Better pay that Cell Phone Bill!

[GeneW]

Sheriff Sgt. Ron Clapper and firefighters found the man about 1 a.m. after 11 hours of searching in an area just north of Augusta, including Manfull Orchards, where there is a Verizon cell phone tower.

Williams said he attempted to use the man’s cell phone signal to locate him, but the man was behind on his phone bill and the Verizon operator refused to connect the signal unless the sheriff’s department agreed to pay the overdue bill. After some disagreement, Williams agreed to pay $20 on the phone bill in order to find the man. But deputies discovered the man just as Williams was preparing to make arrangements for the payment.

http://www.timesreporter.com/homepag...11-hour-search

Somehow I just can't see this being a good thing for Verizon... even as a shareholder (which I'm not) this wouldn't make for good public relations. Saving someone's life would have done the company a good turn, instead they look petty and cheap.

Please.... no diatribes about "capitalism", or I'll quote Solzhenitsyn.

Gene