#9: No Called ID
If there is one thing that is drastically different about life today compared to what life was like 30 years ago, it has got to be the mainstream use of telephones. Sure, most people had a home phone, but it wasn’t like they spoke all day on it… Most of the time, answering the phone wasn’t even exciting considering there was no way of knowing who was on the other line.
Can you imagine not having access to caller ID and just answering the phone to whoever calls? Technically, a lot of us still do this, but there is no way we are answering the phone without having a little peek at who is calling first. You don’t want to get stuck in the middle of a conversation that you can’t get out of…