People use a metal call box with a push-to-talk button to connect to a live operator, as Rose Shuman explains: "You just push a button, a big green button, and that will connect you directly to our operators who are sitting in front of computers, and speak your language.
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That is, until I, in my own sleepy state, accidentally slumped onto the flight attendant callbutton at my elbow, which chimed loudly and repeatedly.
As NPR tells it, the theater decided to offer these people some fare that they would want, complete with curbside service, so to speak, and a server callbutton.
