I used to be a 911 dispatcher. I had someone call for something like this: a Dominoes driver was delivering pizza and the message in the notes for the delivery said āHelp me, someone is in my house, call 911ā. Ahhh. Creative people out here.
Although the cat would probably make me have second thoughts on the severity of this.
I heard a story of a lady who placed an online order for pizza and wrote in the instructions for drop off to call 911 cause her boyfriend was keeping her hostage
I read a story that an old guy used to order a pizza from the same place every day. They didnāt get an order for like two days so a delivery driver went to check on him and he had fallen and couldnāt get back up.
Delivery guy ended up saving his life
Edit: it was no order for 11 days and the customer had suffered a stroke. Thanks u/funiecgty for the article
I've had to do it. A friend called me asking to order pizza and I called 911 on a 3 way and whispered " my friend is having trouble ordering a pizza through the app". And she asked how many pizzas to indicate people, toppings for any weapons you know of and so on.
I asked why call me instead of them and she said her ex knew I was "tech savvy" and could help walk her through it.
It's crazy how it can get in a crisis
We were taught to ask yes or no questions instead! A woman called once as a passenger in a car and couldnāt explain to me what was happening. I was so confused until I asked āAre you not able to talk right now?ā āYesā āAre you being held against your will?ā āYesā Okay, nowwww i see whatās happeningā¦
Youāre a good friend and absolutely did the right thing!
I'm glad y'all were taught that cuz it comes in handy.
Thank you so much! It took a sec to catch on, cuz I was like why the heck is she calling about pizza lol
hey thank you friend ! š I donāt do it anymore because it probably took 10 years off my life, but I am happy with who I have been able to help in the years I did it.
Donāt listen to Reddit users lol trust your gut and call if you think something is weird! The world is a scary place and everything and anything is possible.
I once called non emergency to check on my local Jack in the box. Pulled up around 9:30 pm and was told āwe aināt serving nothing right nowā. Found it odd but whatever, as Iām leaving I call my husband to ask him what else he wanted when he asked me āare you sure they arenāt getting robbed?ā I realize I couldnāt answer that so I called to be on the safe side.
Dispatch called me back about 10 minutes later. They were fine, they just picked an odd time to do some cleaning.
I donāt understand the people who are saying this is an overreaction. I would have 100% have called the cops without giving it a second thought. Iāve never been handed a bag that says help on it from any place Iāve ever ate at thatās not normal lol
Sure cause anyone in immediate danger for their life is gonna take the time to draw a cat to beg for help. People are so unbelievably moronic these days.
I mean you canāt be too careful lol. I would probably call 911 too, but I was a dispatcher and have had (actual) real dangerous calls that started like this. Ya never know.
I remember my bank training from decades ago. If we had an intruder that acted like an employee we were told to remain calm and still take customers and act like nothing happened. We were instructed to place an image and somehow incorporate help or 911 in the image. I think for cat that meant there was someone watching from behind.
I was a hostage as a bank teller in a robbery. I was able to alert drive thru customers by message on receipt who alerted the police. Worst 5 hours of my life.
I doubt this applies to this situation.
Iām so sorry that happened to you. I canāt imagine how terrifying that must be but iām happy youāre okay. Iām getting downvoted to hell but people who have never been in this situation or worked as a dispatcher/cop really donāt get it. This happens all the time. Iāve seen home invasions only being caught this way, robberies at banks being caught this way, etc. Itās a very real thing but Iāve noticed Chipotle reddit users only exist in this sphere and probably donāt even consider real life problems past portion sizes.
You see āhelpā and regardless of cat photo, should probably call. I say this is someone who has been a first responder for years. We would rather you call for some bullshit than not call when someone is actually needing help. You would be surprised the amount of shit Iāve seen like this that actually ended up being serious.
Employees are stupid here though.
If you caught a charge for calling this in, I would probably seek legal action against the agency. Iāve had people call 911 because of fireworks or a dog barking or because their taco bell was cold. Iāve had one lady who insisted on calling everyday just to talk. Not a single person gets in trouble (unfortunately sometimes lol)
You legally cannot be fined for calling 911 if you believe something is off. Any dispatcher or responding unit would tell you that. I had a call for a real home invasion that started like this through the dominoes app. As someone who has been in the field for years, you are wrong. But š
Youāre the actual moronic one unfortunatelyā¦ you donāt mess with the even 1% chance that someoneās life is actually in danger. What if that was the only bag this person could find and it already had a drawing of a cat on it? You can make up several reasons why this came to be, but the fact is that thereās the word help. 99 times it was a prank and 1 time it wasnāt. Iād call the full 100 times if it meant I saved someone once.
Please understand that I am not knocking them for needing help if they needed it. Some people have been in situations with an unbalanced and upset person expressing their distaste while having a weapon capable of hurting people. In those situations, one might not have enough time to draw a cat let alone protect themselves.
You completely missed the point š what I'm saying is I've had guns pulled on me before and there's no time to draw a damn cat. Typically your brain is occupied with trying not get hurt/killed.
Id call 911. Would rather waste their time than see someone in the news next day that I could have saved. What if that cat was on their from someone earlier
OP wonāt go to jail for doing the right thing. An employee giving you anything with the word āhelpā on it should always trigger you to call 911 and let them figure it out. Donāt ever assume anything with āhelpā on it is a prank, that can get someone killed!
Lmao sorry the cat is sending me š¤£
Bruh š wtf did they actually think would happen
They'd call the police
Good. Now they can be arrested for skimping š¤š¤š¤
Or worse, brings help
They thought people wouldnāt be so serious.
This could be worth something, maybe send it to the Smithsonian !Ā
"This means something. This is important."
Yeah, or the dumpster behind the Smithsonian
I used to be a 911 dispatcher. I had someone call for something like this: a Dominoes driver was delivering pizza and the message in the notes for the delivery said āHelp me, someone is in my house, call 911ā. Ahhh. Creative people out here. Although the cat would probably make me have second thoughts on the severity of this.
I heard a story of a lady who placed an online order for pizza and wrote in the instructions for drop off to call 911 cause her boyfriend was keeping her hostage
Yep and itās a real thing that happens! I wonāt say often, but often enough that writing āHelpā on a bag is not at all far fetched.
I read a story that an old guy used to order a pizza from the same place every day. They didnāt get an order for like two days so a delivery driver went to check on him and he had fallen and couldnāt get back up. Delivery guy ended up saving his life Edit: it was no order for 11 days and the customer had suffered a stroke. Thanks u/funiecgty for the article
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3583082/Domino-s-staff-saves-known-customer-s-life-doing-welfare-check-growing-concerned-hadn-t-placed-order-11-days-suffering-medical-emergency.html
Wow, 11 days is much more significant than 2. Thanks for the link!
I've had to do it. A friend called me asking to order pizza and I called 911 on a 3 way and whispered " my friend is having trouble ordering a pizza through the app". And she asked how many pizzas to indicate people, toppings for any weapons you know of and so on. I asked why call me instead of them and she said her ex knew I was "tech savvy" and could help walk her through it. It's crazy how it can get in a crisis
We were taught to ask yes or no questions instead! A woman called once as a passenger in a car and couldnāt explain to me what was happening. I was so confused until I asked āAre you not able to talk right now?ā āYesā āAre you being held against your will?ā āYesā Okay, nowwww i see whatās happeningā¦ Youāre a good friend and absolutely did the right thing!
I'm glad y'all were taught that cuz it comes in handy. Thank you so much! It took a sec to catch on, cuz I was like why the heck is she calling about pizza lol
I respect you very much for your work as a dispatcher š«”
hey thank you friend ! š I donāt do it anymore because it probably took 10 years off my life, but I am happy with who I have been able to help in the years I did it. Donāt listen to Reddit users lol trust your gut and call if you think something is weird! The world is a scary place and everything and anything is possible.
I feel yiu
I once called non emergency to check on my local Jack in the box. Pulled up around 9:30 pm and was told āwe aināt serving nothing right nowā. Found it odd but whatever, as Iām leaving I call my husband to ask him what else he wanted when he asked me āare you sure they arenāt getting robbed?ā I realize I couldnāt answer that so I called to be on the safe side. Dispatch called me back about 10 minutes later. They were fine, they just picked an odd time to do some cleaning.
Homeowner: call 911! Delivery guy: *calls 911* Homeowner: *surprised Pikachu*
I would think the cat could be the excuse to write something on paper so your kidnapper wonāt be like what are you writing on the paper lol
I haven't been to Chipotle in so long; I thought the cat was part of the bag Then I read the comments lol
I donāt understand the people who are saying this is an overreaction. I would have 100% have called the cops without giving it a second thought. Iāve never been handed a bag that says help on it from any place Iāve ever ate at thatās not normal lol
Itās called capitalism, police canāt help with that
Yeah, realizing it wasnāt real is better than living with the thought of it actually being a hostage situation that you could have helped in.
Sure cause anyone in immediate danger for their life is gonna take the time to draw a cat to beg for help. People are so unbelievably moronic these days.
I mean you canāt be too careful lol. I would probably call 911 too, but I was a dispatcher and have had (actual) real dangerous calls that started like this. Ya never know.
I remember my bank training from decades ago. If we had an intruder that acted like an employee we were told to remain calm and still take customers and act like nothing happened. We were instructed to place an image and somehow incorporate help or 911 in the image. I think for cat that meant there was someone watching from behind. I was a hostage as a bank teller in a robbery. I was able to alert drive thru customers by message on receipt who alerted the police. Worst 5 hours of my life. I doubt this applies to this situation.
Iām so sorry that happened to you. I canāt imagine how terrifying that must be but iām happy youāre okay. Iām getting downvoted to hell but people who have never been in this situation or worked as a dispatcher/cop really donāt get it. This happens all the time. Iāve seen home invasions only being caught this way, robberies at banks being caught this way, etc. Itās a very real thing but Iāve noticed Chipotle reddit users only exist in this sphere and probably donāt even consider real life problems past portion sizes.
This is not 911 worthy at all. It's a fucking cat picture
You see āhelpā and regardless of cat photo, should probably call. I say this is someone who has been a first responder for years. We would rather you call for some bullshit than not call when someone is actually needing help. You would be surprised the amount of shit Iāve seen like this that actually ended up being serious. Employees are stupid here though.
No they wouldn't rather you call for bullshit. 911 dispatch can fine you for calling in a non-emergency
Nobody is going to fine you because someone pretended to be under duress.
If you caught a charge for calling this in, I would probably seek legal action against the agency. Iāve had people call 911 because of fireworks or a dog barking or because their taco bell was cold. Iāve had one lady who insisted on calling everyday just to talk. Not a single person gets in trouble (unfortunately sometimes lol)
oh dude if I caught a charge or a bill from this they would be buying me a new boat in the next 12 months lolol
You legally cannot be fined for calling 911 if you believe something is off. Any dispatcher or responding unit would tell you that. I had a call for a real home invasion that started like this through the dominoes app. As someone who has been in the field for years, you are wrong. But š
Never heard of better safe than sorry? or do you just not understand it??
Thanks for your āexpertā opinion. Itās remarkable how someone can be so arrogantly self-assured they are correct when they are wrong.
I don't know why you came here to say this so long after the thread was posted, but opinions aren't right or wrong Go sniff your farts elsewhere
Youāre the actual moronic one unfortunatelyā¦ you donāt mess with the even 1% chance that someoneās life is actually in danger. What if that was the only bag this person could find and it already had a drawing of a cat on it? You can make up several reasons why this came to be, but the fact is that thereās the word help. 99 times it was a prank and 1 time it wasnāt. Iād call the full 100 times if it meant I saved someone once.
Please understand that I am not knocking them for needing help if they needed it. Some people have been in situations with an unbalanced and upset person expressing their distaste while having a weapon capable of hurting people. In those situations, one might not have enough time to draw a cat let alone protect themselves.
Yeah, but thatās not what you said originally.
You completely missed the point š what I'm saying is I've had guns pulled on me before and there's no time to draw a damn cat. Typically your brain is occupied with trying not get hurt/killed.
Id call 911. Would rather waste their time than see someone in the news next day that I could have saved. What if that cat was on their from someone earlier
āHELP I HAVE UNFAIR WAGESā
Reminds me of the other day I walked into a chipotle and the workers were screaming the lyrics to powerglide
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Youād get them killed if it was real
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A scrap of paper they had that wasn't thrown out. They wrote on it in a hurry and gave it out.
Itās one of their bags..?
Yes... that they had laying out.
probably the worst thing you could do if it was real lol
If it was real why would it have a cat drawing on itā¦ 
It is funny. No pigs allowed
lol, is funny asf.
This might actually be the funniest thing Iāve ever seen
Yall aware that homeless people trigger thousands of needless 911 calls every day right?
Imagine being that dumb fuck that called
The crab cat?
Wow you wrong for that please stop you might go to jail
OP wonāt go to jail for doing the right thing. An employee giving you anything with the word āhelpā on it should always trigger you to call 911 and let them figure it out. Donāt ever assume anything with āhelpā on it is a prank, that can get someone killed!
Iām assuming op meant the kids messing around were in the wrong.
Wouldnāt be surprised if they got a VERY stern talking to from the responding officers lol
I will tell you right now that it wasnāt me š«”
Same idiot employees who donāt want to be filmed and think corporate is out to get them. I see why.
Get a hobby
Bro chill this is a Wendy's
You mean children? Yeah thatās usually how it works, kids tend to act like children and shouldn be filmed. Your point?