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Phantom Telephone Operator
30-35 years ago, when I still lived across the Ohio River in Northern Kentucky, my family (as well as some neighbors) were plagued for several months by hoax calls from a pretend telephone operator. This Phantom Operator was very professional and obviously a mature, older woman (not a young prankster). The woman would hold individuals on the line for 10 to 15 minutes at a time awaiting international long distance calls which never materialized.
My Mother eventually came to the conclusion that the caller was a veteran Telephone Operator, perhaps even a supervisior, who'd been recently fired or enforcedly retired by Cincinnati Bell. When mom conveyed her suspicions to Cincinnati Bell security, the fake calls ceased almost immediately!
So could at least a few Bogus Social Workers be formerly-legitimate SWs who have been cashiered for some malfeasance or the other and are attempting to get revenge for the perceived unfairness of it all? Or who simply refuse to accept the fact that they HAVE been fired?
30-35 years ago, when I still lived across the Ohio River in Northern Kentucky, my family (as well as some neighbors) were plagued for several months by hoax calls from a pretend telephone operator. This Phantom Operator was very professional and obviously a mature, older woman (not a young prankster). The woman would hold individuals on the line for 10 to 15 minutes at a time awaiting international long distance calls which never materialized.
My Mother eventually came to the conclusion that the caller was a veteran Telephone Operator, perhaps even a supervisior, who'd been recently fired or enforcedly retired by Cincinnati Bell. When mom conveyed her suspicions to Cincinnati Bell security, the fake calls ceased almost immediately!
So could at least a few Bogus Social Workers be formerly-legitimate SWs who have been cashiered for some malfeasance or the other and are attempting to get revenge for the perceived unfairness of it all? Or who simply refuse to accept the fact that they HAVE been fired?