Another Day in the Life of a 911 Dispatcher:

From 2005:

In 2 1/2 hours, we've had 10 calls for ambulance lights and sirens, both to the patient's location and lights and sirens to the hospital. We had a drunk guy slam into a power pole and knock out power to half the city for 3 hours. Because of that accident, THREE more accidents occurred. One was a fender bender. One of the fender bender drivers got out of the car and was hit by another vehicle and then a different vehicle saw the pedestrian guy get hit so that driver rolled his vehicle. OH HOLY CRAP! You've got to be kidding.

So the mayor calls and half the city council calls, the patrol lieutenants all call and every Joe Citizen whose power is out calls. Half the elderly whose power went out are on oxygen and think they need to go to the hospital. The half that aren't on oxygen lose their balance in the dark and fall and call their son in Colorado to call us.

Gas leak in a residence, DUI, Diabetic guy at a care center wants an ambulance, someone stole my credit cards from my house while I was at church, I sent MYSELF an IM instead of Annalee, Adult Probation officers needing back up on an arrest with subjects proned out, someone stole my utility trailer, I backed into a parked car, subjects begging for money at IHOP, I lost my cell phone at church, a guy at the grocery store was yelling at me for no reason, brush fire in BFE, my exhusband has my kids and wont let me talk to them, I paid cash for my fuel and the clerk says I owe him 5 dollars, I'm teaching my 5 year old kid how to shoplift at Walmart, the ambulance wants times on a call from today and I'm looking in the year 1997..., some lady is driving down the interstate and her tire is going to fall off, somebody stole my Ford Escort (who gives a CRAP), someone broke into my business, and various other joyous activities.

And you know how many business and residential alarms have tripped because of the power outage???? AND my first call of the day was some old guy who said some polygamist stole his baby goat. I throw my hands up in disgust and .........dunno....... MY HELL!

Some officer just asked if he was clear for lunch. My response: Only if I am! (Yes, I said that on the police radio....I might be in trouble but I don't care.)

Hey, I'm just here to type.....