Man Calls 911

UNTflyer · August 4, 2008

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville police say Reginald Peterson needs to learn that 911 is not the appropriate place to complain that Subway left the sauce off a spicy Italian sandwich. Police said the 42-year-old man dialed 911 twice last week so he could have his sub made correctly. The second call was to complain that officers weren't arriving fast enough.

Subway workers told police Peterson became belligerent and yelled when they were fixing his order. They locked him out of the store after he left to call police.

When officers arrived, they tried to calm Peterson and explain the proper use of 911. Those efforts failed, and he was arrested on a charge of making false 911 calls.

Peterson did not have a listed phone number.

GoMeanGreen1999 · August 4, 2008

He should be arrested for making these calls. Get real.

emmitt01 · August 4, 2008

Is anyone surprised by this? You really, really shouldn't be.

People call 911 because:

Their 16 year old won't listen to them

The grocery store clerk rang their "sale" item up incorrectly and won't correct it

They are moving out and want us to stand by to make sure they "get all their stuff"

Their boyfriend borrowed their car to go "see a friend" and isn't back yet

They made a bet on the Super Bowl and the other person won't pay up (Yes, they were drunk)

All of these are calls that I have personally had to answer. 911 dispatch is manned by fire/EMS personnel and not police so they just push through EVERY call that comes in.

UNTflyer · August 5, 2008

He should be arrested for making these calls. Get real.

They did

GoMeanGreen1999 · August 5, 2008

Is anyone surprised by this? You really, really shouldn't be.
People call 911 because:
Their 16 year old won't listen to them
The grocery store clerk rang their "sale" item up incorrectly and won't correct it
They are moving out and want us to stand by to make sure they "get all their stuff"
Their boyfriend borrowed their car to go "see a friend" and isn't back yet
They made a bet on the Super Bowl and the other person won't pay up (Yes, they were drunk)
All of these are calls that I have personally had to answer. 911 dispatch is manned by fire/EMS personnel and not police so they just push through EVERY call that comes in.

Seriously? What a whipping.