Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!world!decwrl!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: COCOT-in-Violation Label File] Message-ID: <13090@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 6 Oct 90 17:49:24 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 25 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 716, Message 7 of 12 Carol Springs writes: > Covering the coin slot is a tempting idea. In practice, there are all > kinds of reasons not to do so. Be that as it may, covering the coin slot is a gentlemanly, civilized tactic compared to the way the average goon handles an offending instrument. There were two of the older, particularly greedy and offensive COCOTs at a corner that I pass daily. I have placed stickers, called the owner (and talked to his machine), and even called Pac*Bell. All to no avail. Recently, I noticed that the handsets had been ripped off and the upper part of the phones had obviously been in intimate contact with a sledge hammer. Somehow I doubt that these devices would, in their present condition, serve well in an emergency. Better stickers than the capital punishment for phones metted out by some of the less gentle members of society. Then again... John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !