Аннотация: MMMDCLIX. A tourist trip to the embankment. A story. - May 12, 2025.
A tourist trip to the embankment. A story.
I cross the street at the pedestrian crossing.
A woman is walking nearby, talking on the phone.
She turns her head to me and hands me her phone: "They're asking me to hand you the phone!"
I'm amazed, but take the phone and put it to my ear.
- Is this Vladimir Vladimirovich?
I remember all the warnings I heard in April, and carefully direct the sounds into the phone:
- Mm-hmm...
- This is Mikhail Vladimirovich. Why you are not applying for compensation? We have a large apparatus, there is a much possibilities for applying!
- Mm-hmm...
- Open a bank account, issue a card, and we will transfer the compensation to your card. Only you need to always have the phone with you to dictate the digital code that you will receive in the SMS!
- Mm-hmm...
- You need to rest! I do not recommend you to fly to India: you know, with the appearance of problems, the exchange rate rises - the currency strengthens. So you can go to the city center, take a walk along the embankment: today there are big discounts for those who want to walk and relax!
I answer carefully:
- Mm-hmm...
- I'll call you more, some later. Or I'll ask Anton Germanovich to call you. We have already resolved your issue and we are ready to pay you the compensation!
I return the phone to a woman-passerby who happened to be walking next to me on a pedestrian crossing.
It turns out that I am one step away from the bus stop. A bus is just right, which can take me directly to the embankment in 20 minutes. I haven't been to the embankment for a long time. Why me not to take a walk there?
I walked along the embankment and admired the Don River.
A woman is sitting on a bench.
She hands me the phone: "They're asking for you!"
I carefully take the phone.
- Is this Vladimir Vladimirovich?
I remember the warnings. I answer carefully:
- Mm-hmm...
- This is Anton Germanovich! Return (to) your home as soon as possible! Immediately take up your phone: you will receive a digital code! If you do not have time to open a bank account and to issue a bank card, we will send (to) you a courier with cash. Don't worry: the courier is a staff member of a special organization. Everything is secure. We intend to pay (to) you the compensation as soon as possible!
- Mm-hmm...
- Go on for about twenty steps, turn your head to the left. You will see the street "Platovsky spusk". There is a bus without license plates, with tinted windows and with blinds on the windows. Feel free to get on this bus. Delivery from the tourist trip - is free of charge - at the state expense. That's it! We are waiting!
I return the phone to the woman sitting on the bench.
"So..." I am looking around. "Mm-hmm..."
Above the Don River, white clouds float across the blue sky.
May 12, 2025, 09:23
Translation from Russian into English: May 12, 2025 10:15
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