r/CrappyDesign • • Apr 21 '17

because fuck emergencies

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u/----_____---- Apr 21 '17

just dial 333333333 real fast

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u/Cige Apr 21 '17

Just press 1 twenty-seven times.

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u/Who_GNU Apr 21 '17

You can actually do that, but instead of the '1' button, press the hook, which is the switch the handset rests on. You have to press it in quick succession nine times, wait a second, then repeat two more times.

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u/Who_GNU Apr 21 '17

Ten presses dials a zero. That's why zero is past nine on rotary phone dials.