If you walked past a bright yellow payphone and it rang, would you pick it up and answer it?
I'm asking to gather information for a project I am working on called #HappinessPhone. It would be good if we talked with each other. Hardly anyone makes phone calls any more. The novelty of a working payphone that calls out to passersby and invites them to talk about what makes them happy could help.
I will make regular updates about the #HappinessPhone. When it is up and running I will post the phone number. Share liberally. One requirement: Be kind.
I will most certainly post an advert for #KittyTown on it!
@bram Understandable. It's not for everyone.
The person on the other end of the phone would be a positive, pleasant and supportive person. The purpose of the phone is to talk about things that make us happy.
@awedjob well, I guess that telling "not answer to unknown ppl on an unknow phone" to this person would probably defeat a bit the idea 😅
But if you have positive answers, go ahead, I'm sure a lot of extroverted people will be very happy to participate :)
@awedjob I would absolutely answer it.
I read these stories about this phone booth somewhere in the United States that people all over the world would call just to talk to someone from a different country is so fascinating to me.
I'm excited to see where your project goes! :)
@bool Yes! That is what partly inspired this project. It's also part "Affirmative!" a phone service I ran where people talked about the good things in their life with skilled mentors.
It's also kind of like this:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/08/sweden-launches-phone-a-random-swede-hotline-but-dont-mention-the-chef
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