Beer is one of the major Consumerist food groups, along with tacos, cheese, and bacon. It’s very important and nice to have around. That doesn’t mean, however, that you should dial up emergency services to report that your granddaughter won’t buy you beer, as one Tennessee woman allegedly did. [Associated Press] [More]
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Calling 9-1-1 Will Not Convince Mall Security To Push Your Wheelchair To The Apple Store
By 12.4.13
Sometimes you just need a lift to the Apple Store. Borrowing a wheelchair from the mall, then calling emergency services and demanding that security officers push you there is not how we recommend that you get there. [More]
Police Arrest Woman Who Called 9-1-1 Six Times To Complain About Bar Full Of Drunk People
By 11.6.13
There is a certain expectation when you enter a certain kind of establishment that serves alcohol: People will be drinking alochol. Shocking, we know. Especially for one woman who allegedly called 9-1-1 six times to complain about people consuming booze at a bar and demanding that cops come and arrest everyone inside the joint. For drinking. [More]
Calling 9-1-1 Won’t Help You Find The Red Jell-O When It Disappears From The Fridge
By 10.22.13
Here we were, thinking we couldn’t say it enough times that it’s not acceptable to rush to the authorities with non-emergencies — an unsavory taste experience; cell phones in the movie theater; a penny’s worth of overcharging for a beer — and yet, it’s still happening. People are still dialing up 9-1-1 all in a dither over things like some strawberry Jell-O disappearing from the fridge at work. [More]
Do Not Call 9-1-1 When You’re Overcharged By A Penny For Beer
By 10.16.13
There are grave injustices in this world, some of which may require an immediate response from emergency personnel. But claiming you were overcharged by a penny for a beer is not one of those injustices. Heck, it’s not even a minor transgression. And yet police say a man called 9-1-1 three times to complain about his ordeal. [More]
Blogger Admits He Maybe Overreacted By Calling 9-1-1 To Report Cell Phone Use In Theater
By 9.10.13
Your head is on fire. A spaceship spewing bug-eyed aliens just landed in the backyard, and they look mean. Someone in the movie theater is using a cell phone, but the staff doesn’t seem to care. The neighbors have turned into ravenous zombies intent on noshing on your brains. Three of the aforementioned scenarios are all emergency situations and thus warrant calling 9-1-1 for help, while one is not. Let’s take a guess which is an inappropriate reason to get emergency responders involved. [More]
McDonald’s Customer Arrested After Calling 9-1-1 About Mixed-Up Order
By 8.2.13
A man in Georgia decided to call 9-1-1 after not receiving everything he ordered during a recent trip to his local McDonald’s. His plan backfired, however, when he was the one who ended up behind bars. [More]
