MRS. STEVENSON: Well, can't you, for once, forget what number I'm calling and do something for me? Now I want to trace that call. It's my civic duty and it's your civic duty to trace that call and to apprehend those dangerous killers -- and if you won't.
Mrs Stevenson: You didn't try to get that wrong number at all. I asked you explicitly and all you did was dial correctly.
operator :(FILTER) I'm sorry. What number are you calling?
OPERATOR: (FILTER) I will connect you with the Chief Operator.
MRS. STEVENSON: Wha--? I-- Well -- no reason. I - I mean, I merely felt very strongly that something ought to be done about it. These men sounded like killers -- they're dangerous, they're going to murder this woman at eleven-fifteen tonight and I thought the police ought to know.
MRS. STEVENSON: Well ... No. Not yet.
CHIEF OPERATOR: (FILTER) Have you reported this to the police?
CHIEF OPERATOR: (FILTER) You want this call checked purely as a private individual?
MRS. STEVENSON: Oh, for heaven's sake. You mean to tell me I can't report that there's gonna be a murder without getting tied up in all this red tape? Why, it's perfectly idiotic! (BEAT) Well, all right. I'll call the police.
CHIEF OPERATOR: (FILTER) I'm sorry, Mrs. Stevenson, but I'm afraid we couldn't make this check for you and trace the call just on your say-so as a private individual. We'd have to have something more official.