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Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Back then, you also dialed "0" to reach an operator who could:

• Help you make international, collect, "person to person" and multiple-party calls
• Interrupt phone calls for an emergency (before/without call waiting, if the phone number was in use, you got a busy signal).
• Provide phone numbers
• Call the police/fire/ambulance, etc. As a little kid, I was taught "0" and not 911.
• Tell you the time. We did this when power went out and you needed to know the time, during the power outage, and when it came back (to reset your clocks). No, we never wore watches, lol.
• Help you with phone service problems.

My grandmother was one of these operators. I like 411, but they don't do all that!