r/Payphone

These old battle ships are really war horses!!

Saw this phone booth rebranding last week.

Do they realise what that implies about the booth, particularly with Bender on it, given that "phone" booths in Futurama are usually Suicide Booths..?
(at least in the first episode where we first meet Bender)

Edit: I've since found out that the campaign isn't Futurama-specific, but rather a number of different cartoon characters. To me, that makes it even more likely that it's an oversight/missed connection rather than an intentional marketing ploy; to them, he was just one of many popular cartoon characters, as opposed to it being a specific call-back to his first appearance in the first episode of the show.
Other cartoon characters used

First one had a dial tone and DTMF tones, but was unable to make any calls when trying toll-free numbers (silence after entering the numbers). Second one… well RIP to that one.

Phone seems to be in complete working order

Even just the shells. Even though we definitely shouldn’t be using our phones at the stoplight and pay phones definitely aren’t flowers…catching these still feels like bloomscrolling. Not like urban blight snark. Not like nostalgia. Not like hoarding. 🥰

2 pay phones in one lil Cali town 😍

Working payphone at New Germany State Park. Still has a dial tone. Still in place due to very poor cell reception.

I was at a local wing spot in my area...

Images from the Payphone Tag wiki

Found this gem in the waiting room of the ER wing of Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. Still works too!!