An EVG reader pointed out the recent arrival of a Ring Your Rep phone outside the Standard East Village on Cooper Square...
This is a variation of the customized phone booths that the hotel debuted last August at its other properties. The phone dials directly to the U.S. Capitol Switchboard. (Not sure if that switchboard is open today.)
Per the Standard website:
Simply lift the receiver, and you'll be connected. Punch in your zipcode, choose the rep to whom you wish to speak, and leave your message.
It would be funny if they try to replace this phone with one of those linkNYC things.
ReplyDeleteOh, don't tempt me...
ReplyDeleteLike anyone is going to check the messages now with the government shutdown. Brought to us by the republican controlled useless worthless troika of the white house, senate and congress and the establishment hack dems?
Nice public service. Gets them a lot of free publicity too. Now lets see them do something for the neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteFYI you don't need to use a special PR-stunt contraption to call this switchboard. You can use any ordinary phone.
ReplyDeleteYou can use an ordinary phone, absolutely. It is highly likely that this phone, however, will inspire someone to speak up on a grievance. This is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteLame.
ReplyDeleteI thought this would ring my personal publicist.
I have no use for this.
@Anonymous 4:21
ReplyDeleteYou are too quick to forget the free rooms they gave to everyone after the fire on second avenue a few years back.