@melissakristintv: Back in the 90s, if you didn’t have a quarter for the payphone, you could make a collect call. But to dodge the fees, you’d say your entire message as your ‘name’ when prompted. So instead of ‘Melissa,’ you’d shout, ‘Momcomepickmeupatsix!’ She could then decline the charges and hang up, but she still got the message—free of charge. I don’t recall utilizing this one with my own parents growing up, but I knew others who did and it was a fun well-known workaround! 😂 #90skids #nostalgia #90s #payphone #collectcall #90snostalgia #millennials #genx #boomer #fyp

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blueberryking_247
🫐BlueBerry🫐 :
WAIT THATS SO SMART
2025-05-14 00:06:53
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lovdaniella25
Dani :
till this day I'm still confused on how it works
2025-05-14 01:05:47
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dannyd_notthatone
Danny D :
all I can think is the commercial with someone doing this and it being like "hadababy itsaboy"
2025-05-14 12:13:39
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burpyraine
Burpyraine :
i feel like this is how fast talkers started to become
2025-05-14 23:09:49
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spiders.are.cute0
✨Donna✨ :
ain't no way I'm this early
2025-05-14 00:04:41
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lwl2001
lwl2001 :
even the mom is proud
2025-05-15 18:04:32
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mehjor3
Mehjor :
the amount of people who didnt know about collect calls is crazy.
2025-05-15 06:22:08
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notyymhk
M :
what if u dint say yes or no
2025-05-14 15:02:52
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zanethesaber
ZanetheSaber :
a payphone is a relic now 😭
2025-05-14 14:47:38
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r4g_do11
☆ Rin ☆ :
I love being an older Gen Z who grew up like this ily girll 💛
2025-05-14 02:54:00
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imthatgirl50x
🕷️EMILY🕸️ :
Me in 6th grade at the only pay phone we were allowed to use. “You have a collect call from: ImissedTheBusPickMeUpAtTheStoreOnTheCorner” Do you accept? Mom: no
2025-05-16 04:41:01
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trojianmaru
Troji :
In Britain we used to do a thing with mobiles we called "1bell" where we'd just call someone and quickly say "call me back!" and hang up, so it didn't charge us. You could survive on a couple of pennies for months. My first phone only had 2p on it for like 6 months.
2025-05-14 12:17:55
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realdealj4
RealDealSwift :
I never used this before no never knew how to collect call anyone
2025-05-14 23:44:42
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pickle___2
Pickle :
I'm the first, I gotta say you're the best Nostalgia TikToker I've seen! ❤️❤️❤️
2025-05-14 00:02:52
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thetiktokmok
boo boo 221 :
This feels nefarious has me creesed
2025-05-14 09:28:21
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r3nnie_15
☆♡Rennie♡☆ :
EARLY DOES SHE SAY HI?
2025-05-14 00:08:02
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urfavbrown_skinn0
urweirdcarleigh._. 💋💿❤️ :
EARLY DOES THE MILLENNIAL QUEEN REPLY???
2025-05-14 00:16:41
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lokiuruz
lokiuruz :
When I was in HS in 07 I had a tracphone and limited credits. So my dad and I worked out that if I called and let it ring twice and hung up, it was time for him to get me from practice.
2025-05-15 15:11:39
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theghostinyourmirror_
neverlearnedhowtoread :
But couldn't you just keep calling and doing this to give more info? Or was there like a limit
2025-06-02 16:33:11
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dad0f2girls
Evan Baltzley :
That’s weird…. My dad always heard “Hello, you have a collect call from an inmate in San Juan Correctional Facility”……..😞
2025-06-17 15:26:22
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kiaradovecage
Kiara Carol :
in the 80's my uncle made a little sound box that imitated the sound of a quarter being put into a payphone so that my family could get free calls anywhere 😂
2025-07-03 21:45:04
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vittoria_vargaes
2p-blog-thing :
I kinda wish I had experienced more of the 90’s. I was just at the end, 99. It seems like a different world.
2025-05-14 23:46:09
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zacpricener90
Zac Pricener :
Why do I feel that Michael would be the type of person to call the telephone company to tell them people are doing this? 😅
2025-05-14 03:15:04
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1.solaruim
1.solaruim :
Kids actually did this back then
2025-07-02 10:46:08
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silverkitsune18
🌙Kendra🌙 :
My dad did this when my grandma forgot to get them from school 😂
2025-05-14 17:43:21
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