Halifax Man deals with sex serviceâ??s old phone number

[Guest W***ledi*Time]

I wonder why he didn't just change the number as soon as he realized what was going on,seems rather simple,however I could understand his annoyance.

[drlove 37202]

I wonder why he didn't just change the number as soon as he realized what was going on,seems rather simple,however I could understand his annoyance.

 

Unfortunately, I think it would have caused problems as he had his number printed in various publications as an emergency responder (his occupation). Changing his number would have led to confusion and a potential loss of business.

[CristyCurves 169032]

Unfortunately, I think it would have caused problems as he had his number printed in various publications as an emergency responder (his occupation). Changing his number would have led to confusion and a potential loss of business.

 

See,once again,I didn't read something carefully,it's something I do over and over,thanks for clarifying Dr love,my bad.

[spong 1344]

I understand his discomfort, but I can't imagine offering a list of names and numbers to the police.

 

If the number is tied to an online advertisement, why is the host site not being contacted to have the outdated ad taken down? And do so many people really just dive in to their specific requests? No 'is this so-and-so?' Or an innocuous question about rates or availability?

[Andee 220524]

I can't see the police being interested in names and numbers unless guys were looking for underaged girls. Yawn....

[galaxyace 242]

He seems a little pompous when he suggests to callers who are looking for 18 yr olds...which is legal...that they will somehow be going to jail for looking for that.

 

While people may have personal opinions about whether or not an 18 year old should be in the industry....it's quite another thing to suggest that it is illegal, when it is clearly not.

[drlove 37202]

Just another uninformed / misinformed member of the general public... no wonder our industry gets such a bad rap!

[fortunateone 156618]

This is like a huge un-story lol. Why didn't the reporter look into this, or quote the police as saying "this isn't a crime", and "what exactly do you expect us to investigate?"

 

Instead they've chosen to make the police look incompetent, and sex work for 18 year olds illegal. Very poor job of it, if you ask me.

 

And no investigation into where these callers are getting the number, it must be from some fairly current advertising. And the one call described obviously suggested there wasn't one sp with one picture, but an agency. Why else describe someone.

 

This is a case of a reporter wanting a story and pretty much creating one out of nothing, lol.

[Guest W***ledi*Time]

I hear what you're saying. I'm not sure this is a complete un-story, though (obviously, that's why I posted it, ha ha).

 

It's the type of story that pops up on a regular basis (for example http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=309648 "Escort's Cellphone Number assigned to Toronto Couple"). As such, it's a general reminder that the person who answers a published/advertised telephone number isn't necessarily who you'd expect it to be (the original advertiser).

 

Also, specifically for the gents of Halifax, the most interesting part may be the heads-up that the number they dial today might be answered by this particular, obviously "over zealous"/fed-up, guy.

 

(p.s. While the overall standards of journalism these days are lower than they have ever been its seems, and this was no doubt Easter-Weekend filler by whoever pulled holiday duty to cobble together a newspaper - the story did, at least, specifically state that "The age of consent for paid sex in Canada is 18.")

[Icebreaker 3938]

I can sympathize with man who got assigned the phone number. A few years ago there was a company that had a similar number to my home number where I found myself answering at least a couple of wrong numbers every morning while getting ready for work. Some of their callers were quite rude which made these calls even more annoying.

 

In terms of the list offered to the police, I can understand them not being interested. If the crown would try to prosecute based on any info provided by the man would likely be hearsay at best which means is a non story to the police.

[redmana2 2754]

I greatly sympathize with him. Changing the number wouldn't just result in loss of business, giving his profession it could result in loss of life. And he can't just turn his phone on silent overnight.

 

It is a genuine news story though. Anything with hint of sex is a story that will sell. A good writer will pursue this story and a good publisher will give it enough column space because it will catch people's eyes and get them talking. And here we are on page 2...

[Amelia Fox 9064]

I have to giggle!

 

My cell phone number now is listed in the phone book under a medical clinic.

I get wrong numbers so often I do not answer my phone anymore I make them leave a message and will get back to them( if it is for me)..

 

Things like this happen it is annoying but what can you do. In my case wait out the year until the new phone book comes out with the correct clinics number.

[taloon 1472]

Here's to the days (hopefully soon) when all service providers will be able to operate without fear of the "law". What is it really protecting anyhow?