Why does floor time still exist?

Floor time is still alive and well.  We have an office with 150 agents - KW in Denton, TX.  Agents sign up for floor time - in 2 hour increments - for the following month and we don't have any problem in getting the block of time filled up - 7 days a week.  While true that a lot of agents use their cell phones / own office phones to promote in / on their site, cards, signs, etc. we still have a lot of calls that come in to our office line from our company website.  Or folks driving around see a KW sign but don't catch the # - call the operator to get the KW # and call it instead of calling an agent direct.   We still have a lot of walk in traffic as well due to our great location and visibility.  Our agents get a lock of good leads that come in to the main office phone.  We require training to do phone time and you must attend office meetings / property tours to qualify for floor time.  An agent just has to be in the building in order to be called in the event a call or visitor comes in to be handled.  

As a broker returning back from a 5 year absence in real estate, I pondered the same question about floor time. But I just closed on a condo that was a phone up while I was doing floor time, have a pending cash offer from a "walk in," signed two annual rentals, two referrals and lots of exposure with "walks ins" as our office is located near Publix!

I also enjoy the social aspect of spending time at the office and feeling part of a team.

In the area that I work in, we still have a lot of people that call our office.  Not everyone is on the computer , or have someone to work wth.  A lot of us very seasoned agents do floor time.  Some times you can totally exhaust your data base, so a floor time call can sometimes turn into a sale.