Q: What's a collect call? I remember they used tk have those 1-800-Collect commercials with Mr. T and Carrot Top. What happened (past tense since I'm assuming that probably doesn't exist anymore?) when someone would call 1-800-Collect?
A: you make the other person pay for it. you use it when you're at school and you wanna call your mom from the pay phone, but you don't have any quarters. you call 1 800 collect, then a pre-recorded friendly woman, who sounds remarkably similar to the modern USA dialect on google translate or google directions, says "Thank you for calling 1-800 collect. Please enter the number you wish to call, area code first." then you type the number, and then you probably have to say your name, and then it calls the other person, and it says something like (i've never heard this part, so i'm paraphrasing) "some jerk named ______ is calling you and wants you to pay for it. will you accept charges?" and they can say yes or no. and then if they say yes, you'll hear "Your call is connected." and then you are talking to the person