# is it customary for 911 operators to be rude, combative bitches? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851 "2005-03-04T03:11:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851/61 "2005-03-08T22:07:09Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > Maybe they meant that they had taken it _over the course of several days?_ Or _for_ several days? You hallucinate on meth because of the sleep deprivation. If they had just taken it that night, they would not be hallucinating. They probably had been taking it for several days and hadn’t slept, and therefore they were hallucinating. I’ve taken LSD and experienced those hallucinations. They are easily recognized for what they are–hallucinations. I’ve taken meth and stayed up for days and experienced those hallucinations. YOU FUCKING BELIEVE THEY ARE REAL, NO MATTER HOW IMPLAUSIBLE! I honest to god thought at one point that half of my old drama class from high school had gotten together outside my window (this is years after high school) and were singing to me to try to freak me out. They’d run and hide whenever I looked out the window. But they could see my reactions because they’d installed hidden cameras in the lamps in my house. No, really, they did! Or at least I believed they did. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851/62 "2005-03-08T22:10:54Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s also possible, IMO, that they didn’t “see” all (or any) of it But it’s also likely that they did. I have seen people walking along the side of the road who weren’t there, deer who turned out to be fenceposts… I once thought the people across the street were having a huge party with lots of people in their yard. Turns out it was just their fence and trees I was seeing. \*note: I spent a period of just under a year during which I did meth with varying amounts of frequency. This was all in the early '90s. ---
**Author:** ![dariafan28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@dariafan28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dariafan28)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851/63 "2011-06-22T20:56:30Z")
They most certainly are rude! I called one this morning because I needed to report child abuse CURRENTLY taking place, and she told me that I was abusing the 911 service by calling about that, and basically rushed me off the phone. This man punched his 4-year-old daughter in the head twice, then hit her again because she was crying in pain! And I’m ABUSING this service? This was an emergency! This woman should be fired! This woman was very condescending and downright rude. It is a shame that people with legitimate concerns are talked to like we’re naughty children who need to be disciplined. I am at least grateful that I reported the abuse to someone willing to listen. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851/64 "2011-06-22T20:58:55Z")
Well, maybe they’ve improved in the last five years since the last post in this thread was written… ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851/65 "2011-06-22T22:58:19Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > The Primetime report said that they had taken it several days before (!). I was astonished that meth could impair people for that long. Is this plausible? Yes it is. 8 days was my record and I saw some scary shit. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851/66 "2011-06-23T06:39:41Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Well, maybe they’ve improved in the last five years since the last post in this thread was written… Heck, the daughter’s nine by now. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851/67 "2011-06-23T11:25:17Z")
Okay, someone confirm I’m not crazy: it seems like there has been a huge spike in zombie threads in the past week or so. In fact, there zombies putting car parts in trees right over there. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851/68 "2011-06-23T12:33:51Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Okay, someone confirm I’m not crazy: it seems like there has been a huge spike in zombie threads in the past week or so. > > In fact, there zombies putting car parts in trees right over there. I blame the White Walkers. After all, Winter Is Coming. (In about 6 months.) ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851/69 "2011-06-23T12:44:01Z")
Next time use a spoiler tag, I like to be surprised by winter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-customary-for-911-operators-to-be-rude-combative-bitches/292851.md?page=3)