I was discusted tonight to have read the following article, again showing how amazing people can be. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/4124188.stm
can people not get a grip of reality and engage their brain before putting mouth or fingers into motion.

the emergency services are trying to provide a life saving service to those in need and some dick head is phoning up because he or she is HOT.

what next calling the fire brigade because they have set fire to a piece of toast, or because they like to see a big red fire engine, get a grip on reality people.

If they have the number of people who are making these waste of time calls does anyone think that the bogus/ waster callers should be brought to some sort of justice??

At least it didn't reveal where the morons lived, that's one good thing to be said for BBC not recognising anything other than "South Yorkshire"!

The emergency services have a record of who called, so they should send them a whopping great bill for timewasting.

So I take it you were not amused when that fella rang up the police and asked them to come round cos there were two squirrels on his lawn fighting?

I found some more here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4071066.stm


Top 10 strange calls

1. Two young embarrassed children: "Can you send the police up here? Mum and dad went out and we found some handcuffs in their bedroom and put them on and now we're stuck together and don't have a key. Come quick, they'll be home soon."

2. A woman rang up screaming that she had been to her local supermarket and bought bananas. When she got them home, a tarantula crawled out. It turned out to be a leaf from the garden.

3. "My husband's late home from work. Where is he?" (Police said: "A call like this could be important ... but this was just a personal moan").

4. "What's the weather like in Carmarthen? There's snow in Brecon."

5. A school rang up to say there was a pigeon in the building and wanted police to get it out.

6. A man rang to say that he had received an electricity bill but had already paid it. It turned out he had changed supplier so had two bills.

7. "Get the police now, there's a peacock on my lawn."

8. Man: "My next door neighbour is in my garden". Police: "Have you asked him what he's doing?", Man: "No. Get the police straight away." (It turned out he was gardening).

9. "I've lost my snake in the house."

10. A teenager rang to say he missed the bus home from school and wanted a lift from the police as his dad could not pick him up.

people who waste police time should be bared from calling them again.

When I worked in A/E... :roll: I personally remember ambulances being called out for:

A stubbed toe.
An old lady who'd run out of soup.
A man with a wedding ring stuck on his todge. (aye4real).
Countless drunks asleep in town (always 'collapses').
A man with a colemans mustard jar stuck up his arris. (aye4real).
A plonker with a 4 day old infected tattoo site.

and the best one ever :help:

A dim 15 year old girl who's dim mother had already insisted her GP do a home visit cos she had a cough.

He unwillingly gave her a prescription for antibi's at mother's demand - and advised girl to stop smoking.

The girl then walked to the chemist to change prescription & walked home again.

Took one antibiotic which, after 20 minutes hadn't made her feel better so Mum dialed 999 for an ambulance for a second opinion.

Girl decided waiting time was too long & caught bus home without bothering to even book in.

And they say you can't educate pork.

I worry about the sanity of some people in this country! :o

For goodness sake! How much common sense does it take to consider whether or not a situation demands a 999 call???

Perhaps the Government should produce some public information adverts giving examples of what does/does not constitute an emergency for the really hard of understanding?

It seems to me that many people are unable to actually think for themselves and rely on someone else (the emergency services to do it for them)!

Originally posted by Hels
I worry about the sanity of some people in this country! :o



Me too! (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?postid=465643#post465643) :hihi: :hihi: :P

i was once giving into trouble by a police officer for NOT dialling 999! now as it was a fight and we sort of calmed themdown but needed the police to arrest someone i did not class it as an emergancy. the officer said we took a huge risk of us being injured/attacked and said we should have called 999.

savbaby a crime in progress needs reporting on a 999 call as does things like bogus callers in an area and speeding motorists or a public order offence as then the police have a chance of protecting or saving someone even if it is not the original caller.

my ex once phoned the police,she and our three children were walking through upperthorpe when a gang of youngsters began pelting them with bricks,,some of these were actually half house bricks,she phoned the police on her mobile and was told to get a grip,no one stones any one over here,she lost it and told the police officer he was a bloody fool and she needed a responce,they told her that if she carried on with the abuse they would hang up on her,they did..

when she got home i went and counted the bricks on the road,23, one still on a parked car,i rang the police,they responded a couple of hours later and tried to play it down,i took them to the spot where the trouble had occured,counted the bricks with them and my ex even pointed out the gang,
the police did not want to know.

another time my sons nursery school had a police visit,they explained to the kids that they were allways there to help them

several days later,on a sunday,my ,then seven years old son phoned the police to say he was bieng bullied at school, there responce was to ring us back and tell us that he was waisting police time and we could be held responsible for his actions

<i>9. "I've lost my snake in the house." </i>

.... this sounds familiar

I guess it depends whether were talking a 2ft corn snake as in my can or a grat big Boa. Had mine been potential dangerous O would have called the authorities.

(he's back now BTW)

the emergency services are trying to provide a life saving service to those in need and some dick head is phoning up because he or she is HOT.

This shouldn't surprise you.

I'm told that 90% of calls to the ambulance service are not life threatening - people just don't know how (or are unable) to take care of themselves, or seek advice through their GP, pharmacist etc.