10 Fascinating Facts about Phone Numbers

Mashable (tip o'the hat NRO's The Corner) ^ | 07/05/2011 (approximately) | Amy-Mae Elliott

[Fresh Wind]

I never personally spoke to a male operator though I suppose there were some

I've read that in the very early days, all operators were teenage boys. Supposedly, management found out quickly that such operators were unruly and unreliable, so they switched to females, and solved the problem.