Let's face it, high school is serious business. And back in the 80s, the locker answering machine and the right pair of shoulder pads could basically make you the CEO of your locker bay.
By simply removing just one of your Kirk Cameron posters and replacing it with the locker room answering machine, you could receive urgent messages regarding who wore a tube top as a skirt, and who poured an entire bottle of Clearly Canadian over which nerd's head.
Three of your friends would receive answering machine "activators" so they could leave you messages throughout the day, making it possible to scar your friends for life!
Bullying isn't the worst thing that came of these answering machines. Take it from me. It's coming back to your locker and realizing you have zero messages. On an unrelated note, I have an extra ticket to see Train if anybody wants it.