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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/xtnh on 2025-02-07 10:50:40+00:00.

Teacher in an early primary state.

Back in the 1980s candidates spent a lot of shoe-leather looking for votes, and one way was to speak at schools in between shaking hands at factory entrances and going to Rotary luncheons.

A colleague was in the middle of class when a minor candidate but the governor of a state walked into his class and said “excuse me, I need to use your phone.”

“I’m in the middle of class, and you can’t use that phone.”

The governor looked a little shocked, and there was a stand-off until the Central Office Assistant Superintendent of whatever said “It will only be a minute.”

My friend asked if he needed privacy. The governor nodded.

“OK, class is over,” my friend said, looking at the Admin. “Head on down to the cafeteria and we’ll just have a study hall, since this call is more important than my class.”

As the kids left the governor picked up the phone and waited. and waited. Then he asked “How do I get an outside line?”

You can’t," he said, it’s an internal phone.

"I told you.

“You can’t use that phone.” And off he went for a little break.