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& now i get a crank call : no talking : not even the heavy breathing
i sometimes get on the crank calls from home : just the sound of a room
really : another officebuilding : or perhaps � a different room within
this very officebuilding ::: >>>
i can hear the quiet constant exhalation of the building air systems
: no real other office noises in the background : no music : no clicking
or clacking of computer keyboard : not much of anything really :
at first i think that this is a credit card debtor of some sort calling
to annoy me � to coax me to pay some late bill or something �
then i notice a sort of phlegmy clearing of the throat � not too
too close to the telephone receiver : i also take observative note that
the sound of this close-to-nothing is far too clear to be a payphone or
cellphone audio signal : this is definitely a corporate line � &
almost definitely a phoneline from within the building :
perhaps this is the person who perpetrated the fingercrime :
'who are you : what is this about?' � i ask in a very calm voice
� then � i simply listen � silently listen � 2 can
play at this game [ or if it is 3-way calling � 3 can play at this
game � or � i am sure there are other telecommunication options
that allow for more than 3 � like a party line � but i assume
it unfathomable for so many people to be so creepily quiet at once �
without even giggling a little bit � no? ] ::: >>>
after about 30 minutes � i hang up :
i have to get back to work � no? ::: >>>
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