Posted on 04/13/2005 11:12:46 AM PDT by tuffydoodle
On the other hand, a $12,000,000 lawsuit might be just right.
You are so right.
There was a thread posted here a couple of months ago about an incident where that very thing happened.
I would think a 911 operators job would be 98 percent boredom and 2 percent try-not-to-panic.
You're right, after he made the comment he acted completely professional and unchallenging. No way I could have done the same after someone talked to me the way she talked to him. That call would have gotten me canned.
"On the other hand, a $12,000,000 lawsuit might be just right."
You nailed it.
'This is a slap in the face that . . . my call for help, my 911 call was not important enough . . .
It wasn't, lady. Get over it.
Good grief. She came home and found her two daughters fighting and throwing things, and immediately called 911? For what? Did she have some reason to think her daughters were injured? Apparently not, since all she told the call-taker was that her 12-year-old daughter was out of control.
The call-taker made a joke to try to put it in perspective. It didn't work; he's apologized. This woman should be happy nobody is prosecuting or suing her for wasting the valuable time of an emergency service instead of doing her job as a parent.
That woman ought to be ashamed to let anyone know she can't handle her 12 year old. Leave the operator alone. What he said might have been dumb, but nothing to get fired over. See about filing charges on the mother for calling 911 for a non life threatening situation! What do you wanna bet she'll file a law suit?
Where exactly?
I went to his site and saw the poll about the dispatcher (48% vote he should get a raise), but nothing about contributions for a Disney World trip.
The chief is the consumate politician, and very trendily PC.
But I question his judgement and sense of proportion.
My guess is that morale in his department is not the best in the state and this mindless response is likely to make it worse.
The police should have gone in there and arrested ALL of them for domestic abuse including the mother and hauled them away in handcuffs. Then social services should be called in and the family dealt with in an appropriate way.
That would probably be the last time she called 911 for such nonsense.
I heard it on his show today, but you're right, I can't find it on his site either. He said he has collected over $1000 so far. Maybe tomorrow he will update his site or give more info as to how to contribute.
I heard an interview on a talk radio show with the author about a year ago and had forgotten about it until this.
It's a collection of stupid and hillarious 911 calls.
Comes with a CD with many of the actual calls and updates.
I darn near drove off the road laughing during the interview.
sounds to me like this "mom" is a life long victim.
yes the comment was crass but get a grip lady. you aren't going to feel safe ever again calling 911?
heres a hint IT"S FOR EMERGENCY USE.
she probably is one who goes to the emergency room for a cold.
i am so glad this guy did not lose his job over this (yet)
a scholding and written reprimand is appropriate.
"Uh, what was she looking for? Someone to come over and do the job that she failed to do?"
Uh, whatever it was, it wasn't money.
"Sure as hell sounds like it."
How?
It really is a good question. "Conflict resolution" with police officers involved very often ends in gunfire.
Nope, it wasn't. I bet it ends up that way, though.
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