Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> El Jefe and I had a meeting with a LA city councilman and were driving
> there after lunch with our 2 clients on Thursday. Traffic was even more
> insane than usual off the 101 at 4th St. Took us 15 mins. to go 3 blocks -
> turned out one of the studios was filming something - and it looked like
> we were not going to make the appointment. We're, what, at Pershing Square
> and City Hall is at 200 N. Main, so we did a Chinese fire drill, the boss
> and clients jump out of the car, I run around and jump into the driver's
> seat while they run like maniacs to City Hall. I parked in the underground
> parking lot beneath LA Mall, and started hoofing it across the street to
> City Hall. About a block toward my goal, I realize some guy is following
> me. "How," you ask yourself? He was on a cell phone and I heard him say,
> "She's a redhead in a green dress." Well, gee, I seem to be the only
> redhead in a green dress in sight, so I start making odd manuevers. I cut
> back toward the LA Mall, zig zagged through a nest of homeless people
> sitting under the shade trees there, and dove into a Quiznos (thereby
> being somewhat tangentially OB). Meanwhile, the guy is still on my tail
> and parks himself at a table and chairs outside the Quiznos. I call my
> boss and tell him what's happened and I ain't movin' until he comes to get
> me. Meanwhile, the place is swarming with cops - downtown police HQ, the
> LAPD commission, you name it, is also across the street, along with a
> myriad of Social Security offices and state offices, the DEA, the US
> Attorney's office... I collared a cop and explained what was going on.
> Presumably (b/c I'm deep inside the Quiznos and can't see the guy) he
> spoke to the guy, but the cop didn't come back in, so I sat there until my
> boss came to get me a freakin' hour later.
>
> Only thing I can figure is that I was better dressed than most of the
> local denizens - Jimmy Choo purse, Tahari suit and Ferragamo heels - and
> he was eyeballing the purse and contents.
>
> Very nice ladies in the Quiznos. One of them must have noticed that I
> looked distressed and asked if I was okay. I explained what was happening.
> She brought me a cup of ice water and some napkins, then kept me up to
> date, saying, "He's still there" over and over. I left them a $20 tip when
> the boss and I left. The guy was still there and either asleep or faking
> it.

He's is Quiznos Girl's boyfriend. They've found a way to increase her
tips tenfold.


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