Things that are now obsolete or were easier years ago

A recent thread got me thinking about a couple of things.

The first one is instructions. I find things like mobiles frustrating as they don't come with instruction manuals. Then other things have to be researched on the internet. If I have flat packed furniture to build I lay it out and follow the instructions at my own pace. That's what I liked about Lego unless that has changed now.

The other thing I was thinking about recently is things we used to use that young people would have never seen. I was thinking of the phrase being a carbon copy which I guess comes from the use of carbon paper. In my first office job the typists did two copies of letters using this which went in different files. Some shops used it for receipts so they had a copy. I wonder if anyone uses it today.

Are there things that others can think of that aren't in use now?

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  • oh... customer service... .remember when places had customer services you could ring and chat to a real person? thats long gone, no more numbers to ring customer service on, at best all you get is some crap fake chat bot which is just a online text FAQ which doesnt help at all

    and banks, remember when banks actually had bank branches and you could go into a bank? lol

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  • oh... customer service... .remember when places had customer services you could ring and chat to a real person? thats long gone, no more numbers to ring customer service on, at best all you get is some crap fake chat bot which is just a online text FAQ which doesnt help at all

    and banks, remember when banks actually had bank branches and you could go into a bank? lol

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