Hello Emergency

In Australia if you need emergency service you would call 000. In the United States its 911 and in Great Britain and Malaysia it has always been 999.

But wherever we are we can always count on the emergency services for help when we need them. But sometimes these emergency help lines can get overused and abused by inane and prank calls.

In Australia figures show that 61% of 000 calls each year are not genuine. If it wasn’t so serious it would be laughable what some people call the emergency hotlines for.
Examples of wasteful calls to 000 are;

· A caller wanted police to help a sparrow with a broken leg.

· A woman who was unhappy with some ham she had bought.

· A kindergarten that wanted the State Emergency Service to look after the children while carpets were dry-cleaned.

· A caller whose phone had been cut off and who wanted a taxi booked.

· A caller ringing up to ask how long to keep a cake in the microwave.

· A caller asking for a Band-Aid.

· A caller requesting an ambulance and then asked if they could pick up some milk on the way.

· People calling because they have run out of drugs.

· People calling because they are locked out of their houses.

· A request for possum removal.

· A caller who had a hangover.

· A caller who asked to have an airline ticket booked for them.

· A caller who needed a snake catcher.