We don’t actually have an automated phone system where I work, buy hey, a girl can dream.
"Thank you for calling 911. In order to improve efficiency and customer service, we have implemented the following choices.
If you are experiencing a heart attack, press 1.
If you are hemorrhaging, apply direct pressure and press 2.
If you are on fire, stop, drop, and roll, and press 3.
If someone is breaking into your house, exit through another door and press 4.
If you are calling from a cell phone and are nowhere within a hundred miles of this 911 agency, hang up, run outside, scream loudly until someone with a landline dials 911, and tell them to press 5.
If you are calling to report a motor vehicle accident, press 6 if it is with injuries, press 7 if it is non-injury, or press 8 if you drove right by it without stopping and therefore have no idea if anyone is hurt or not.
If you are being assaulted, hit your assailant repeatedly over the head with the keypad side of your phone until you have managed to press 9.
To hear these choices again, press the pound key. To speak with an operator, press 0, and one will be with you as soon as possible. Thank you."
Too bad I didn’t think of this in time for my boss to include it on next year’s budget proposal.