Audio By Carbonatix
WTF? I’m at a stop light in Liberty City the other day, and an old Haitian guy sticks some flyers in my window. Before I can wave him off, he urges, “Help me out.” Among ads for “cash today” and “pray clothes” was a pitch for Encore Services (right). Seems the home remodeling company is offering free “bling belts.”
I wasn’t going to pass that up, so I called. Nobody seemed interested in telling me what a bling belt was, let alone talking to me. “You have to talk to Patricia,” said a woman who answered the phone on two separate occasions. Whoever Patricia is, she didn’t return my calls, and I’m still dreaming about that bling belt that could have been mine. —Rob Jordan
