Emergency Calls
Sunday 8 August 1999 - 6:48 pm
ES Magazine, news
From London's ES Magazine:
Forty or fifty call handlers at any one time operate the 999 room in Euston. Last year they handled two million calls - three quarters of which were judged "inappropriate" or "rubbish".
Can you tell me the time, please?
I have a blister.
Today, I found an umbrella on the number 29 bus.
I still have an old £5 note. Can I use it?
Is there an ambulance free? I have bad acne.
I'm calling from Australia. Could the police go along to a club in Soho and verify that my boyfriend's not drunk? Because he says the doorman says he's drunk and can't come in.
I have itchy legs.
Can you give me the telephone number of the Dorchester Hotel?
I'm pregnant. Do I need to use a seatbelt?
My window has been painted and I cannot shut it. Can a policeman help?
I have shampoo in my eyes.
My daughter's making lemon meringue pies and we're trying to remember how many eggs to put in.
I have lost my false teeth. Can you assist me in a search?
Do you know the frequency of LBC?
I have a rash which developed after a curry. Can you send an ambulance?
Is there a local plumber you'd recomend?
There is a bees nest in the loft.
It's Trisha here - I have piles again.
Can someone ask my son to turn his stereo down?
My baby is crying.
Can a f***ing ambulance take me home from the pub?
I have a broken nail.
There's a cat in my house. Should I leave it until morning?
Where is the best place to order a take-away at this time?
I have lost a crown from my tooth.
Did anyone pick up a £20 note yesterday?
My cousin won't share his duvet.
I have a cold and a sore throat.
I've just seen a rabbit on a central reservation.
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