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When did we become this nation of "Judge Judy" plaintiffs who want to sue or rat out someone for completely asinine things that are largely caused by our own stupidity?
I can't help but notice this growing trend, specifically happening with customer dissatisfaction at fast food restaurants. Today I read about a man in Oregon, who called 911 after a rude McDonald's employee didn't give him the orange juice he ordered. At the same time, another employee also called 911 claiming Osman was blocking the drive-thru lane and knocking on the restaurant windows. Forgive me, but perhaps before tying up an emergency telephone line he could have notified the store manager. Sure enough, Osman was accused of improper use of 911 and spent Memorial Day in jail.
Back in February, Jean Fortune, 66, of Florida called 911 over a similar complaint: He was hungry after work, went to Burger King and ordered a value meal with a lemonade, and when he drove up to pay, they were out of lemonade. They offered him a Coke, but he opted to call the police. "You cannot dial 911 'cause you're unhappy with your burger," a dispatcher said over the phone. "Customer service is not a reason to call 911. 911 is if you're dying. Do you understand that?" Apparently he did not.
And neither did 27-year-old Latreasa L. Goodman, also of Florida. She paid for a 10-piece chicken McNuggets at McDonald's, and then was told they were out of them and they could not give her a refund. She didn't want anything else and became furious, so she called 911 three times! Click here to listen to her crazed phone calls. After being issued a misdemeanor citation, Goodman claimed, "this is an emergency, my McNuggets are an emergency."
Have Americans become trigger happy with 911? Would you ever call the emergency hotline over something that wasn't life-threatening? And most importantly, how upset do you get when someone screws up your food order? [Yahoo][Smoking Gun][Smoking Gun]
