When I was aged between 14 and 17 there were infamous, but well-publicised telephone services with the prefix of 0898. These largely involved ringing a telephone number and chat of the sexual variety. Although this was pre-recorded it still cost 50p a minute; nowadays there are services advertised at 6p a minute. 6p a minute! I find it hard to reconcile how we have gone from pre-recorded messages at 50p a minute to 6p a minute for a chat.
What sort of chat can you get for 6p ? This equals £3.60 an hour, allowing for the company to make a profit these "chatters" must be earning less than the minimum wage. I can't imagine any sort of desirable woman would work for less than the minimum wage.
It may be naive, but I like to think that the quality of sex talking telephone woman in the 1990s was of a higher standard than today's 6 pencers. There are also gay chat services at 1p a minute; this can't do much for the self-esteem of anyone involved.
What sort of chat can you get for 6p ? This equals £3.60 an hour, allowing for the company to make a profit these "chatters" must be earning less than the minimum wage. I can't imagine any sort of desirable woman would work for less than the minimum wage.
It may be naive, but I like to think that the quality of sex talking telephone woman in the 1990s was of a higher standard than today's 6 pencers. There are also gay chat services at 1p a minute; this can't do much for the self-esteem of anyone involved.
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