dealing with the public

[sundial]

http://www.mail.funnieststuff.net/vvktmt_soyccys.html

[mimitabby]

those were amazing!

[sundial]

The funniest was the lady locked *inside* her car. Must have had a hormonal moment, lol!

[mimitabby]

that's what i was thinking.

but what about the boy who needed his windshield scraped?
I'll bet his mother cleans his room and washes his clothes (and he's 30!)

[sundial]

Yeah, that was pretty lame of him. Some of the kids today lack initiative and common sense. Sigh....

Oh, and the lady who wanted to cook the turkey--she seemed so polite and timid. She could be my next door neighbor.

[Zen]

Oh dear.
They walk among us. And drive, too.

[Andrea]

I think those are more sad than funny. Honestly- how do you think it's OK to call 911 for those things?

[bmccasland]

I think those are more sad than funny. Honestly- how do you think it's OK to call 911 for those things?

As a former dispatcher... oh the things I've heard, fortunately not very often. Those 911 calls are traced, and we had the ability to sieze the phone line, so if the caller hung up, then tried to make another call... they got me! The knock on the door would be the cops. So that takes care of the crank calls, but unfortunately there isn't a cure for stupidity.

[Trek420]

Oh dear.
They walk among us. And drive, too.

Lemme tell ya, and they have phone service, and internet .... I've never been an operator but some of my coworkers have. Ever wonder why it's called Directory Assistance now and not "information"?

Oh the questions they've been asked the stories I've heard.

//rant on (Snap is that how I turn rants on?)

Slightly OT one of this and a huge generalization of course but one of the things I've noticed is the growing and disturbing inability of people to do simple research. If it can't be Googled and they don't have internet access people have no clue.

I got chewed out yesterday because I could not tell a customer the non emergency number for the Chicago police.

Well, I'm not in Chicago, I'm not an operator so it's not my job to look it up. But I bet ya' could walk into a local library and look it up, and you could too.

//rant off

[bmccasland]

Phone book? What's that? Someone told me recently that they couldn't / didn't call me because they didn't have my number... it's listed in the phone book. GAAAK!

Now I realize a bunch of folks have unlisted numbers, but this person didn't even grasp the concept of looking in a phone book.

[sundial]

I think those are more sad than funny. Honestly- how do you think it's OK to call 911 for those things?

I heard about a guy that called 911 when he lost power to his t.v. during a wrestling match. He had a *nice* lecture from the police.

[Zen]

Now I realize a bunch of folks have unlisted numbers, but this person didn't even grasp the concept of looking in a phone book.

I recycle my phone books as soon as I get them. I use AnyWho.com or others like it. That even has reverse look-up. Can't get that in a phone book!

[bmccasland]

I recycle my phone books as soon as I get them. I use AnyWho.com or others like it. That even has reverse look-up. Can't get that in a phone book!

Not entirely true... or maybe it depends on who makes your phone book. When I lived in the back of nowhere, our regional book, the size of a Time or Newsweek did have a reverse directory. But you're right Zen, most areas don't have it.

I have googled on wrong numbers to see who's calling me - or rather, who's calling my cell phone.