If a collect call from a prison (actually, ANY collect call) doesn't identify who's calling, why in the hell would anyone accept?
Well if you knew you had a loved one in that jail you'd maybe accept.
Okay, um, I'm lost. Uh, I'm angry, and I'm armed, so if you two have something that you need to work out --
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
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lisah - May 14, 2008 11:58:42 am PDT #6850 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Wolfram - May 14, 2008 11:59:34 am PDT #6851 of 10001
Visilurking
But why would someone make a random collect call from prison? I wonder if you can get the charges refunded if it turns out to be a wrong number.
Steph L. - May 14, 2008 12:00:09 pm PDT #6852 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Well if you knew you had a loved one in that jail you'd maybe accept.
Okay. I can see that. But what if it's your loved one calling for bail? If you don't know they've been arrested, and you don't know it's them calling collect, and you're like me (i.e., wouldn't accept an unidentified collect call), your loved one is SOL.
§ ita § - May 14, 2008 12:01:30 pm PDT #6853 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Accept it, Allyson! I'll totally cover the charges.
I probably shouldn't have watched that "Women who love bad men" episode of "Secret Lives of Women." But it could be Eric Menendez.
Wolfram - May 14, 2008 12:01:55 pm PDT #6854 of 10001
Visilurking
I would pay the $5 or so just to end the suspense. Otherwise I'd always wonder.
Glamcookie - May 14, 2008 12:02:49 pm PDT #6855 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I am not in jail, but is sure feels like I am...
Allyson - May 14, 2008 12:03:04 pm PDT #6856 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Yeah, it's just ..."a collect call from ------, LA County Jail."
And then I hang up.
But it's been happening for TWO DAYS.
Allyson - May 14, 2008 12:03:42 pm PDT #6857 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Here at work they think I have a crazed fan.
tommyrot - May 14, 2008 12:04:29 pm PDT #6858 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, it's just ..."a collect call from ------, LA County Jail."
Is there a pause there (after the 'from')? Maybe the caller was supposed to state his name but didn't.
Cashmere - May 14, 2008 12:05:07 pm PDT #6859 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I've bookmarked the NYC list. I'll be downtown in a week and a half! Can't wait!
I hate those prison calls. I'm sure some weird, lonely people accept the prison calls. Or people who have relatives in jail, of course. Even if you're expecting the calls, they're a scam. The phone companies contract with the prisons and the rates are EXPENSIVE as hell.