‘My kebab is cold’: Ridiculous calls to emergency services released

AN ANNUAL list of bizarre calls emergency service workers had to deal with in 2015 is out, and some of the stories are doozies.

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“OFFICER? Help, my kebab is cold!”

Don’t laugh, it’s one of the real-life calls emergency service workers in the UK had to take in 2015, listed in the Metropolitan Police Service’s annual round up of ridiculous time wasters.

The force compiled the list to remind people to use the emergency service system properly over the busy Christmas and New Year period which sees more than 4.5 million calls to the UK emergency number.

Other examples of the type of calls that do not require an emergency response include:

• People who missed their alarm wanting a police escort to the airport in order to catch a flight.

• People calling at 4am on Saturday morning asking: “Where is the best place to get a bacon sandwich right now?”

• A man who wanted to know the number for 111.

• A man who trapped a $1 coin in a washing machine and wanted police to get it out.

• A woman angry she had paid $10 for balloons from a clown but saw them cheaper somewhere else.

• A man saying he didn’t have change for a parking machine and had been kidnapped as staff refused to let him out of the car park.

• A woman wanting noisy foxes to be moved from outside her house because she couldn’t sleep.

The Met’s Command and Control centre chief superintendent Pippa Mills said the list is just a sample of those calls that stop people with real emergencies being able to get through.

“This presents a real risk to our ability to respond to genuine emergency calls,” she said.

While Australian Federal Police don’t have a list of their own, Queensland cops have proved their sense of humour online, using social media to troll anyone from the NSW Origin team to Canadians and millennials with gems like: “Don’t drive through flooded roads because #YOLO. If you hold up your end of the bargain, we’ll never, ever use #YOLO again. Deal? #bigwet”.

And: “They may have given the world Celine, Bieber and Nickelback but we’ll still help with the Canadian PM’s #‎G20 motorcade #‎nohardfeelings #‎ohcanada”

Hey @NSWPolice, we know it's been a tough year w humiliating #Origin losses and all - so Merry Xmas. Here's a puppy. pic.twitter.com/UZoQyLjauc

— QPS Media Unit (@QPSmedia) December 24, 2015

Rockhampton police conducted a search for Santa's reindeer on #Christmas Eve. Close enough! pic.twitter.com/fRnc8UsejJ

— QPS Media Unit (@QPSmedia) December 24, 2015

Australia’s triple-0 emergency service (000) can be used to contact police, fire or ambulance in life threatening or emergency situations.