Hello? Hello? is there anybody out there?

From: John Beck, Park Show, Sedlescombe

What is going on in the country today?

Press buttons for your shopping in the supermarket; press buttons in the doctor’s surgery; press buttons for your order in the hamburger restaurant; talk to a robotic voice when you telephone a company; press buttons at the hospital for an appointment; walk past people in the street pressing buttons on their mobile telephones: – hello? Hello? Is anybody there?