The Trouble With the Phone

The phone didn't just connect you to everything. It connected everything to your living room. That was little anxiety inducing. There was a lot of concern about who might call and the fact that they might call at any hour. But even more upsetting was the concern aboutWho might be listening. Which was on a lot of people's minds because they were all on something called a party line, which phone companies spent a lot of time and money getting people used to. You and the other fellow on your line can help each other to better telephone service by simply being good party line neighbors.