I had the typical yeah...wait...what response to the news this morning when I heard about the woman who had called 911 for her emergency need to get her 10 piece chicken Mcnuggets. My first response was as an ex-cop. I immediately hoped she had been locked up for calling not once, not twice, but thrice. I was relieved to discover that she was cited for abuse of the 911 system. However we can rest assured that she still believes she was in the right on this, because she made sure to notify the media. The media in turn made her look like the laughing stock that she is. However she maintains that it was an emergency, because she had paid for a 10 piece Mcnuggets, they had run out, and they were refusing to give her a refund;

"This is an emergency. If I would have known they didn't have McNuggets, I wouldn't have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don't want one," police quoted her as saying. "This is an emergency."

Yeahhhhh, 911 couldn't possibly have anything better to do, like take phone calls about shooting, dead bodies, robberies, domestic violence, or toddlers who have been missing for three months being reported missing (I'm not bitter....just homicidal at that mom. Another blog, another time I s'pose.)

But after watching the video interview, my next response was that of a typical cynical blogger. She's a typical biproduct of the American educational school system. She's ignorant from the neck up, certifiably stupid. Her mom and dad probably had very little to teach her in the way of etiquette, and her common sense is certainly lacking if she thinks that ten Mcnuggets trumps a homicide call to 911. Most people whould shy away from even calling the police non-emergency number in regards to a situation like this. Because to do so would take a police officer off of his beat; patrolling, protecting, and tasing riotous college students at political rallys. The Police State has far more important things to contemplate and enforce than your chicken Mcnuggets.

A few years ago, there was an audio clip that made scores of us cops giggle insidiously. It was some white bread soccer mom from the burbs bringing her child home from karate practice, she goes to a Burger King, and is dismayed that she can't get the burger she wants for her potentially spoiled child. So what did she do? She called 911, and was promptly told off by the Dispatcher, who made the statement;
"What do you want me to do, dispatch a police cruiser to have them enforce your cheeseburger? This is not a police matter ma'am. (((CLICK)))"

Florida Woman Calls 911 After McDonald's Runs Out of McNuggets

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

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Latreasa L. Goodman

A Florida woman called 911 three times after she paid for a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets at a McDonald's but the fast-food restaurant ran out of them and refused to give her a refund.

Latreasa L. Goodman, 27, made the calls after she tried to get her money back from a Fort Pierce McDonald's and the cashier told her all sales were final. Police released the 911 tapes.

"This is an emergency. If I would have known they didn't have McNuggets, I wouldn't have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don't want one," police quoted her as saying. "This is an emergency."

The cashier suggested she choose something else off the menu of equal value to the McNuggets, and offered the restaurant's cheeseburger called the McDouble.

"She's trying to force me to eat something off the menu and I don't want it," Goodman told 911.

The first dispatcher, a woman, asks if there's a manager there, but listens to Goodman's complaints and says she's sending someone.

The second, male dispatcher tells her he's aware of the incident and "we've got an officer coming out there to talk to you."

Police say Goodman was cited on a misuse of 911 charge. A current phone listing for Goodman couldn't be found.

A McDonald's spokesman said Goodman should have been given a refund, and she's being sent a gift card for a free meal.