got more action in their years at the operator’s desk than the rest of us have seen in a lifetime!

    2. TheDeadlySpaceman on

      Here’s a fun historical fact for you: the first telephone switchboard operators were adolescent boys, but they would get sloppy, break into private conversations, and were generally not dependable.

      That’s when they moved to adult women.

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