In British Columbia: the top 10 call wacky 911

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Sunday, 31 December 2017 18:13

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VANCOUVER, bc | It’s better to laugh than cry, it is said. Employees of the 911 service in British Columbia receive all sorts of calls, such as that of a woman who wanted to complain about the color of the nail Polish that she had applied her beautician.

The 911 service should never be used for reasons that are wacky, the occupation of the telephone lines for reasons as trivial as to impair the authorities, but especially to the citizens who are in a perilous situation and are waiting to be rescued.

E-Comm, the largest manager of emergency calls in the province of Western canada has revealed the top 10 calls with no reason to be routed to the 911.

“Spend time on calls like these prevents me from being available to help someone who is a serious emergency,” said Christie Duncan, an employee of E-Comm.

“And believe it or not, this is not the first time that I receive a call about the color of the nail Polish,” she added.

The top 10 worst 911 calls identified in British Columbia in 2017:

– A woman who complained that her beauty salon refuses to change the colour of the nail varnish.

– A person who calls to complain that a car that refuses to go to a pump in a service station.

– A person who denounces the quality of the food and the refusal of reimbursement of the restorer.

– An owner who is angry that a tenant has not returned his keys after his move.

– A person who calls to complain that a car is parked in its parking lot

– A person who calls to ask if a panel closure of the toilets on a popular beach is legitimate.

– A person who complains that a service station does not accept the currency.

– A person who calls to find out if raccoons are dangerous animals.

– A person who wants to know if he is forbidden to do a load of laundry at 6 a.m. in the morning.

– A person who calls to check the time after the time change this fall.

“As you can see in our list for 2017, some people believe that the 911 service can be used as a service complaint or for general information,” said Jody Robertson, director general of corporate communications at E-Comm, which handles an average of 1.36 million calls each year.

“These calls are absurd and are more common than you think. The fact is that every time a servant of the 911 treating one of these calls, we are wasting precious resources. We ask the public to help us help them,” she pointed out.