Lamp
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Was listening on the radio - they had someone from London Ambulance emergency dispatch call centre - about how some ppl will call 999 over the most ridiculous things.
Eg:
1. “There’s a bee in my front room!” (Had it stung anyone? No. Was anyone there allergic to bees? No. It was a straightforward case of Bee In Front Room…)
2. “I’ve stubbed my toe!”
3. “I had a dream my friend has been shot. I tried to ring him but no-one answered. Can you go round and make sure he is okay?” (It was 2am, I’m not surprised no-one answered…)
4. “My cat has scratched me!”
5. “I’ve just got a new SIM card, and I don’t know the number. Could you tell me, please?”
6. “My boyfriend has a boil on his bottom and can’t sit down!” (What made this one worse was the fact that the caller kept ringing back every ten minutes bemoaning the fact we hadn’t sent an ambulance yet.)
7. “There’s a rat in my kitchen!”
8. “My child has stuck a pea up his nose!”
9. “I think I’m going to get an abscess in my mouth!” (He hadn’t actually got it yet… I guess he was thinking that prevention was better than cure!)
10. “I had an accident last week and was taken to hospital by ambulance. I’ve just been discharged, and there is blood all over the carpet. Could you come round and clean it up?”
Eg:
1. “There’s a bee in my front room!” (Had it stung anyone? No. Was anyone there allergic to bees? No. It was a straightforward case of Bee In Front Room…)
2. “I’ve stubbed my toe!”
3. “I had a dream my friend has been shot. I tried to ring him but no-one answered. Can you go round and make sure he is okay?” (It was 2am, I’m not surprised no-one answered…)
4. “My cat has scratched me!”
5. “I’ve just got a new SIM card, and I don’t know the number. Could you tell me, please?”
6. “My boyfriend has a boil on his bottom and can’t sit down!” (What made this one worse was the fact that the caller kept ringing back every ten minutes bemoaning the fact we hadn’t sent an ambulance yet.)
7. “There’s a rat in my kitchen!”
8. “My child has stuck a pea up his nose!”
9. “I think I’m going to get an abscess in my mouth!” (He hadn’t actually got it yet… I guess he was thinking that prevention was better than cure!)
10. “I had an accident last week and was taken to hospital by ambulance. I’ve just been discharged, and there is blood all over the carpet. Could you come round and clean it up?”
