Just remember that while you are calling about something that's not a life threatening emergency you are putting someone with a life threatening emergency on hold and in those cases every second counts.
There should be zero tolerance for this kind of behaviour, and anyone who makes a prank or pointless 999 call, should be fined. If they had a real emergency, and couldn't get through because somebody made a pointless call, I am sure they would be laughing on the other side of their face
It depends... if they genuinely feel that the police need to know like the lady on the coach and then hang up when told to they shouldn’t, same with little kids but anyone aged 16+ should know better. And in my opinion the fine should go up from £90 to £150 or something like that.
My friend called 911 in uk bc he thought it would do nothing but we found out later that it forwards to 999 🤣 when they answered he was asking the operater to tell us to stop bullying him she said no 🤣😭 pissing myself! He also later that night got text from yorkshire police! His mum was fuming he is currently grounded 🤭
Trust me, when I say: Those are *not* the most pointless calls to the emergency number in a year. Those are just the ones that exemplify the problem the best. People ring 999 to inquire where the nearest police station is, about the number for an "emergency" plumber, how to get an urgent extension on their passport, ordering food or complaining about their food order being late, various animals in perfectly natural situation (e.g. a duck in a pond or a hedgehog in a garden),... I could go on forever and I still wouldn't even scratch the surface of what people call 999 for. But at the same time you can't just start a big campaign to tell people to stop bothering the police or the ambulance service, because there already ARE people who are way TOO reluctant to call us for help. After that campaign they will be even LESS likely to get sorely needed help, because they don't want to bother us. It's a really, really difficult balance to strike and I don't envy our press relations officers whenever they have to do interviews about this stuff, because no matter how you put it - entitled people will continue to call, because surely THEIR problem IS an emergency and reluctant peple won't call, because the emergency services surely have better things to do.
@@Mrjoboo1 No, I'm a firefighter and paramedic, but where I live all dispatchers have to be firefighters and at least EMT (preferrably paramedic) and some of them like to keep up on their skills by doing one or two shifts a month on the ambulance. At my station I get to work with three of them on a regular basis.
@@Mrjoboo1 They do, yes. There are examples of this online where people in abusive relationships call to order a pizza or something similar and try to hint at the actual problem. I would, however, not encourage to do that if it can be helped at all, because it can be hard for call handlers to pick up on that. Most people would probably think: "But they have to wonder why someone would call 911 on accident, right? They would at least be curious and make sure, right?" - but that's just not the reality. 911 centers get SO. MANY. CALLS that are either mistaken or where the caller called 911 on purpose with a BS complaint that the "Why would they?" question is long gone from dispatchers' minds. So if you use this strategy you have to break through the initial "ugh, a fake caller again" reaction of the handler. (They are, however, trained to never drop a call until they are certain of the callers intent.) It is definitively easier and quicker to plainly give your adress and that you are being mistreated by your partner in 2-3 sentences and then quickly hang up - if you get any chance to be out of hearing distance for a couple of seconds. The "pizza delivery solution" or the "hey rachel, can you pick up the kids today?" method (or any other disguise) is only advisable if you absolutely can not get away for even a few seconds.
I agree, these are brilliant, keep em coming, always cheer me up if I had to go to Burger king because KFC were out of chicken and the bus driver was disrespectfully whistling and everyone started singing
"Happy New Year." I don't know about you, but if I ever had to make a 999 call around New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, I would wait until _after_ explaining the situation and providing the required information before saying "Happy New Year".
The first few calls were absolutely disgusting! Especially the KFC one, whilst they are laughing, someone is dying! I have 0 respect for these people and they should be utterly ashamed of themselves! I have all the respect in the world for police! Well done and thank you for your service ❤️
I called 999 after an articulated lorry forced me off the road. I also reported that the lorry was veering from side to side, the driver was probably drunk and a real danger to other road users. When I told the operator that the only witnesses were family members in the car with me it was suggested that I report him to his employers. I said this person was a real danger and needed stopping but the operator kept fobbing me off. When I told a friend up country, who worked for the police, he said that’s known as “batting”. Fobbing people off over complaints they consider not worth their time and effort so the tactic is plainly widespread.
Police wouldn’t directly deploy to that you’d have to make an online traffic report but they would normally circulate the license plate for officers in case they’re in the area and see it.
@@johncrosley1 the difference is a man with a dangerous weapon (firearm?)is already committing an indictable offence before he even does anything else. Also a person with a weapon out on display in public likely has the INTENTION to harm someone imminently. Also someone with a firearm walking down the street isn’t going to be as far from there original location in the next few minutes compared to someone driving in a vehicle.
Nah they shouldn’t be charged for this, technically very few resources and time are wasted from these type of ‘nuisance calls’ it’s the hoax calls where massive amounts of time and resources related wasted that people should be charged
I am not sure the last call is a prank. She could have been committing a public order offense. Also, if she cannot reverse, then she should not be driving. I can see an argument for police attending that call being in the public interest.
I don't find any of the prank calls funny. I've needed an ambulance many times of my life due to having a serious heart condition. Sometimes you need an ambulance immediately to save your life. People don't realise the damage they do when they call 999 for no reason. It should carry prison time
SHUSH !! (this is not the time and place for reasonable analysis) I suspect it is another pathetic plot of the BBC to deflect from getting on with BREXIT !!
Yeah, but that's 22,000 instances where someone else with a real emergency may have had to wait to speak to someone. Where life or death can be hinge on help getting there a few minutes or even seconds earlier that's 22,000 instances where someone's life could have been lost. Definitely not ideal and probably very significant for those people and their families.
Just remember that while you are calling about something that's not a life threatening emergency you are putting someone with a life threatening emergency on hold and in those cases every second counts.
Don't worry, when it's their life on the line being held up by a prank call I'm sure theyll find it halarious ....
"Hello police, what's your emergency"
"KFC run out of chickens"
"We can see where you calling from"
INSTANT REGRET
There should be zero tolerance for this kind of behaviour, and anyone who makes a prank or pointless 999 call, should be fined. If they had a real emergency, and couldn't get through because somebody made a pointless call, I am sure they would be laughing on the other side of their face
It depends... if they genuinely feel that the police need to know like the lady on the coach and then hang up when told to they shouldn’t, same with little kids but anyone aged 16+ should know better. And in my opinion the fine should go up from £90 to £150 or something like that.
My friend called 911 in uk bc he thought it would do nothing but we found out later that it forwards to 999 🤣 when they answered he was asking the operater to tell us to stop bullying him she said no 🤣😭 pissing myself! He also later that night got text from yorkshire police! His mum was fuming he is currently grounded 🤭
Trust me, when I say: Those are *not* the most pointless calls to the emergency number in a year. Those are just the ones that exemplify the problem the best. People ring 999 to inquire where the nearest police station is, about the number for an "emergency" plumber, how to get an urgent extension on their passport, ordering food or complaining about their food order being late, various animals in perfectly natural situation (e.g. a duck in a pond or a hedgehog in a garden),... I could go on forever and I still wouldn't even scratch the surface of what people call 999 for. But at the same time you can't just start a big campaign to tell people to stop bothering the police or the ambulance service, because there already ARE people who are way TOO reluctant to call us for help. After that campaign they will be even LESS likely to get sorely needed help, because they don't want to bother us. It's a really, really difficult balance to strike and I don't envy our press relations officers whenever they have to do interviews about this stuff, because no matter how you put it - entitled people will continue to call, because surely THEIR problem IS an emergency and reluctant peple won't call, because the emergency services surely have better things to do.
Are you a dispatcher/999 call handler?
@@Mrjoboo1 No, I'm a firefighter and paramedic, but where I live all dispatchers have to be firefighters and at least EMT (preferrably paramedic) and some of them like to keep up on their skills by doing one or two shifts a month on the ambulance. At my station I get to work with three of them on a regular basis.
@@QemeH do you ever get coded messages for help from callers?
@@Mrjoboo1 They do, yes. There are examples of this online where people in abusive relationships call to order a pizza or something similar and try to hint at the actual problem.
I would, however, not encourage to do that if it can be helped at all, because it can be hard for call handlers to pick up on that. Most people would probably think: "But they have to wonder why someone would call 911 on accident, right? They would at least be curious and make sure, right?" - but that's just not the reality. 911 centers get SO. MANY. CALLS that are either mistaken or where the caller called 911 on purpose with a BS complaint that the "Why would they?" question is long gone from dispatchers' minds. So if you use this strategy you have to break through the initial "ugh, a fake caller again" reaction of the handler. (They are, however, trained to never drop a call until they are certain of the callers intent.)
It is definitively easier and quicker to plainly give your adress and that you are being mistreated by your partner in 2-3 sentences and then quickly hang up - if you get any chance to be out of hearing distance for a couple of seconds. The "pizza delivery solution" or the "hey rachel, can you pick up the kids today?" method (or any other disguise) is only advisable if you absolutely can not get away for even a few seconds.
@@QemeH interesting. Thanks for answering my questions :)
‘KFC RAN OUT OF CHICKEN’
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Black
Heck, that is an emergency!
I had to go to burger king
@@NicoleKe original
They should still fine them and disconnect their mobile phones for making pointless 999 calls.
Basically KFC ran out of chicken background:hhahahaba
KFC ran out of chicken and a bus driver whistling on the bus?
im seriously dying, just made my day
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don’t know if you’re laughing at them or with them
@@Luke_05 he said "dying" not laughing!
‘999 what is your emergency?’
‘Hi yeah, this guy called tribefenatic said that he’s dying on a RUclips comment section…he said he’s serious’
‘…..’
@@Luke_05I'm laughing with them. 😂
The KFC part killed me.😂😂😂😂
Same here
if you want to prank call someone, prank call someone who doesn't have anything to do
0:36 I had to go to Burger King.
KFC have run out of chicken
They can always call 101 for non urgent matters
The Real serious none joke is getting through to 101...
Ron Angel what does 101 get you through to. Isn’t 101 the none emergency
@@raindear573 yes, that's why they never answer quick.
Depends how busy they are, called 101 and waited about 5 minutes but another time I called they answered straight away.
Better to make online report for most non emergencies
Get them done for wasting police time and resources.
This is so sad. People are so immature.
0:37 A true emergency
Just jail them for 6 mnts simple
More videos like this please 🙏
I agree, these are brilliant, keep em coming, always cheer me up if I had to go to Burger king because KFC were out of chicken and the bus driver was disrespectfully whistling and everyone started singing
Is really funny that a teen call the police about KCF really out of chicken 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Think Before you call 999
The people who make fake prank calls are putting other peoples lives at risk and the fake callers should be made for do community service
"Happy New Year."
I don't know about you, but if I ever had to make a 999 call around New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, I would wait until _after_ explaining the situation and providing the required information before saying "Happy New Year".
The first few calls were absolutely disgusting! Especially the KFC one, whilst they are laughing, someone is dying! I have 0 respect for these people and they should be utterly ashamed of themselves! I have all the respect in the world for police! Well done and thank you for your service ❤️
And not to mention the people making ridiculous calls and wasting police time could one day need their help!
"It's not funny or cute" loooool
I dialled 999 about an articulated dump truck being driven on London roads.
I called 999 after an articulated lorry forced me off the road. I also reported that the lorry was veering from side to side, the driver was probably drunk and a real danger to other road users. When I told the operator that the only witnesses were family members in the car with me it was suggested that I report him to his employers. I said this person was a real danger and needed stopping but the operator kept fobbing me off. When I told a friend up country, who worked for the police, he said that’s known as “batting”. Fobbing people off over complaints they consider not worth their time and effort so the tactic is plainly widespread.
Articulated dump truck?
Police wouldn’t directly deploy to that you’d have to make an online traffic report but they would normally circulate the license plate for officers in case they’re in the area and see it.
@@thanos8403 If it was a man with a dangerous weapon they would have acted. What’s the difference?
@@johncrosley1 the difference is a man with a dangerous weapon (firearm?)is already committing an indictable offence before he even does anything else. Also a person with a weapon out on display in public likely has the INTENTION to harm someone imminently. Also someone with a firearm walking down the street isn’t going to be as far from there original location in the next few minutes compared to someone driving in a vehicle.
Please do you know what’s the point please
These people should be charged, or forced to witness a 999 hub or A&E?
Nah they shouldn’t be charged for this, technically very few resources and time are wasted from these type of ‘nuisance calls’ it’s the hoax calls where massive amounts of time and resources related wasted that people should be charged
Last one is a bit silly, but not pointless. This could easily lead to violence. I've literally seen it happen!
The KFC guy should be fined, jeez
They all should be
This is really, REALLY sad.
0:36 kfc ran out of chicken 🤣🤣🤣
KFC ran out of chicken 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
Big deal. It's just food. How would anyone die
@nealpatel4255 It's a prank. Obviously, he wasn't serious. 😂
KFC ran out of chicken 💀💀💀
KFC should never run out of chicken. 😢
Yes ladssss
Not one of them sounded ethnic English.
"999, what's your emergency?"
"My RUclips comment hasn't been pinned or received any likes."
British humour at its best 😂
The only genuine emergency was the KFC running out of chicken
in uk same women was arrested therefore not me actually true nspcc
0:37
All units dispatched
I am not sure the last call is a prank. She could have been committing a public order offense. Also, if she cannot reverse, then she should not be driving. I can see an argument for police attending that call being in the public interest.
It could be Dominic Cummings going out for an eye test
@@jakeshears9107 Hehehe x
YES IT IS
I don't find any of the prank calls funny. I've needed an ambulance many times of my life due to having a serious heart condition. Sometimes you need an ambulance immediately to save your life. People don't realise the damage they do when they call 999 for no reason. It should carry prison time
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The Indian women who called in complaining about the bus driver she is bipolar I can bet you 100 dollars 😂😂😂😂
How do you know she was Indian
@@TheWeepingDalek he or she doesnt know she is indian. Just making a stupid assumption.
Why is that related to Bipolar disorder?
She sounded European to me
men women cid already you knowas drs mcr dealt several times abusive behaviour antisocial hate crimes not good to us and them and kids as well
All foreign
Bit of a badly produced video. They could at least add some J cuts, or a voiceover.
22,000/2,000,000. Not ideal but not the worst
SHUSH !! (this is not the time and place for reasonable analysis)
I suspect it is another pathetic plot of the BBC to deflect from getting on with BREXIT !!
Yeah, but that's 22,000 instances where someone else with a real emergency may have had to wait to speak to someone. Where life or death can be hinge on help getting there a few minutes or even seconds earlier that's 22,000 instances where someone's life could have been lost.
Definitely not ideal and probably very significant for those people and their families.
It’s definitely way more than that it’s just most don’t get classed as Hoax. More like 1 in 10 calls at least
To be fair the kfc one is an emergency tho fam
Mohammed A ur not funny
TwitchDoctr T keep your feelings to yourself
PhoTheBowlOfNoodles or you could stfu? I’ll say what I want mate
Every call is important!
You having a laugh mate. You mean the ones in the video right?
Yeah especially the video ones I get from your mum
As a kid I used to find this funny. As an adult… yeah. Not funny at all.
What happens when you’re used to having your backside wiped for you all the time. Socialism at its best.
Maybe it's not important for you,but it can be important for another person, remember that.
🤡🤡
Where's your fake "Islamaphobia" ones?
Lmao
The Muslim kid was wasting emergency time to say about chicken
What