On Sat, 10 May 2008 09:51:07 +0000, Phred wrote:

> In article <wF8Vj.9065$ko5.5658@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, "Michael"
> <michael@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> Hmmm. It's not working, so dont call 132203 and have someone out to
>>>> fix it within three days, just vandalise it instead so it permanently
>>>> doesnt work?
>>>
>>> The phone doesn't work, how are you going to call 132203?
>>
>>Are these amazing "communities" where the only phone is a payphone?
>>Unlikely
>>
>>>> Unlikely.
>>>
>>> Almost guaranteed. That's why most phones used to get vandalised - in
>>> the
>>
>>Load of shit. Most vandalism occurs for absolutely no good reason
>
> Not necessarily. In the one "community" I'm familiar with, the reason
> for vandalism appeared to be to get the loot out of the till. However,
> as I haven't been that way for several months, I don't know if Telstra
> is *still* going through the regular ritual of attaching new hardware to
> the entrails hanging from the back of the cabinet. Maybe they've given
> up on that one by now -- I would have!

USO!

Last year, tel$cum were planning to change the pay phone in Maningrida to
cards only. That phone there never got vandalised while i was working
there, i think they just couldn't be fucked paying someone to empty it
any more.