Was forced to use a payphone today. Cellphone useless and miles away, plugged in to the charger. Have not used a payphone in years due to a disturbing incident witnessed while waiting for a bus in front of a downtown shopping mall. The incident involved seeing an asshole teenager shoving the payphone receiver down his pants and rubbing it on his bare crotch. Ew. Ew. Ew. As I’ve never witnessed a payphone service worker cleaning the phones after retrieving the cash, I can only assume that these public communication devices are just teeming with layers of ear filth, spit, germs and thanks to said teenager… body fluids that should never unknowingly come in contact with a stranger’s ear. Wasn’t the same payphone but still, the memory haunts me. So gross. —Doctor, I Think I Got an STI From a Payphone
This article appears in Jan 19-25, 2012.
why not just clean it before you use it? They have sanitizers that fit in your pocket for such instances.
funny… I was just watching ‘phonebooth’ the other day…
crotch sweat or not… if Katie Holmes was on the other end of the line,
I’d have that thing glued to my ear.
i don’t think they do, but carry a wipe wipe in pocket or purse. there is alcohol in them, and that should kill any shit there.
I couldn’t find the video clip:(
This bitch puts me in mind of the payphone scene from The Cowboy Way, yuk.
Ew, that’s gross that the kid would rub the phone on his junk. His dick has probably turned black and fallen off by now.. never know what kind of germs are on the payphone. Whenever I need to use one, I jack up the volume all the way so that I don’t need to touch the receiver to my ear… then I promptly wash my hands.