One day at the welfare office, my supervisor told me I would have to work until one o'clock instead of taking my usual lunch hour at noon. This meant I would miss taking lunch with Prabhupada and his followers. I could not cope with that idea; yet I had no choice. I called Prabhupada from pay phone in the hall outside my office. This was the first time I had ever telephoned him. I felt I was being presumptuous, considering him my equal and therefore easily accessible.
Prabhupada answered. I aske