Apologies that this is nothing whatsoever to do with train travel but this story has been in the British press & TV this week and I thought I'd share it with you:
"Police have appealed to the public to stop making frivolous 999 (911) calls after a woman phoned to complain that the rabbit she bought as a pet did not have floppy ears. She dialled the emergency number to complain when she discovered that the pet's ears did not match the description in a newspaper advertisement.
In another abuse of the emergency services number, a man demanded that the police take action because there were too many onions in his Chinese takeout"
The UK has had one of the coldest and wettest summers in years but today the sun is shining, the forecast for the next few days is dry and sunny so have a great weekend everybody!
Posted by train lady (Member # 3920) on :
Thanks Mr. Williams for something to go with my morning coffee. My father used to remark,"people are funnier than anyone". How true!!
Posted by smitty195 (Member # 5102) on :
Prior to becoming a police officer, I was a 911 dispatcher and supervisor here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Crazy as it may sound, calls like that are far from unusual. We even got calls on Thanksgiving from people wanting to know how to cook a turkey.
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
quote:Originally posted by smitty195: Prior to becoming a police officer, I was a 911 dispatcher and supervisor here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Crazy as it may sound, calls like that are far from unusual. We even got calls on Thanksgiving from people wanting to know how to cook a turkey.
That could be an emergency for all involved - from the turkey himself to hungry dinner guests.
Posted by RR4me (Member # 6052) on :
"We even got calls on Thanksgiving from people wanting to know how to cook a turkey."
Well...?
Posted by Henry Kisor (Member # 4776) on :
Let's hope the dispatcher didn't say "Twelve hours at 450 degrees."
Posted by smitty195 (Member # 5102) on :
quote:Originally posted by RR4me:
Well...?
One of my coworkers told a woman that he didn't know, because his family pre-orders a fully cooked turkey from the grocery store! Posted by RR4me (Member # 6052) on :
Good one. I know this continues to be off-thread, but our new house has an oven that tells one how to cook what. I stay away from it!
Posted by train lady (Member # 3920) on :
The day my appliances tell me what to do is the day Ileave home. On Amtrak of Course
Posted by TwinStarRocket (Member # 2142) on :
Thank you, train lady. You have provided support to the theory that any thread on this forum will eventually become train related. Now, has anyone heard of a 911 call involving bagpipes?
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Well let's put it this way, Mr. Twin Star; when walking between the #1 train (IRT) and the "D" train (BMT) through a passageway in New York under 14th Street during October last, a musician decided to "pipe up', that caused real distress to my ears.
Posted by Ocala Mike (Member # 4657) on :
Gil, you can't fool an ex-New Yorker and a subway buff before I became a railroad buff. Trains lettered A-G (that would include the "D" train) are the old IND (Independent) lines; J-Z comprise the old BMT.
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Until I was to meet my Niece at a restaurant on the fringe of Chinatown and the Village resulting in that transfer, I think it safe to say the only subway line I had ridden was the IRT.
When I lived in NY (I think it may have been my legal residence for a while during the '60's), I knew my way around the IRT starting at 77th & Lex (Lenox Hill Hospital); the BMT and IND I never really mastered.
Of course, use that alphabet soup of the predecessor lines around youngsters such as my age 31 Niece, and it could easily be Greek.
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