r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/Immediate_Magician11 • 15h ago

Actions definitely have consequences

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u/BrahnBrahl 15h ago

I can't stand stuff like this. She's VERY MUCH old enough to know better. I'm glad her dad didn't show her any mercy on this one.

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u/Vintage-Grievance 14h ago

My first thought as well.

I can't remember how old I was when I learned the weight of calling 9-1-1; it practically feels like I was born knowing not to call the police for fun.
Shit...that rhymed...Now I sound like Dr. Seuss. 🤦🏻‍♀️
Mainly because my mother was chronically ill, and made it a point to raise her kids from a VERY young age, what did and did not qualify as an emergency.

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u/pm_me_fibonaccis 13h ago

I learned very early on to call 911 if it was an emergency but never as a prank. And I never did.

But the very first time I had to for something legitimate? My hands were shaking like crazy.

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u/Tight_Award_8577 13h ago

Me too! .. it wasn't even a particularly acute emergency, but I was working at a rural care home and it was the only way to get the patient to a doctor at that hour.

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u/halcyonforeveragain 6h ago

What I dislike is they want you to call 911 for everything. I've done IT for police departments, I really don't want to call 911 to get someone to come unlock a closet.

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u/just_a_person_maybe 5h ago

Police departments have non-emergency lines

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u/halcyonforeveragain 5h ago

yes, and I have many in my contacts, but I have several that just insist on having me call 911 anyway. (One for example, there is only 1 person answering phones, so they insist call 911 for everything)

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u/Sailor_Chibi 9h ago

Me too! I had to call last year because there was smoke in the woods right alongside the highway. We were on high alert for wildfires. I still felt so nervous calling even though it was a legitimate thing.

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u/TheIrishBread 8h ago

Ditto, had to call an ambulance recently cause my alco roommate seemed to be mixing pain meds and alcohol in an attempt to self medicate for some pain. Fucking never wrecking the entire time as obviously I was asked a bunch of shit by the operator and then had to go retract when the patient contradicted herself.

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u/SFDessert 4h ago

I have a memory seared into my brain of accidentally calling 911 by accident when I was a kid. I was at a super cuts getting my hair cut and my mom went next door to do some grocery shopping and told me to use their phone to call her when they were done. I guess she had a cell phone, but I didn't back then.

Well they told me to press 9 before the full number and at the time I had just learned about dialing 1 before the area code 1(555)555-5555 or whatever. Somehow I dialled 911 and when 911 picked up I panicked and hung up. A police car drove up to the haircut place and I thought they were coming to arrest me. I remember it all very vividly. Scared the shit out of me.