Fanboi called 911 repeatedly because iPhone didn't work A bloke in the US has been arrested after repeatedly calling the emergency number 911 to complain that his iPhone wasn't working. The 48-year-old from Illinois called the emergency services no less than five times to moan about his Jesus mobe, according to a Kendall County Sheriff's Office report cited here. Eventually the …
Yes, but only because he was connected to the fire brigade and submitted a false call to them.
1000's of calls a day are received by 999 operators (which are not the same as the Police, Fire, Ambulance control centres), from total fuckwits.
Usually daft kids, or drunken or immature adults who need to be punished for abusing the system designed to protect you.
Operator: "Emergency services, how can we assist?"
Fanboi: "My phone isn't working!"
Operator: "Excuse me sir, but do you require police, fire or ambulence service?"
Fanboi: "This iPhone isn't making calls!"
Operator: "Ah, you want our Paradox Resolution Service, sir. They'll be along shortly, just ignore the yellow sidearms they have with the pointy bits."
Fanboi: "Thanks very much."
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... and guess that the user in question had accidentally locked his phone with a pin which he could not recall (or perhaps didn't properly understand), and therefore the only thing he could get it to do was to make an emergency call.
This being the case, it may well be that the user didn't fully appreciate that his phone was calling the emergency services. He may in fact have thought that the "Emergency Call" button on his lock screen was making a support call, and was perhaps too drunk to realise his mistake after the first couple of attempts.
This might not be as clear cut as it at first appears.
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