Once the bob is seated, the operators receive the ready light.
In the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 911 operators received a record 8.4 million calls, an average of more than 22,000 a day.
But in a major defeat for the newsstand industry, the operators themselves would not receive any of that advertising money.
Four pest-control operators have received licenses to use the system and are now doing so.
Miles away, an operator in a plane received the news.
She said the operator had never received permission to change the stand and so risked being fined.
On these occasions, when turbines are shut for safety reasons, the operators do not receive any money.
The operator received an earlier formal warning over timekeeping in June 2005.
Every operator also received 80 hours of medical training.
In many cases, the operators receive the shoes on credit and only have to pay for the shoes if they sell them.