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IRiSHMaFIA
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 Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:39 am Post subject: Woman called 999 for broken nail |
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eefan....this one's for you. Being a nurse I know you have to put up with moronic calls like this ....
A woman in a nightclub phoned for an ambulance after breaking a fingernail.
Another woman dialled 999 saying a mouse had swallowed her medicine.
Other calls included a man who needed someone to change the television channel, a man who had a dream he was unconscious and had collapsed and a caller who wanted a can of pop out of the fridge.
They were among thousands of timewasters revealed to have blocked 999 lines.
The North East Ambulance Service also highlighted the growing number of revellers who call an ambulance to save queuing for taxis.
They fake injury then wrongly assume ambulance staff will take them home after treatment.
A spokeswoman for NEAS said: "Some of the calls we get are ridiculous. We had two more just last night.
"One was from a woman who said her boyfriend was drunk and she needed help to get him upstairs to bed. Another was from someone who wanted us to deliver a takeaway to them."
Last year demand rose by 15% from November to December.
Control room manager Graham Robinson said: "At this time of year, our demand increases dramatically. We urge members of the public not to call 999 unnecessarily."
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It's so hard to believe people are this irresponsible and stupid, but obviously there's loads out there  |
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faceless
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| Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Makes me want to go round and give them a reason to need an ambulance! |
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Skylace
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| Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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I'm with you Face. These people need a good  |
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HandoGod
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| Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| faceless wrote: | | Makes me want to go round and give them a reason to need an ambulance! |
Right on bro! |
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eefanincan
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| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:28 am Post subject: |
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| HandoGod wrote: | | faceless wrote: | | Makes me want to go round and give them a reason to need an ambulance! |
Right on bro! |
LOL!
Sadly, people really do call for reasons like that, I can totally believe it! As part of our service, we always ask our callers, "What would you have done, if you didn't call us today?" Quite often people say, "I would have called 911". (same as 999). One time, I had a caller who said he would have done that because he ate a piece of bread with a hair on it and wanted to know if he had contracted HIV.
Welcome to my world people  |
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Gasman59
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Location: Pennsylvania USA
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| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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| faceless wrote: | | Makes me want to go round and give them a reason to need an ambulance! |
I so agree with you. If my Mum needed an ambulance and couldn't get one because of one of these fuckheads, I'd go postal !!! |
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