Don’t call 999

101 is total joke, wouldn't waste my time on that again.

When I caught COVID and was up all night coughing until I was about to pass out, I thought it would be prudent to use 101. Took about 10 hours and about 3 return calls as I got passed from pillar to post before some other GP booked a call with my GP, genius. Such a waste of time and resources that could be better spent. Being told if you get any worse and think you're having a heart attack to dial 999 is just great. Then waiting for an ambulance once you're actually having a heart attack seems like Russian roulette.

Prior to Covid I called 101 to alert police to the fact people were consistently driving dangerously and illegally on motocross style bikes in a park area outside of my home, often around kids and those walking their dogs. I actually had footage of an OAP dodging a bike and falling down, I was told they had a policy of not pursuing such people in case they fell off their bikes and hurt themselves. I actually made a thread about it a couple of years back, although I didn't update it with the rage inducing responses I received later on after following the advise of the gentleman that called me up.

This was after they had been given the okay in regard to chasing down miscreants on bikes in a court case a long time prior, which was not to my knowledge at the time. So I was essentially lied to by a representative of my local police.

101 has always been an utter waste of time.
 
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It would be interesting to know what the fault was.

Wasn't it something to do with newer Android phones where rapidly pressing the power button several times calls 999? It's not a 'new' thing with newer Android phones either. I remember 15-20 years ago, old Nokia phones would inadvertently dial 999 because it was left in a bag / handbag, unlocked.

Basically, people are daft.
 
Wasn't it something to do with newer Android phones where rapidly pressing the power button several times calls 999? It's not a 'new' thing with newer Android phones either. I remember 15-20 years ago, old Nokia phones would inadvertently dial 999 because it was left in a bag / handbag, unlocked.

Basically, people are daft.

I've managed to accidentally trigger this before...

I have a Huawei P30 Pro, my partner has a Pixel 6.

On the Huawei the volume button is above the power button, on the Pixel, the power button is above the volume.

Cue me trying to turn up the volume on her phone without looking - muscle memory means I go for the top button, and end up hitting it about 10 times before noticing the volume isn't increasing, and looking at the screen to see 1 second left on the countdown before the emergency call :cry:
 
Apparently they were putting live a new greeting system with menu options. Some of it's been leaked out as:

"nine, nine, nine... for woke issues please hold.
If you are on fire, or see a fire, please report on your local facebook group instead and call back during normal office hours.
If you require medical assistance we are currently very busy right now where the current wait for an ambulance is............. 164 minutes.
If you need assistance with knife crime, are not in a gang or in London, please press option 2...."
 
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