round: ‘Which member of staff knocked off early last night?’ The operator was taken aback by the question. ‘How did you know? Sheer coincidence … Pepito got a call telling him his brother was sick …’ ‘What time?’ ‘Around ten …’ ‘Where was he, at that point?’ ‘Upstairs.’ ‘On which telephone did he take the call?’ They called the main exchange. The operator confirmed that he’d not put any call through to Pepito.
