Ramblings from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

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Fla. man dials 911, complains his sub had no sauce

“JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The sauce for a spicy Italian sandwich was apparently a must have for one Florida man. The man, Reginald Peterson, called 911 twice after a sandwich shop left off the sauce.


Peterson initially called the emergency number Thursday so that officers could have his subs made correctly, according to a police report. The second call was to complain that police officers weren't arriving fast enough.

Subway workers told police that Peterson, 42, became belligerent and yelled when they were fixing his order. They locked him out of the store when he left to call police.

When officers arrived, they tried to calm Peterson and explain the proper use of 911. Those efforts failed, and he was arrested on a charge of making false 911 calls.
Peterson did not have a listed phone number.”

Sad, isn’t it. Now as a teenager, I made my share of prank calls. I used to call stores to ask if they had “Prince Albert in the can.” I would then say if they answered affirmatively, “Better let him out, he’ll smother!” Like that was some kind of huge joke. I would call numbers at random to ask “Is your refrigerator running? Better catch it!” I also pranked people I knew were big fans of an old TV Show, “Dialing for Dollars.” And relatives, since I can change my voice fairly well. But not any emergency number.

When people tie up the police, fire-department, or rescue personnel with bogus calls, it is not just a waste of these people’s time and resources. It is a matter of life and death. While they are off chasing moonbeams due to someone’s perverted humor, someone else that desperately needs the aid could die.

There is another issue at hand here, which is people and their endless dissatisfaction with this, that, and the other. People sue over the most ignorant of things, tying up the Judges and Court System which could be doing better things.

A lady sued McDonald’s because she spilled hot coffee on herself. Her lawyer’s excuse was that “the container wasn’t marked: ‘Contents will be hot.’” McDonald’s didn’t serve “iced coffee” at the time, so perhaps she expected it anyway?

In 2004, a man sued TV for making his wife fat. Oh, really? You don’t suppose that the fact that she ate like a pig and got little to no exercise had anything to do with it? The TV has a cut-off switch, does it not? Why didn’t he discuss his wife’s eating habits with her or encourage her to diet and exercise? Many overweight people just need a little support and encouragement.

A case in point is myself. Having gained a lot of weight due to a drug I had to take, I gave up on ever losing weight and sank deeper into depression. I gained more weight this way. My wife and others encouraged me, and I’ve lost more than 50 pounds. Not easily, mind you, but I lost it. It takes work.

In 2005, a Romanian prisoner sued God for not keeping him out of trouble. Wow! I’ve heard God blamed for any number of things but this one is a keeper! You don’t suppose that this chap’s light-fingered ways had anything to do with his problems, do you?

People say “The Devil made me do it.” So he held his pitchfork to your back and forced you to do whatever it was? Or they will say “It’s all God’s fault!” What? People who fuss all of the time about wanting to do as they please, and then when things turn out bad God should have bailed them out. Pathetic.

A woman sued to have her appearance on “Judge Mathias” not aired because she claimed “it was the program staff's fault that she wound up embarrassing herself.” Really? She was suing her own mother, isn’t that embarrassing enough for anyone?

A 52 year old woman sued Victoria’s Secrets over a thong injury. OKayyyyy. So how did she injure her eye putting on a thong? I could see it if some guy punctured his eye over the sight of her in that thong!

A woman was hauled up over child abuse charges. Not really a surprise in this day and time, but this was because a fortune-teller that her child’s teacher went to said that the child had been abused! And at that the reading was vague; stating that “some girl named V” was being abused! Sweet Lord help us! Is this the Salem Witch Trials or what!


http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_23845.aspx

Do not waste these people’s time on such foolishness! If the person is really psychic, why can’t they actually name the kid, the abuser, and the parents? Isn’t there enough real abuse without adding more in?

The phone was a great invention. But people should remember; it isn’t a toy. Use it well! And take burdens off of our officials, don’t burden them further!