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Dude Using My Payphone at Grand Central Today

I had so much to say. I wanted to use either one of these payphones through which to say it. But this dapper-looking dude was using one of them, and it seemed awkward for me to sidle up next to him and use the other one. I ended up using a Penn Station payphone to make my call. Only four payphones remain at Grand Central Terminal. As of yesterday all but the one next to this man worked. The other working phones at Grand Central are in the Station Master’s Office and downstairs, near the Lost & Found. Hooray for the brave old world.

Dude Using My Payphone at Grand Central Terminal
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