BuzzFeed just asked older adults what everyday inconvenience from the past would frustrate people today. Hunting down a pay phone – Need to call someone away from home? Better find a pay phone and make sure you had the right coins in your pocket. Sharing a party line – Did you know several houses used to be able to share the same phone line? Using a manual typewriter – If you made one mistake on a school paper, it could mean retyping an entire page from scratch.