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Originally posted by Solarskye
If people would start taking responsibility for themselves and protect there selfs instead of waiting on government then we wouldn't hear this crap.
911 operators are just people who probably really don't give a sh@t about you but need to make money anyway they can.
I hope I teach my girls "who are little now" to take care of themselves and to carry a gun, knife and know when and how to use them.
To many boyfriends are killing their girlfriends or ex and if my kids don't do what they need to do to protect themselves then I'll have to do it. So mine are gonna know.
Originally posted by Solarskye
If people would start taking responsibility for themselves and protect there selfs instead of waiting on government then we wouldn't hear this crap.
Originally posted by Quarantine
For my own peace of mind I'm going to assume this was a 911 operator with mental problems, but looking at it in the much larger scheme of things, is it possible these operators are being trained to be a bit more callous for other agendas?
www.newschannel5.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
Originally posted by toepick
1. What took so long for the police to get there; so was it really a 911 Dispatch issue.
2. Should the 911 Operator have lost his job over this, and did he loose his job because of bad previous performance, or because of bad media attention.
Originally posted by goopity
I live in the Nashville area watch Channel 5 every night. Unfortunately, this isn't the only time the 911 operators have been in a story. If it is your emergency you want people to have compassion. If they can't deal with it, then quit.
Originally posted by johnsky
Uh oh, someone missed the mute button.
Nah, we see this kind of thing with Tech Support Agents all the time.
If you don't hit mute once in a while, and let a quick bit of steam off, you'd go mad dealing with so many frustrated and angry people.
I can only assume 911 operators have the same stress issues.
The only difference is, most call center agents, dispatch personnel, and phone counselors hit the mute button before cursing at you for being, well, rather infuriating.
This one simply missed the mute button, or assumed the Voice Recorder switched off once the line was dead.
Most call operators swear at you... you just don't know it.
Originally posted by Solarskye
Sorry, this was a reply to The Nighthawk
You took my post out of context. I see to many murders because people are taught to call the police or in this case a 911 operator and in most cases it's too late when the police arrive. Self Defense is what I'm talking about, not ignorance like you suggested.
[edit on 5/15/2008 by Solarskye]