I used to be a 911 dispatcher. I had to respond to racist calls every day.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

4. Bless you for that work

You will never know how many lives you have saved.

I could never so your job. The first racist asswipe I encountered would have ended my career immediately.

I cannot understand why people call 911 over trivial matters. After all, the first thing you hear from the 911 Dispatcher is "Please state the nature of your emergency." Yes, emergency. Not your anxiety, your argument with your neighbor over their stereo, their dog pooping in your yard, their drunk Uncle pissing in the bushes or your racist paranoia. I think people who make these kinds of nonsense, time-wasting calls, tying up the 911 Dispatchers' precious time should be hit with "nuisance" citations.

We should pass some form of financial penalty to people who make non-emergency calls to 911. I would hate to think that a legitimate call for medical assistance about a heart attack victim is behind the call from someone bitching that the paper boy failed to land the paper on their doorstep.