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On Monday i had the best phone call since our last messiah!
Madwoman: "Can you help me? My boyfriend is being prostituted!"
Me: "When you say....prostituted..."
M.W: "I mean he is being bothered by prostitutes! He wants to marry me and they are trying to put him off and the police don't care...(more in this vein)"
Me: "I see, well, has he reported this to the police himself?"
M.W: "No, he's too scared."
Me: "And you have spoken to the police yourself? Who did you speak to and what did they say?"
M.W: "Well, i rang them last night but i didn't want to call again because i didn't want them to think i am...funny"
Me: "Well, i really think they are your first port of call, really and i think that if your boyfriend has a problem then he should talk to them about it."
M.W: "I have another friend who is being prostituted - he was mugged by a gang of prostitutes and they stole his groceries."
Me: "I see..."
M,W: "..and another one was prostituted as well, I think it is the same gang, they are trying to ruin his health....and upset his mother. Will you do something, make inquiries?"
Sometimes i love my job. No, i am not being sarcastic, this kind of conversation makes my day.
In other news my boycott of Marks and Spencer and their skirt-eating escalator has lasted one entire year. Asda, Debenhams and John Lewises have filled in the wardrobe gaps and i have not missed M&S one bit! So rhubarb to them!
Madwoman: "Can you help me? My boyfriend is being prostituted!"
Me: "When you say....prostituted..."
M.W: "I mean he is being bothered by prostitutes! He wants to marry me and they are trying to put him off and the police don't care...(more in this vein)"
Me: "I see, well, has he reported this to the police himself?"
M.W: "No, he's too scared."
Me: "And you have spoken to the police yourself? Who did you speak to and what did they say?"
M.W: "Well, i rang them last night but i didn't want to call again because i didn't want them to think i am...funny"
Me: "Well, i really think they are your first port of call, really and i think that if your boyfriend has a problem then he should talk to them about it."
M.W: "I have another friend who is being prostituted - he was mugged by a gang of prostitutes and they stole his groceries."
Me: "I see..."
M,W: "..and another one was prostituted as well, I think it is the same gang, they are trying to ruin his health....and upset his mother. Will you do something, make inquiries?"
Sometimes i love my job. No, i am not being sarcastic, this kind of conversation makes my day.
In other news my boycott of Marks and Spencer and their skirt-eating escalator has lasted one entire year. Asda, Debenhams and John Lewises have filled in the wardrobe gaps and i have not missed M&S one bit! So rhubarb to them!