Thread: Nine--one--one or nine--eleven?
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Old 04-06-2008, 08:54 AM
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Quote:
Dispatcher: 9-1-1 What is the nature of your emergency?
Caller: I'm trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn't have an eleven on it.
Dispatcher: This is nine eleven.
Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one
Dispatcher: Yes, ma'am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing.
Caller: Honey, I may be old, bu t I'm not stupid.
This one actually happened way back in '82 or so in Goleta, CA. I was living in San Luis Obispo at the time, and it ran in the SLO paper. Goleta has held a special place in my heart ever since.