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Haven't read the link yet Jen but saw this mentioned on the News. They replayed two calls to 999. A man called them to say he was at McDonald's, no one was serving and there was a big queue 
A woman called them to say her laptop was closed and she couldn't remember her password
How can adults be sooooo stupid to waste an emergency service for such ridiculous reasons
Originally Posted by Yellow Rose:
Haven't read the link yet Jen but saw this mentioned on the News. They replayed two calls to 999. A man called them to say he was at McDonald's, no one was serving and there was a big queue
A woman called them to say her laptop was closed and she couldn't remember her password
How can adults be sooooo stupid to waste an emergency service for such ridiculous reasons
Just seen that on Sky news YR
Nothing surprises me about people in the West Mids. Many moons ago while paying my way through uni, I worked for Cable and Wireless 999/192 operator in Birmingham. The amount of silly calls we got or ridiculous answers made me want to smash my head against a wall
Example 1:
Person: we need the police, we've had an accident in the car
Me: Is anyone hurt, do you also need an ambulance to attend?
Person: what do you mean?
Me: is anyone injured?
Person: I don't know my friend who's with me is unconscious
Example 2:
Person: we've had an accident and need police.
Me: Where are you exactly?
Person: Heathcliffe Avenue
Me: Is that Heathcliffe as in the same spelling in Wuthering Heights?
Person: No Brierley Hill 
The police need to button it
^^^^ Pengy 
Originally Posted by Pengy:
Originally Posted by Yellow Rose:
Haven't read the link yet Jen but saw this mentioned on the News. They replayed two calls to 999. A man called them to say he was at McDonald's, no one was serving and there was a big queue
A woman called them to say her laptop was closed and she couldn't remember her password
How can adults be sooooo stupid to waste an emergency service for such ridiculous reasons
Just seen that on Sky news YR
Nothing surprises me about people in the West Mids. Many moons ago while paying my way through uni, I worked for Cable and Wireless 999/192 operator in Birmingham. The amount of silly calls we got or ridiculous answers made me want to smash my head against a wall
Example 1:
Person: we need the police, we've had an accident in the car
Me: Is anyone hurt, do you also need an ambulance to attend?
Person: what do you mean?
Me: is anyone injured?
Person: I don't know my friend who's with me is unconscious
Example 2:
Person: we've had an accident and need police.
Me: Where are you exactly?
Person: Heathcliffe Avenue
Me: Is that Heathcliffe as in the same spelling in Wuthering Heights?
Person: No Brierley Hill