Tuesday, October 16, 2007

911 Calls...

Dispatcher: Nine-one-one What is your emergency? > - Caller: I heard what
sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house > on the corner. > -
Dispatcher: Do you have an address? > - Caller: No, I'm wearing a blouse and
slacks, why? >

Dispatcher: Nine-one-one What is your emergency? > - Caller: Someone broke
into my house and took a bite out of my ham and > cheese sandwich. > -
Dispatcher: Excuse me? > - Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left
it on the kitchen > table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone
had taken a bite > out of it. > - Dispatcher: Was anything else taken? > -
Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I'm sick and tired > of
it. >

Dispatcher: Nine-one-one > - Caller: Hi, is this the police? > - Dispatcher:
This is 911. Do you need police assistance? > - Caller: Well, I don't know
who to call. Can you tell me how to cook a > turkey? I've never cooked one
before. >

Dispatcher: Nine-one-one. Fire or emergency? > - Caller: Fire, I guess. > -
Dispatcher: How can I help you sir? > - Caller: I was wondering.....does the
Fire Dept. put snow chains on > their trucks? > - Dispatcher: Yes sir, do
you have an emergency? > - Caller: Well, I've spent the last 4 hours trying
to put these chains > on my tires and....well.... do you think the Fire
Dept. could come over > and help me? > - Dispatcher: Help you what? > -
Caller: Help me get these chains on my car! >

Dispatcher: Nine-one-one What is the nature of your emergency? > - Caller:
I'm trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an > eleven on it.
> - Dispatcher: This is nine eleven. > - Caller: I thought you just said it
was nine-one-one > - Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are
the same > thing. > - Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I'm not stupid. >

Dispatcher: Nine-one-one What's the nature of your emergency? > - Caller: My
wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes > apart. > -
Dispatcher: Is this her first child? > - Caller: No, you idiot! This is her
husband >

And the winner is.......... > - Dispatcher: Nine-one-one > - Caller: Yeah,
I'm having trouble breathing. I'm all out of breath. > Darn...I think I'm
going to pass out. > - Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from? > -
Caller: I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster. Damn...... > - Dispatcher:
Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic? > - Caller: No > -
Dispatcher: What where you doing before you started having trouble >
breathing? > - Caller: Running from the police. >

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