Posted on 04/01/2005 11:24:03 AM PST by avg_freeper
I've been a little out of the loop over the past few months so this might of already made the rounds here.
But for those of you that need a bit of humor today here's the transcript. (you can find the audio at the above source link)
Dispatcher: Sheriff's department, how can I help you?
Woman: Yeah, I'm over here . . . I'm over here at Burger King right here in San Clemente.*
Dispatcher: Uh-huh.
Woman: Um, no, not San Clemente; I'm sorry, I live in San Clemente. I'm in Laguna Niguel, I think, that's where I'm at.
Dispatcher: Uh-huh.
Woman: I'm at a drive-through right now.
Dispatcher: Uh-huh.
Woman: I went . . . I ordered my food three times. They're mopping the floor inside, and I understand they'rebusy . . . they're not even busy, okay, I've been the only car here. I asked them four different times to make me a Western Barbeque Burger. Okay, they keep giving me a hamburger with lettuce, tomato, and cheese, onions, and I said, "I'm notleaving . . ."
Dispatcher: Uh-huh.
Woman: I want a Western Burger because I just got my kids from Tae Kwon Do, they're hungry, I'm on my way home, and I live in San Clemente.
Dispatcher: Uh-huh.
Woman: Okay . . . she said, she gave me another hamburger; it's wrong. I said four times, I said, "I want it to go. Can you go out and park in front?" I said, "No, I want my hamburger right." So thenthe . . . the lady came to the manager.She . . . well whoever she is, she came up and she said, um, she said, um, "Do you want your money back?" And I said, "No, I want my hamburger. My kids are hungry and I have to jump on that toll freeway." I said, "I am not leaving this spot," and I said, "I will call the police," because I want my Western Burger done right! Now is that so hard?
Dispatcher: Okay, what exactly is it you want us to do for you?
Woman: I . . . send an officer down here.I . . . I want them to makeme . . .
Dispatcher: Ma'am, we're not gonna go down there and enforce your Western Bacon Cheeseburger.
Woman: What am I supposed to do?
Dispatcher: Thisis . . . this is between you and the manager. We're not gonna go and enforce how to make a hamburger; that's not a criminal issue. There's . . . there's nothing criminal there.
Woman: So I just standhere . . . so I just sit here and [block]?
Dispatcher:You . . . you need to calmly and rationally speak to the manager and figure out what to do between you.
Woman: She did come up, and I said, "Can I please have my Western Burger?"She . . . she said, "I'm not dealing with it," and she walked away. Because they're mopping the floor, and it's also the fact that they don't wantto . . . they don't want to go throughthere . . . and . . . and . . .
Dispatcher: Ma'am, then I suggest you get your money back and go somewhere else. Thisis . . . this is not a criminal issue. We can't go out there and make them make you a cheeseburger the way you want it.
Woman: Well . . . that is . . . that . . . you're supposed to be here to protect me.
Dispatcher: Well, what are we protecting you from, a wrong cheeseburger?
Woman: No . . .
Dispatcher: Is this like . . . is this a harmful cheeseburger or something? I don't understand what you want us to do.
Woman: Just come down here. I'm not . . . I'm not leaving.
Dispatcher: No ma'am, I'm not sending the deputies down there over a cheeseburger. You need to go in there and act like an adult and either get your money back or go home.
Woman: She is not acting like an adult herself! I'm sitting here in my car; I just want them to make my kidsa . . . a Western Burger.
Dispatcher: Ma'am, this is what I suggest: I suggest you get your money back from the manager and you go on your way home.
Woman: Okay.
Dispatcher: Okay? Bye-bye.
Woman: No....
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I listened to it yesterday. She sounds like a valley girl.
I heard this on the radio yesterday.... UNBELIEVABLE!
I heard the audio yesterday. It is really funny!
ok. And this is true?
HarmfulCheeseburger would of made a great punk rock band name I think.
DANG! Wait till the cops find out about that salad dressing mess up at Denny's last week!
Blue State, Blue Voter..........
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Did you ever hear the "the dead deer bit me on the back of my GD neck" 911 call? That one is old but one of the funniest I have ever heard!
This thing is funny and sad at the same time.
It's a very harmful cheeseburger. PROTECT AND SERVE damn you.
Listen to the audio! (follow the link)
The food at BK isn't THAT good, lady.
That's 911.
9/11 is a bit more serious.
...Since the question on everyone's minds is "Is this for real?" we called the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) and spoke to a couple of folks at the Public Affairs Office. They were a bit busy to speak with us at length (evidently matters such as homicides and escaped prisoners take priority over media inquiries about irate fast food patrons), but they told us the recording is an actual call that was handled by an OCSD dispatcher about two years ago.We're leaving this entry's status as "undetermined" for now because we plan to talk to the OCSD again to obtain some additional background information (such as why the dispatcher stayed on the phone so long over something that was clearly not a police matter), and because the fact that the recording is genuine doesn't necessarily mean it was on the level. Was the caller really a harried mother with an overinflated sense of entitlement, or was she a prankster pulling one over on the sheriff's department for the sake of a laugh? Since no one responded to the call, we may never know.
Yeah I realize that now. That was the way it was spelled in the title of the email I got and without thinking I repeated it for the article's title.
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