Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Dropping a Dime (Modern day Crime Busting)

How are you going to drop a dime on some scum bag when there aren't any more public pay phones. Used to be you could rat somebody out to the police with a quick anonymous and therefore completely safe phone call from a pay phone. They used to be conveniently located at gas stations, airports, hospitals and at lonely truck stops on the highway. Now you can’t even find a pay phone anywhere you look.  Don’t bother to make that call on your cell phone, it’s probably traceable in about nineteen different ways and somebody will always know it was you. Okay, you can buy a Prepaid Phone with a phone number that’s not registered in your real name; that could work -hurry while supplies last. They are very popular with some people.  One big drawback with a prepaid phone is that you’ll have to destroy it like they do in the movies, after just one call to the cops. Can you afford to do that?  


I wonder how many crimes are going unreported now that we can no longer drop a dime on a crook anonymously and safely. Well if you’re desperate enough and have transportation you can search your city, you might get lucky. I found the one pictured in the photo at a lonely truck stop outside of Houston. Too bad it doesn't have a handset attached.

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