I-Mojave Ifowuni iBooth ngumzekelo ogqityileyo wokuba abantu baxhamla ngezinto ezintle kakhulu. Kule meko, kwakungenanto yocingo yecala kwiLwandle laseMojave. Kwixesha leminyaka engama-3, iqokelele inkolo elandelayo - kwaye ekugqibeleni yaba nexhoba lokuthandwa kwayo.
Kukho zonke iindidi zeengcamango malunga nokuba kuthetha ukuthini, kodwa ndiza kushiya imfihlelo yefilosofi kunye ne-anthropological komnye umntu. Ezi ziyiyo ibali.
Kukho ifowuni yefowuni phakathi kweNdawo engekhoyo?
NgoMeyi 1997, u-Godfrey Daniels waseArizona wafunda ibali lembali elichaza ukuba "uMnu N" waphawula iteksi elincinci ngegama "umnxeba" ecaleni kwalo malunga neekhilomitha ezili-15 ukusuka kuyo nayiphi na indawo kwimaphu yeLwandle laseMojave. Egqithiswe yinqwenela, "N" yaxosha ukuba ibone ifowuni yeefowuni ize iphrinte inombolo yayo.
"N" yenziwe ngefowuni emva kokuyifumana, kodwa u-Godfrey waxhalabisa. Wabiza yonke imihla. Wongena zonke iifowuni zakhe, nangona kungekho mntu waphendula. Wazithuthuzela bakhe abahlobo xa bevakatye, bebenza bafonele umnxeba wefowuni. Ekugqibeleni, emva kwenyanga, ukunyamezela kwakhe kuhlawulwe. Wabiza waza wafumana uphawu oluxakekile.
Emva kokungabonakali, umfazi ogama linguLorne waphendula. U-Lorene wagijima kwindawo yam esecaleni kwaye wayesebhodi yefowuni ukwenza umnxeba. U-Godfrey akazange aphelise ngokuthetha noLorne. Emva koko, wenza uhambo ezintlanu kwifowuni encinane kuMoveve, ebhala ngaye kwiwebhusayithi yakhe.
I-Mojave Ifowuni i-Booth iyaba iLwazi
NgoJulayi ka-1999, u-Godfrey kunye neqela labahlobo bavakatyelela ifowuni. Ngeeyure ezine bathatha iifowuni ezingama-72. Bavela kulo lonke elaseUnited States naseKhanada - kwaye kude kube njengeJamani ne-Australia. Uninzi lwabafowuni babone iwebhusayithi ye-Godfrey.
UChuck wafunda malunga nesigodlo esivela kuSteve, owafunda ngaye ngoThixofrey.
Wabiza umnxeba waza wafumana uxakekile ngo-2: 00 ekuseni.
Wabuza uSteve, umfokazi, ukuba ajoyine naye uhambo ukuze Uyiqhube phezulu. Kuba, emva koko konke, yintoni enye into enobungakanani befowuni ephakathi kwentlango ukuba awukwazi ukuyibiza nokuyiva? Baye baxhaswa ngamaloli ahlaselayo aphethe iiskkethi, i-Denny egcwele abantu abadala kunye neekhilomitha ezilishumi elinesihlanu zomgwaqo onqabileyo ukuya kwindawo.
Xa befikile bafumanisa ukuba kwakungekho ikhonkco, kwakungekho myalelo! Ifowuni yabuya yalungiswa.
Umlobi waseLos Angeles Times uJohn Glionna wadibana noRick Karr oneminyaka engu-51 ubudala kwidolophu yefowuni. UKarr wathi uMoya oyiNgcwele wamxelela ukuba aphendule ifowuni. Kwiintsuku ezingama-32, waphendula ngaphezu kweefowuni ezingaphezulu kwe-500. Enye yezona zinto zimeleyo: iifowuni eziphindaphindiweyo ezivela kumntu ozizibiza ngokuthi "uSergeant Zeno wasePentagon."
I-Mojave Phone Booth (kunye no-Godfrey) yaba ngabadumileyo. Bafumene i -New York Times , iLos Angeles Times , nge-CNN nakwiimaphephandaba kwihlabathi jikelele.
Ukuphela kweMojave Phone Booth
Kwaye kwenzeka: Emva kweminyaka emithathu emva kokuqhaqha kwayo yokuqala udumo, ifowuni yefowuni yadibana nayo.
NgoMeyi 23, 2000, i- San Jose Mercury News yabika ukuba i-Pacific Bell kunye neNational Park Service yashiye idokodo ngenxa yokuba yayityelela abaninzi abanomdla.
Ekugqibeleni ndakujonga, u-Godfrey wayesalondoloza imemori yakhe.