I londinesi hanno chiamato il 999 per i ragni nella loro stanza e per la mancanza di KFC poiché la forza dice che solo il 15% delle chiamate sono autentiche
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-police-nuisance-999-calls-london-spiders-kfc-b1256358.html
di StGuthlac2025
9 commenti
Imagine phoning the police because you’re afraid of a tiny harmless insect. If people are going to waste time and resources so inappropriately, they should be charged the cost of those resources. Same for people who rock up to A&E for a sore finger etc.
Edit: grammar
Don’t we have the technology to trace and then fine these time wasters?
So 85% of missing KFC calls were fake? I would like to see the data behind this claim.
I also take umbrage to the wording of the headline which seems to imply that spiders are responsible for the missing KFC.
Should be a lesser call line where social services worker come out to support
Ah, the ole Mix in a couple of bangers and then make it seem like 85% of people are time wasters trick, a public service classic.
I called the non emergency line recently because of a concern about someone on a bridge. After waiting an hour and never talking to a human, I gave up, as if they were going to jump they would have some time ago.
>A second man claimed he’d paid £13 for chicken at [KFC](https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/kfc) in [Harlesden](https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/harlesden) and despite the money leaving his bank account staff are “not giving me my food for no reason at all”.
How is this any worse than phoning police over a tweet? If the police can respond to tweets or reports of a Golliwog doll in a window, a spider or missing KFC doesn’t seem especially ridiculous. They also turn up to auditors filming in public constantly which is a massive waste of time. There does need to be more priority on actual crimes but it’s currently inconsistent.
Add the cost of having a wasted call (include the cost of the negative externalities) and charge it to the phone bill of whoever’s made the call. Morons.
Should be a fixed penalty notice for misusing 999. Obviously anything done in good faith shouldn’t get it, but things like the headline should be an £80 fine, that would stop 90% of it.
I always thought as a kid if you made calls like that you got fined. I think they should introduce fines for miss use.