It’s Not Just In The Media
Emergency Services, Lazy/Unhelpful, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, USA | Healthy | March 11, 2021
It is a day or two after my dad has had a pacemaker finally put in after several years of him dying due to an extremely slow heart rate. It is quite early in the morning and I am awoken by my dad telling me to call 911 as he’s experiencing severe chest pain. He goes back to his room and I quickly run to grab the phone and I call 911, which is when things go south.
Operator: “Hello?”
I think I’ve called the wrong number somehow.
Me: “Hello?”
Operator: “Hi. Did you need something?”
Me: “Yeah, is this 911?”
Operator: “Yes. Did you need something?”
Me: “Sorry, it’s just that in the media you guys always say, ‘911, what’s your emergency?’ and you threw me off. Anyway, I need an ambulance to my house.”
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