For about 15 minutes this morning I was wedged into my own little corner of the Northern line somewhere in a tunnel, somewhere outside Clapham North, waiting for the train to move following a “signal failure”. The unpleasantness of being stuck on a packed, hot, smelly train some distance underground was then compounded by the people who tried to get on to the clearly packed train at the next station (that is, when we finally…
Day: May 8, 2003
In an attempt to illustrate the probelm of inappropriate 999 calls, Avon and Somerset police have posted some examples of real 999 calls on their website. The results are, frankly, astounding. Like the man who calls 999 because his wife has gone out without leaving him any food: “Communications operator: ‘I’m sorry but I really can’t take this. It’s not an emergency because your wife won’t give you anything to eat.’”, or the woman who…