Time wasting 999 calls

Karma_mama

Elder Lister
1. A woman calling to say she had bought a cold kebab and the shop would not replace it.

2. Callers who missed their alarm and were going to be late for a flight wanting officers to take them to the airport.

3. A woman who had seen a clown in London selling balloons for £5 each, which was much more than other clowns were charging.

4. Callers in distress because their low-fuel indicator light had come on.

5. A man calling to say his 50p coin was stuck in a washing machine at his local launderette and he wanted police to retrieve it.
6. A man who did not have change for a parking machine claiming staff at a car park had kidnapped him because they were refusing to let him out for free.

7. A caller who dialled 999 at 4am on a Saturday morning and asked: "Where is the best place to get a bacon sandwich
right now?

. A man who called 999 as he was advised to call 111 but did not know the number.

9. A woman who wanted police to deal with a couple of noisy foxes outside her home as they were preventing her from sleeping.

10. A woman who dialled 999 to say there were men in her house trying to take her away. The men in question were police officers who had come to arrest her.
 
  • A woman called 999 because she had a bad dream about a dog;
  • A man called for an ambulance because he was having mood swings – saying he was happy most of the time but sad occasionally;
  • Another man called 999 after a break up and complained of having “a broken heart”.
 
@Cortedivoire what do we say when a lister is the firstbto reply to their post?
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