BRINGING A RED BRITISH PHONE BOX TO CANADA ?
Dec 3rd 2010, 3:05 am
#46
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Location: Alberta
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Re: BRINGING A RED BRITISH PHONE BOX TO CANADA ?
I did that for a couple of years (while programming in the day). Generally it was excruciatingly dull but not always. I had a call, to 999:
"Ambulance, please"
<operators were obliged to monitor emergency calls after connecting them>
"I'm going on the roof of the building at .... and I'm going to jump"
<realises that it's just across the road, rushes to the window, sees arcing body, returns to phone>
"No need to rush"
Not terribly relevant, but there was a phone box slightly splattered on impact.
"Ambulance, please"
<operators were obliged to monitor emergency calls after connecting them>
"I'm going on the roof of the building at .... and I'm going to jump"
<realises that it's just across the road, rushes to the window, sees arcing body, returns to phone>
"No need to rush"
Not terribly relevant, but there was a phone box slightly splattered on impact.
Completely hear ya regarding monitoring the calls - my worst one (and it's not funny but you'll see kind of why it is)
"emergency which service"
"ambulance ambulance quick"
connect and stay on to montior as it sounds not good
"help my husband has hung himself, he used the dogs choke chain"
"can you get something under his feet to relieve the pressure?"
"I tried pulling him down by his ankles................."
Joking aside it's not nice to have to sit and listen to these calls. We also used to get the overflow from the Glasgow exchange on a weekend - there's some scary stuff goes on up there thats for sure
Dec 3rd 2010, 5:14 am
#47
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Location: Sarf Lundun to East Van :)
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Re: BRINGING A RED BRITISH PHONE BOX TO CANADA ?
Completely hear ya regarding monitoring the calls - my worst one (and it's not funny but you'll see kind of why it is)
"emergency which service"
"ambulance ambulance quick"
connect and stay on to montior as it sounds not good
"help my husband has hung himself, he used the dogs choke chain"
"can you get something under his feet to relieve the pressure?"
"I tried pulling him down by his ankles................."
Joking aside it's not nice to have to sit and listen to these calls. We also used to get the overflow from the Glasgow exchange on a weekend - there's some scary stuff goes on up there thats for sure
"emergency which service"
"ambulance ambulance quick"
connect and stay on to montior as it sounds not good
"help my husband has hung himself, he used the dogs choke chain"
"can you get something under his feet to relieve the pressure?"
"I tried pulling him down by his ankles................."
Joking aside it's not nice to have to sit and listen to these calls. We also used to get the overflow from the Glasgow exchange on a weekend - there's some scary stuff goes on up there thats for sure
Dec 3rd 2010, 6:51 pm
#48
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Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Moncton, NB, CANADA
Posts: 50,851
Re: BRINGING A RED BRITISH PHONE BOX TO CANADA ?
"I tried pulling him down by his ankles................."
(especially with what happens when being hanged
)
