03-07-2009, 15:10
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Yet another 999 Idiot
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"It's my hamster. It's got out of its cage. It's gone into the bathroom and it's gone down into the floorboards.
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-..._Services_Time
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Like all forces, South Yorkshire has an non-emergency number - 0114 2202020 - for calls which fall outside this definition of seriousness.
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Last edited by Sirius; 03-07-2009 at 15:13.
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03-07-2009, 15:44
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
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"It's my hamster. It's got out of its cage. It's gone into the bathroom and it's gone down into the floorboards.
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I bet he threw away the loo roll 
LOL it was a she.
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03-07-2009, 16:10
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
i read about one the other day which made me laugh sooo much...
A guy dialled 999 and requested paramedics because the smell from his feet was making him nausious.
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03-07-2009, 16:36
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
Some people dont have the sense they were born with.
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03-07-2009, 16:38
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
It's times like this that I'm in favour of naming and shaming....
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03-07-2009, 19:11
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
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Some people don't have the sense they were born with.
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I'm not sure these people were born with any sense.
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It's times like this that I'm in favour of naming and shaming....
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Absolutely Stupid people should always suffer the consequences of their stupidity.
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03-07-2009, 20:56
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
While i am loathe to some of the silly fines we now have in the UK i do think anyone that wastes the time of 999 should get fined as the time idiots take up could and maybe has cost someone dear.
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04-07-2009, 01:15
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
While i am loathe to some of the silly fines we now have in the UK i do think anyone that wastes the time of 999 should get fined as the time idiots take up could and maybe has cost someone dear.
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Agreed but no need to waste a Courts time issuing a fine simply Invoice them for the cost of the resources they wasted.
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04-07-2009, 01:22
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
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Originally Posted by Sirius
"It's my hamster. It's got out of its cage. It's gone into the bathroom and it's gone down into the floorboards.
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Send the cat in.
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Originally Posted by Welshchris
A guy dialled 999 and requested paramedics because the smell from his feet was making him nausious.
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LMAO. 
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04-07-2009, 03:38
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
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A guy dialled 999 and requested paramedics because the smell from his feet was making him nausious.
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I didn't know what else to do. You would have done the same. 
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04-07-2009, 05:30
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
I generally just call the local police service centre (put through there from the police station) and I let them decide if they want to treat it as an emergency. The two occasions they have upgraded the call - were someone on the roof of the church (recently had lead stripped) and a small fire in a woodland - so they called the fire brigade).
The trouble is that most people think the 999 call number is freephone assistance. It's not there to tell you how to get home when you missed the last bus, or to chastise your children to eat their greens.
I agree - the police should send a bill similar to the fire brigade for false calls.
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04-07-2009, 08:32
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
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Originally Posted by Sirius
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04-07-2009, 08:40
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
I disagree about fining these people - if they're "intellectually challenged" enough to dial 999 because there's a spider in the bath or something, are they going learn a lesson from being fined?
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04-07-2009, 08:56
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
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04-07-2009, 09:31
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Re: Yet another 999 Idiot
Easy solution.
Make 999 calls about £20 a shot instead of being free. At a stroke that'll cut down on the timewasters and if you really need the Ambulance/Fire Brigade/Police you won't care what it costs. 
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