r/interesting • u/[deleted] • 7h ago

SOCIETY 911 dispatcher ignores multiple emergency calls bc she doesn't feel like working.

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u/ApplicationRoyal865 7h ago edited 7h ago

I know dispatchers who also slacks on his calls. Whenever he gets a call about a homeless person found unconscious or needs medical help he flags it as the homeless person being "uncooperative" because that way it doesn't require medical and less work for him. He got into issues with it a year ago when some homeless guy died because of it when only the cops showed up, so now all his calls regarding homeless people are always scrutinized.

edit: the homeless person didn't die, but needed medical

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u/OwOwOwoooo 7h ago

Jesus.. a slap on the hand

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u/notarobat 7h ago

I mean they wouldn't be homeless if people cared. He's just another link in the chain

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u/TheBiggestBird789 7h ago

The sin of empathy

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u/littleessi 3h ago

that is not true. homelessness is a tool of capitalism to keep the plebs in line. there wouldn't be homelessness if the people with real power cared - very different statement.

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u/notarobat 3h ago

Those people wouldn't have such power if it wasn't given to them.

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u/kalamari_withaK 7h ago

How is that not gross misconduct?

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u/FeralPsychonaut 7h ago

It is gross misconduct.

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u/ApplicationRoyal865 7h ago

I reread the work groupchat to double check, but the homeless person didn't die, but needed medical. maybe that's why it wasn't considered gross misconduct and was chalked up as a technical error.

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u/samlir 6h ago

This is super common, if you actually want the police to respond don’t mention that the victim or perp is homeless

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u/bruce_lees_ghost 7h ago

“Reports of the homeless man’s death have been greatly exaggerated.”

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u/Kirza94 6h ago

He shouldn't have that job. He should be in jail for gross mis conduct.

I hate how common it is that people view homeless people as lesser humans. Even in this case, did you report thia person?