{"id":164940,"date":"2016-06-17T11:55:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T15:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=164940"},"modified":"2016-06-17T13:33:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T17:33:41","slug":"commentary-a-call-girl-named-flo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/commentary-a-call-girl-named-flo\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: A call girl named Flo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_164941\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164941\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-164941\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/call-girl-103x300.jpg\" alt=\"A call girl plying her trade on the streets of Santo Domingo in \u201cCaribbean Sketches\u201d by Roger Burnett\" width=\"103\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/call-girl-103x300.jpg 103w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/call-girl.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 103px) 100vw, 103px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-164941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A call girl plying her trade on the streets of Santo Domingo in \u201cCaribbean Sketches\u201d by Roger Burnett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Let me begin by confessing that I hate cell phones just as much as I hate credit cards, but these days both are a necessary evil: the first to communicate and the second to spend.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, I have no problem with call girls. They ply their profession just as I ply mine. But recently a persistent call girl named Flo has come on the scene. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ve done to deserve her attention. I can only assume that call girls, like many of the fairer sex, are drawn towards mature men. Attractive young ladies, who would have cut me dead when I was in my twenties, go out of their way to give me a hug and a kiss now that I am in my seventies. Some days I return home from Roseau smelling like the cosmetic counter at Jolly\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>I came across Flo for the first time last September when my broadband connection was giving problems. My first assumption, when my phone call to Cable &amp; Wireless was answered by Flo, was that I had miss-dialed and got through to a Jamaican dating service. I put the phone down and tried again. But on re-dialing I still got Flo\u2019s sexy voice in broken English offering to satisfy my needs.<\/p>\n<p>Finally it dawned upon me: Cable &amp; Wireless had gone from the silly name \u201cLIME\u201d to the equally ridiculous name \u201cFLOW\u201d. But Flo is a persistent young lady that sends me countless \u201cwacky\u201d text messages at all times of day and right up to two o\u2019clock in the morning! This ties in, as call girls do work nights.<\/p>\n<p>After a couple of weeks I decided, enough was enough. I telephoned Dominica\u2019s General Manager and requested, as is my legal right, that they stop sending me unsolicited text messages. I was assured that this would be done. However, despite weekly reminders, darling Flo never misses a day without offering me her wacky services.<\/p>\n<p>A month ago I put my case to the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, but to date they have been unable to stop Flo from bothering me.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, when I called in at Digicel to request that they stop sending me unsolicited text messages, a pleasant young lady at the counter said it can be done but would take a little time. On asking, how long is \u201ca little time\u201d, I was told about an hour. And you know what, Digicel have been true to their word!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let me begin by confessing that I hate cell phones just as much as I hate credit cards, but these days both are a necessary evil: the first to communicate and the second to spend. 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