CNN did it to me again. Always. Probably shouldn't watch the bloody news anymore. I saw a story about a little boy who called 911- his mom was in trouble. The dispatcher dismissed his call and told him not to make prank calls. His mom died. The family is suing the asses off of the city. Good. This kind of thing really raises my ire. I hate it when children are discouraged from telling the truth or asking for help.
The representative for the dispatcher's union said that she, "is a good operator." Bullshit, I say. Good operators don't ignore calls. It's not like doctors, where there is an expected percentage of lost patients. I don't give a rat's ass if it pisses off the police or fire department to respond to crank calls. Respond, dammit. Or look, people can die! Now that little boy gets to live with the knowledge that he failed to get help for his mom, and she died. He gets to live with the memory of watching her die, and being with her dead for 3 fucking hours before the police finally arrived. That doesn't indicate a good operator to me. Good thing I can't be on that jury. I'd probably award the largest damage award on record to the poor kid. I'd bankrupt the fucking city.
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ha. i caught that early this morning also (4 am).
you missed out on an imp. detail. the early vrrrrasion of the story included the fact that that particular operator had had a bunch of kids prank calling just before.
it's a vital piece of info. that NOW CNN and other outlets are skilfully omitting.
hmmm...
don't believe EVERYTHING you hear.
p.s. the prank calls, by the way, were numerous.
i wonder why they're withholding that info. from the story.
Because they want me to have an aneurism. Dumbass producers...muckrakers, the lot of em.
it's still fucked though.
the boy's atty is sue-ing the city for $1 million.
peanuts!
(which by the way, according to your post up above, you shouldn't be eating)
I still maintain that they're damned lucky I'm not on the jury. Screw the million- I'd be more in the tens of millions range. Just because I'm that pissy about the whole thing. I just want to blame someone- any old hapless bystander will do, in this case. Guess who's got a case of the delayed Mondays?
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