The Phone Bill

A big L shaped room with concrete seats along the back wall. And the toilet was around the corner all the way in back with no privacy and where all the Africans hung out. Personally there was going to be no toilet for me. So this was it. If Africa had said the word PCB would have been toast but Africa was a nice guy and didn't say anything.

I took a seat on the corridor floor off the main room. Across from me was a guy reading his paperwork and another guy really angry rips it from his hands thinking it was his. It wasn't and they came in and got that guy and took him away. Big guys would come in with black leather gloves and take trouble-makers away.

A guy tried to rob me, yea he's got money he was told, then a tap at the window warned him away. I had money for the phone which there was one on the wall and called Sonoma which was to come get me, but there was no coming to get me. I didn't know when I would get out.

I had previous decided to try make a contact inside the phone company. I went to see my district supervisor who gave me the number of a security chief at the telephone company. I called him on a pay phone and is well I did, for he turned out to be an idiot. Brought up to management from below, he knew I am sure how say morning to everyone and drink coffee and that's all he knew. No I had made the whole story up and if there was a mad phone caller I was it. Well why would I be calling you ? To throw suspicion away from yourself. I didn't give him my name or address - Good bye.

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