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United Reinstates, Quickly Withdraws, 9/11 Flight Numbers
An oversight by someone at United Airlines ruffled more than a few feathers this morning when it looked like the carrier was set to reinstate flight numbers UA093 and UA175, both of which had been out...
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Woman Calls 911 Because Her Chinese Food Order Was Wrong
Savannah police have released the recording of a call a woman made to report that she got the wrong food in her Chinese food delivery. They published the call as a reminder to the public that it’s a...
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Do Not Call 911 Because Taco Bell Won't Serve You When You Walk Through...
No matter how bad you need a taco late at night, and regardless of how miffed you are that Taco Bell will not hook you up via its drive-thru when you’re on foot, your plight is not an emergency that...
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Do Not Call 911 Five Times About Your Broken iPhone
911 emergency services are a very helpful community resource, but they have their limits. They cannot, for example, deliver you a pizza. Or transfer you to AppleCare when your iPhone doesn’t work. That...
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Woman Sues Wells Fargo For Telling Police She Was Contemplating Suicide
An elderly Oregon woman has filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo, alleging that a bank employee harassed her by telling the police she was threatening suicide — and running up a $1,055 hospital bill in...
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To Clarify: 911 Is Not A Sandwich Complaint Hotline
Here are some valid sandwich-related reasons to call 911: An obstructed airway; anaphylactic shock; poisoning. For some reason, a Connecticut man thought the meat-to-mayo ratio of his sandwich was...
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Man Claims He Couldn't Have Called 911 To Ask For A Ride To Get Beer Because...
The funny thing about calls that come in to 911 dispatchers? The number you’re calling from is displayed. That’s not new, of course, it’s kind of like caller ID before anyone else had it. So if you...
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Is This 9/11 Casino Promotion A Nice Tribute, Or Just Tacky?
Reader Bearcat44 spotted this ad in the Spokane, Wash. Spokesman-Review. It’s from an Idaho casino running a promotion tomorrow, September 11th. To honor the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks...
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Sprint Glitch Repeatedly Directs Police & Angry Customers To Home Of Innocent...
(frankieleon)You know how annoying it is when you keep getting calls or mail for someone that isn’t you? That’s nothing compared to the Las Vegas man who has spent two years trying to convince police...
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Using 911 As A Hotline For Help Ordering Chinese Food Is A Guaranteed Way To...
(CaliCBL) It’s not always easy figuring out what you want to eat, or how to navigate big menus. But if you’re feeling stuck, lost or otherwise confused about ordering in, don’t do what one woman...
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McDonald’s Customer Arrested After Calling 9-1-1 About Mixed-Up Order
A man in Georgia decided to call 9-1-1 after not receiving everything he ordered during a recent trip to his local McDonald’s. His plan backfired, however, when he was the one who ended up behind...
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A Cable Outage Is Not An Emergency That Rates Calling 911
(Tom Simpson)Look, it doesn’t matter how important it is to be up to date on the latest happenings on “Dexter” or “Breaking Bad” before you get to the office on Monday. When your cable goes out, the...
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AT&T Apologizes For Reminding Customers It Sells Smartphones On 9/11
Bad idea. Sigh. Just… sigh. Why can’t companies just refrain from hitching their apple wagons to tragic stars? Following yesterday’s story about a golf course offering a $9.11 special in honor of 9/11,...
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Oh Lovely, It Seems We Need To Do A Round-Up Of 9/11 Promotions
(Instagram) We’ve barely seen any tacky 9/11 promotions over the years but this year… [head shake] there’s something about this year’s anniversary of the attacks that has companies and businesses...
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Mass. Governor Calls Timing Of Flaming, Smoky Fire Drills At Logan Airport On...
Really, Massport? Really. Bone-headed marketing promotions tying in 9/11 are one kind of insensitivity, and then there’s another kind of palm-to-head move by officials who really should know better....
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FCC Wants First-Responders To Know Exactly Where 911 Calls Are Coming From
(bryanbope) No one wants to be in a position where calling 911 is necessary, but if the situation does occur we’d all like to think first-responders could easily find us. But that’s just not the case...
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Woman Calls Cops On Herself To Defend Claim Of Raw Waffles
(NoNo Joe)When you might be in trouble, it’s good to get ahead of the story. We’re not sure whether that’s what led a woman in Tampa, Florida to contact the authorities when a restaurant allegedly...
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Do Not Call 9-1-1 When Subway Puts The Wrong Sauce On Your Flatizza
(Michelle Rick)If a restaurant makes your pizza–or, in the case of Subway, your Flatizza–incorrectly, you’re entitled to a refund. You should not, however, try to enlist the help of local law...
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Phone Company Routed 911 Calls To Automated Recording Telling Callers To Dial...
(Adam Reker) Although consumers in some areas of the United States can now text message 911 in the event of an emergency, it’s always nice to know that calling a real, live human is still an option....
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FCC: 911 Outage Affected 11 Million People, Could Have Been Prevented
(Adam Reker)In the software used in a call routing center in Englewood, Colorado, there was a programming error in a single piece of software. Sounds minor, but this error could have had horrible...
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