Maggie’s 911- idiot thread

[hermosabeach]

At what point do we re-educate America to drive sick family members to the hospital of non life threatening.

At what point to we teach folks what is an Emergency?

 

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[Bender]

My favorite is the potheads that are so high, they call the police on themselves.

 

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[Strykervet]

What it is, I think, is that some folks feel the need to call the cops or whatever but don't know the local number or have a way of getting it. The pizza lady felt ripped off and probably felt in the right, seems dumb yeah, but there's another way to look at it.

The guys with 20lbs. calling the cops --just holy shit. They sounded like they were on some kind of hallucinogen. And why were they smuggling marijuana through Idaho? Anyone around there is used to driving long distances and you can drive to Spokane and just get it at the store!

 

[tt123]

I think generally that it's the 'less gifted' members of society who call 911 for stupid non-emergency stuff.

A national non-emergency contact number that automatically connects you with your nearest police station, might be a worthwhile idea. Something easy to remember with three or four digits.

 

[huntingthem]

My favorite is the potheads that are so high, they call the police on themselves.

Yea like the Michigan cop who stole pot from suspects he arrested and made brownies and thought he OD'd...

 

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I think generally that it's the 'less gifted' members of society who call 911 for stupid non-emergency stuff.

A national non-emergency contact number that automatically connects you with your nearest police station, might be a worthwhile idea. Something easy to remember with three or four digits.

if people are too stupid that they call 911 over pizza......and are too stupid to spend 30 seconds on google to find the local PD number......they are too stupid to use a new "non emergency number"

honestly we should just put these people down...they are too stupid to function in civilized society and there is no way they are not a drain on the society.

 

[Strykervet]

Yea like the Michigan cop who stole pot from suspects he arrested and made brownies and thought he OD'd...

Not to derail this, but highway robbery, theft of Schedule 1 drugs, admission of regular use in possession of a firearm, abuse of power and an admission on tape by his own free will --and nothing, not even charges. That's what pisses people off you know, and the fact that somewhere along the line the system that screws everyone else let his ass skate. People without badges are sick of it, makes it hard to give a fuck or respect a system like that when it's endemic.

Fuck the marijuana, it's the rest of his behavior I find deplorable. It's just as deplorable when nurses steal your meds in the hospital (thanks Seattle VA! --now go piss test your employees and quit worrying about my piss, it's fine like it's been the last 100 times you checked!) --same abuse of power, same lack of accountability. I wish I could do whatever the fuck I want with no consequences, must be nice.

PS, not a cop hater at all, just a BIG TIME HATER of double standards.

 

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[Strykervet]

Holy shit, that's real? What happens next? Did he get to keep the deer or does the dog get it?

 

[sirhrmechanic]

There is a 'list' of Duesey 911 Calls hanging in our dispatch office at the local S.O. ... it's there for comic relief. But some of the better ones include...

Potholes... bears-in-the-woods-minding-their-own-business... My kid won't go to sleep and is potty-mouthing me... someone didn't put their shopping cart back in the rack in the parking lot... I stepped in gum on sidewalk... Cumbys raised coffee price... there is a large bird in my tree and he is staring at me...

But wait, there's more! During duck season: there are a bunch of armed men standing around a camouflaged boat.... During a July 4th torrential downpour: there is water running across my yard coming from my neighbors house up the hill and he won't make it stop (I did get to respond to that one... ) Downhill neighbor wanted uphill neighbor arrested... because water goes downhill. Diplomacy solved that crisis...

And my all time favorite:

The restaurant won't seat us... no we don't have a reservation. But we want to eat here and they won't give us a table I want you to come over and make them give us a table.

This is just a short list from Mayberry.... I bet every dispatch has a similar list. And I bet the above are tame by comparison.

I can't %$#king imagine what some of you guys in the big cities have to deal with. My greatest respect goes out to dispatch. They get a bad rap... and grief all the time. And a few do suck... but most are damn good at what they do and it's a good thing they are!

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[Rthur]

First time I heard this was on a cassette, Lol.
Still funny to this day.

R

 

[powdahound76]

My name is ........, I will be your nurse today.
What brings you to the hospital?

I have a sore throat.

When did this start?

When I woke up this morning.

About how long ago was that?

30 minutes.......

Me “So you called 911 and took the ambulance for a sore throat you had for 30 minutes and you are sitting here in no acute distress drinking gatorade?”

It really happened. Many times. Plus, “I vomitted once” or “I had one episode of diarrhea.”

Oh help us please.

 

[Strykervet]

Almost forgot, I have good one for you. Cop stopped and gave a friend and I a ride home at around 2am when our car blew a head gasket 12 miles from home and it was freezing (which is another story in and of itself). It was in Montgomery, dead of winter and unusually cold. But in the car something came over the radio:

"We have a naked black male riding a large Clydesdale bareback firing random shots through the streets downtown in and around (the projects, forget their name)." We all laughed and they said, "yep, it's (Friday or Saturday) night." All I could think of was ghetto Paul Revere. I bet those guys heard all kinds of shit working nights in Montgomery.