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frereubu ◴[] No.41838956[source]
This reminds me of my first job in London looking after the network of a recruitment agency. The consultants got headsets for the first time and one got so annoyed about being interrupted when on a call - because you couldn't tell when people were wearing headsets the whole time - that she taped a big bit of card to the top of her headset saying "ON A CALL" that she could flip up and down depending on whether she was speaking to someone.
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vel0city ◴[] No.41839649[source]
Our old Plantronics phone headsets had a TRS jack which would connect to an optional status light. It would light up when the headset was on a call.

https://www.headsetsdirect.com/product/poly-busy-light-strai...

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1. frereubu ◴[] No.41841775[source]
Man, Plantronics. That brings back some memories!