ronnie@eddie.mit.edu (Ron Schnell) (05/30/89)
Last week I was driving in Los Angeles and I came upon an overturned
van. The accident had occured within the previous two minutes so I
figured I would call 911 to make sure that the proper people knew
about it. The conversation went something like this:
Woman's voice: Mobile 911 emergency, what freeway are you calling from?
Me: I'm not calling from a freeway, I'm on Westwood Blvd in Westwood, there
is an overturned van in the intersection.
Woman: Are there any injuries?
Me: Possibly, there are people trying to pry someone out of it.
Woman: Hold on, I will transfer you to L.A. Police.
(Several clicks later a phone started ringing and continued to ring about 10
times)
Finally...
Another woman's voice: <garble garble> please hold...
(I could then hear her talking in the background):
"How many people? ... What time? And you say you had a reservation?"
Woman (to me): <garble garble> Restaurant may I help you?
By the time I finally redialed and got through to the right people, I
was informed that they already knew about it. And no, I didn't make a
reservation.
#Ron
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