about 10 years ago a cyst on my ovary ruptured and I was in unbelievable pain. I called 911 on the TTY and it took them 10 minutes to answer. When they finally did, I couldn't even stand up anymore and had pulled the TTY off the countertop and put it on the floor with me. I asked them what took so fucking long and they said they had to find someone in the building who knew how to use the TTY.
when i was csr for the irs, i got chewed out all the time by people who had got screwed over by the inept and inefficient tax system. i always said i understood. ;)
they screwed up my tax return this year and those memories are the only thing that's keeping me from writing a really nasty letter.
I decided to dial 911 once, in Illinois, just for the heck of it to figure out just how it would work in case an emergency DID happen. I figured they'd take it as a joke and a yay-for-safety episode in the day. The recording from the phone said something to the effect of... "911 is not operational in your area." Thats it. I was a little quiet after that...
no, if they had been operational, they would have come and arrested you for turning in a fake 911 call.
but that is actually scary. i live in a small town. i called 911 once because a gas main under the bridge just down the road from our house decided to spring a leak. it was roaring and hissing loud enough to make you deaf, you could smell gas for a mile, and people were stopping and jumping out of their cars and running toward the sound.
i figured it was just a matter of time until one of the idiots lit up a cigarette, so i called 911. i told the operator the name of the road, the river and the nearest business, and they're like "which bridge is that?" i said "hello, the town's not that big! how many bridges over the red river on warfield are there?"
to their credit, the fire department got there fairly quickly, but i was pretty disgusted.
are they that jaded in l.a.?
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my.
god.
that is so fucking unacceptable.
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when i was csr for the irs, i got chewed out all the time by people who had got screwed over by the inept and inefficient tax system. i always said i understood. ;)
they screwed up my tax return this year and those memories are the only thing that's keeping me from writing a really nasty letter.
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but that is actually scary.
i live in a small town.
i called 911 once because a gas main under the bridge just down the road from our house decided to spring a leak. it was roaring and hissing loud enough to make you deaf, you could smell gas for a mile, and people were stopping and jumping out of their cars and running toward the sound.
i figured it was just a matter of time until one of the idiots lit up a cigarette, so i called 911. i told the operator the name of the road, the river and the nearest business, and they're like "which bridge is that?" i said "hello, the town's not that big! how many bridges over the red river on warfield are there?"
to their credit, the fire department got there fairly quickly, but i was pretty disgusted.
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