Friday, May 29, 2009

WHAT'S THE NUMBER FOR 9-1-1?

I used to think it was great that it's so easy to call for emergency services.  Now I'm having second thoughts.  Maybe it should be a little harder, to serve as sort of an IQ test for callers.  It might prevent crap like this from happening.  From The Oregonian:

Aloha man calls 9-1-1 over botched fast-food order

ALOHA - For most folks it's not a dilemma. Given a choice between "a day without sunshine" and a day without jail time, most people will skip the orange juice and stay out of jail.

But Raibin Raof Osman isn't most people. The 20-year-old Aloha man had a sleep-over at the Washington County Jail on Memorial Day after calling 9-1-1 to complain that McDonald's left out a box of orange juice from his drive-thru order.

Osman was booked Monday night on accusations of improper use of 9-1-1. He bailed out Tuesday. The offense is a Class B misdemeanor punishable in Oregon by up to six months in jail and a fine of $2,500.

h/t: Drudge

For orange juice?  OK, if it was like a chocolate shake, I might understand.  But orange juice?  Totally unacceptable.  Next thing you know, we'll have some clown calling the cops over Chicken McNuggets, or something.

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