Do you actually know anyone who doesn't know how to operate a traditional telephone handset?

I don’t know if it’s an urban myth, but I’m seeing stories about young people who don’t know how to use a traditional telephone: listen for a dial tone, dial a number, hear a ringing or busy signal, and wait to connect.

It’s such a commonplace activity in 20th-century movies and TV shows that it’s hard to believe youngsters have really never seen it done.

I happen to believe we’re going to be sorry to have let go of land lines and pay phones and phone booths. (And newspapers.)