Posted on 06/27/2009 5:57:41 PM PDT by Chet 99
Story Updated: Jun 27, 2009 at 5:16 PM PDT By KATU.com Staff
CLACKAMAS, Ore. - A man upset at the way McDonald's employees handled his order was arrested after allegedly calling 911 repeatedly on Friday to report the restaurant had robbed him, authorities said.
Jeremy Lloyd Martin, 23, was charged with improper use of the 911 service, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said.
According to a tape of the 911 calls released by Clackamas County 911, a man initially told a dispatcher that he was at the McDonald's near the intersection of Southeast Sunnyside Road and Southeast 82nd Avenue and needed help. The man said he had paid $10 in the drive-thru but only received a single burger and a fry before he was told to pull around.
"Sir, this is not a police matter," the dispatcher told him. "You need to take it up with the manager of the McDonald's."
But a person who identified himself as Martin called back demanding that dispatchers send a police officer to the scene and threatening to sue.
"This is a 911 emergency," the person said. "I got robbed for eight dollars."
"Sir, 911 is life-and-death only," the dispatcher said. "If you do continue calling 911 you will be arrested for misuse."
"Well, arrest me at (expletive) 82nd and Sunnyside Road," the caller responded. "Please send a cop right now. I swear to God all my life..."
Eventually an officer arrived after a person who identified himself as Martin had called 911 again.
A McDonald's employee also called 911 to report that three men were screaming at her and trying to fight. The dispatcher told her to keep the doors locked and not to approach the drive-thru. Another witness told 911 the men were harassing employees.
Martin could not be immediately reached to tell his side of the story and explain why he was so upset.
Looks like the source for this bad advice, to call 911 about fast food orders, is the same one that’s advising bicycle riders to ride against traffic.
Looks like those folks need more snow.
OMG thats hilarious
LOL ... this picture was taken in July .......Caribou, Maine ;-P
Sick but very, very funny!
I wanted to call 911 when I saw the King-ons...
And people wonder how Obama got elected.......
Hate to quote a “rap” song but....911 is a JOKE!!
The culture of entitlement...
Jesse’s too busy exploiting Michael Jackson’s death.
Kinda curious to see where Jesse plans on going with that one.
I’m sure the meter is running.
Exactly LIMD. I could not agree with you more, as I deal
with people with this mentality daily.
They have been conditioned to being rewarded without
warranting, yet still maintain that constant
victim status in their minds.
JJ61
Whatever happened to, “the customer is always right”? Just give the guy $8 and get on with business. McD’s was sure to have lost more than that in customers leaving not wanting to be involved and then there will be law suits and employee time off, etc. All for $8.
[LOL ... this picture was taken in July .......Caribou, Maine ;-P]
Are you serious?? What year?? Musta been a looooong winter.
Yes, you’re both right that they may not be the best and the brightest, and their education and background may not have been enough to realize their potential.
So that must be the answer. Not that someone told them to do it, but rather that they simply don’t know any better. Being probable public-school, former students, they’re trained to treat every “insult” and “offense” as the end of the world because they’re “special” and “important.”
Thanks, but that’s so sad.
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