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No More Working Verizon Payphones at Times Square Subway Station

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I felt bad for this guy. In the Times Square subway station he was trying to find a working public telephone. The first phone ate his money. The second one had no dial tone. He approached an NYPD police officer to ask where he could find a working payphone. The police officer responded by saying "There's a couple over there". The man went "over there" and found these 2 payphones. Do you see those rectangles surrounding the payphones he is attempting to use? Those rectangles represent Verizon payphones that have been removed. This man tried to use a public telephone but had no luck. Neither the payphone here or the one to the right worked. Thanks, Verizon!