Emergency operators have an incredibly important job to do. But while many of their calls deal with life or death situations, sometimes people pick up the phone before engaging their brain.
Here are some of the most ridiculous, hilarious, and downright idiotic calls emergency operators have ever received.
Via Reddit.
My legs are turning blue
“Paramedic here, once we had a young woman call 911 around 2am saying that her legs were turning blue. Turns out she had worn a new pair of jeans to the club that night.”
Cooking advice
“I’ve had someone call 911 to know how long to smoke a brisket.”
University dramas
“Just got off work and the last call of the night was a group of college girls running back and forth around their apartment from a possum, squealing (the girls, not the possum). I’ve heard people get stabbed to death and make less of a fuss.”
Aggressive squirrel
“Guy called because there was “an aggressive squirrel next to his car” and he couldn’t get in. Squirrel left before we got there.”
Viagra trouble
“Friend of the family just retired as a 911 operator and she once had a call from an older lady who was in a panic, she had slipped her husband a Viagra, without telling him and he had the longest erection either of them could remember, the wife was nearly in tears, worried she might cause her husband a heart attack.
The husband was laughing his ass off in the background, trying to calm his wife, saying things like “I bet you didn’t think the old buck still had it”, and she would keep yelling at him to stop strutting around, he was going to have a heart attack.”
Fox or werewolf
“A woman reported “either a fox or a werewolf” standing on a street corner.”
Revenge of the crab people
“A guy started a call with those words after escaping from his apartment and running to the closest 7-11. He swore that his roommates were turning into giant crabs. The was going to show the officers that they were currently in giant cocoons transforming. As you might expect he was tripping balls.”
Oh deer
“Caller: A deer just swam across the river behind my house.
Me: Okay?
Caller: Well I am worried it might be cold.
Me:…….Well there is nothing we can do about a deer being cold. Didn’t it run off after swimming the river?
Caller: Yes.
Me: Well ma’am it’s a wild animal and I’d guess it’s going to be fine.
Caller: ok.”
Bacon problems
“A caller dialled 999 (UK) at 04:00 on a Saturday morning and asked: “Where is the best place to get a bacon sandwich right now?””
Twerking alert
“Had a call one night that there were “teenagers twerking in the Wal-Mart parking lot.”
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