When I was young, I remember dialing the police’s number for no reason. I just called the police and speak all sorts of nonsense. I was young, I didn’t know what trouble it may cause. I don’t know other’s phone number and 999 (Singapore Police uses 999 for emergencies) is the easiest number to remember.
*Woman calls 911 with pizza complaint*
May 25, 2005 (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) – An 86-year-old woman was jailed after police said she called 911 dispatchers 20 times in a little more than a half-hour all to complain that a pizza parlor wouldn’t deliver.
Dorothy Densmore was charged with misusing the 911 system, a jail spokeswoman said.
She told dispatchers Sunday that a local pizza shop refused to deliver a pie to her south Charlotte apartment, said Officer Mandy Giannini. She also complained that someone at the shop called her a “crazy old coot,” Giannini said.
Densmore wanted them arrested. Instead, police came to arrest her, and she resisted, Giannini said.
It’s unusual for someone to face charges for nonemergency calls, Giannini said. But on Sunday, Densmore kept calling 911, even after she was told to stop, Giannini said.
When an officer arrived at her apartment, the 5-foot-tall, 98-pound woman attacked him, Giannini said. Densmore scratched him, kicked and bit his hand, she said.
Densmore also is charged with resisting a public officer and two counts of misusing the 911 system, jail records show.
Source: ABC
Oh, just to add, I called the fire brigade when I was young too – at 995.
[Just to add - I actually got scolded very badly when my parents discovered my little hobby.]
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you know.. you are mad, how come you find it so fun? btw, did the reciever scold you or something?
by sky (Jun 1, 2005 at 10 PM)sky: I was very young, still in nursary or something. I like the telephone a lot that time so I picked up to dial the only few numbers I have familiar with. I dialed but I don’t think I ever listen to the receiver much even. I just want to press the numbers on the phone. And after I press, I become happy. And meanwhile, probably at the other end, the poor fellow is cursing. I press random numbers too.
by Mr. Dew (Jun 2, 2005 at 6 AM)