Ma Bell’s Toll

By Abigail Van Buren

© 1978 by Chicago Tribune N.Y. Naws Synd. Inc.

DEAR ABBY: A mother wrote complaining that her
daughter preferred calling relatives long distance to thank
them for Christmas, birthday and graduation gifts rather
than write thank-you notes, You said, “A letter is better, but
a telephone call is better than nothing.” ;

Well, I work for the telephone company, and more and
more ] am faced with the upleasant task of disconnecting the
telephone service of a parent or grandparent for non-
payment of a large telephone bill because some child or
grandchild has made long-distance calls all over Lhe country

. without the slightest thought of the cost involved.

Perhaps we have made it too easy to dial long distance or
even overseas, promating the idea of long-distance calls
because it's more profitable for us.

Ifa phone bill is not paid beeause of indiscriminate calling
by irresponsible children (or adults), the responsible paying
customers will end up raying the bill in higher monthly
rates. Please let your readers know this, Abby.

DOING MY JOB

DEAR DOING: Consider it done! Readers, did you get ,

the message?

DEAR ABBY: I'm in love with a super dude, but he has
one very bad fault. Bad breath. Abby, you couldn't ask for a
nicer guy, but this one fault is really hard to take — especial-
ly when we kiss. It's not just after he’s eaten onions or
garlic. It's all the time.

He's a business person who deals with the public, so J
worry about what other people might think. “~

I keep thinking maybe he needs to see a dentist, but holy
cow, the man is 33 and I hate to suggest it.

T have an idea he-knows his breath is bad because he's
always sucking on mints or chewing gum, but it doesn't help.
He's a very sensitive guy and I wouldn't hurt his feelings for
the world. Somebody should tell him. But who? ,

CHICKEN IN DETROIT

DEAR CHICKEN: You! I¢ would be an act of kindness. Ii

a dentist can’t help him, he should see a doctor. Chronic bad ©

breath can be a symptom of a serious physical ailment, and

masking it with breath-fresheners, mints, mouthwashes or

chewing gum is NOT a proper solution, EH you love him, tell
m ;

DEAR ABBY: My husband wears a hearing aid, and when
we're ata cocktail party he turns it off and sits in a corner all
by himself. Many people think he's anti-social or snobbish,
but it’s not true. He says that when some folks (especially
women) get a few drinks in them, they tend to laugh and.

‘shriek extra loud, and the sound, when amplified through his
hearing aid, feels like a “knife” in his ear.

Abby, you would be doing people who wear hearing aids a
big favor if you asked your readers to be a little more con-

siderale.
SAN DIEGO

DEAR SAN: I can ASK, but I fear that my ples will fall
on deaf ears. .

DEAR ABBY: Can a person ever REALLY forgive and
forget? . :
; LEE

DEAR LEE: Not aa long as that person keeps asking
himeelf that question.

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