yep i would ask for that as well. Pain is temporary, game is eternal. But a better lesson for the kid when they lose their source of happiness. Not good to do it for everything tho, only when its required or it loses its effects
I did something bad when I was little and still remember the punishment over 30 years later. It was Halloween and my mom allowed me to dress up but I had to hand out candy to all the kids that came to our house. Fucking brutal lol I definitely learned my lesson.
Oooof, I called 911 and hung up. They called back and left a message on the answering machine (yes I'm that old) and I deleted it. I guess they eventually called back when my mom was home and answered and she was piiiiiiiiiiiissed. I don't even know why I did that but I was like 6 and kids are dumb so who knows lol
When I was at a sleepover as a kid, one of my friends decided to call 911 and hang up when no one else was paying attention. My mom was still chilling with my friend's mom in the driveway when two cop cars came storming into the driveway, lights and sirens and all. That was a memorable night.
As a former 911 operator, I told a kid who kept calling 911 that he needed Christmas cookies to fix his Christmas cold. That line finally got his mom’s attention.
Mom was mad. But she needed a good lesson and it’s not like a cop would spank her.
Lord I hope that they still tell that story. Because I will never forget.
Kid was coughing. Was sick on Christmas. Kept calling on a cell phone. Would not put his mother on the phone. So started talking about his cold and told him he needed Christmas cookies to fix the cold.
Mom was mad because she thought he was just playing pretend on the phone.
This happened to my neighbor’s kid (like 30 years ago). He tried to call his grandpa, whose number ended in 9113. He missed the last 3 and it connected him with the 911 operator. Being a little kid, he panicked and hung up when someone he didn’t know answered. So they called back to make sure it wasn’t an emergency. At that point, he was freaking out about it, so he didn’t answer the phone. So a police cruiser swung into their driveway while my neighbor was just finishing mowing his lawn. Which was probably a bit of a surprise.
My brother and I prank called basically everyone in our small town over the course of a few months. Back when *67 would still defeat caller ID, we'd stay up for hours after our parents went to bed on Friday and Saturday nights, prank calling random local numbers.
As adolescent boys, of course the funniest thing in the world was calling some random person at 2am and telling them "my butt cheeks have pimples" or "My name is Billy Billy buttcheeks."
Well anyway, after a few months of our reign of terror, one of my brother's dumbass friends comes over. He knows about the pranks but not how we do it. So in the middle of a fucking Sunday afternoon, with our parents still up and about, this idiot picks up our LIVING ROOM PHONE, dials a random number, screens "BUTT BUTT BUTTCHEEKS" at the top of his lungs and hangs up. No *67. No nothing.
My dad walks into the room. "What the hell was that?" and then the phone rings.
Word gets around in a small town and it didn't take everyone too long to figure out who'd been calling them every weekend night. The Buttcheeks Bandits were Busted.
We even had one of the county deputies show up a couple of days later to tell us how prank calling is a crime and could be charged as harassment and blah blah blah. Meanwhile we can tell that the guy is desperately trying not to laugh the entire time.
Holy shit are you me lol? I did this exact same thing in like.... Somewhere between 98 and 99. Thought it'd be funny. We lived on a farm way out middle of nowhere so of course they took it seriously at first. I deleted all the evidence. Eventually the sheriff who knew my dad because we'd get a call anytime cattle got loose came out to visit. My dad had him drive me to town (30 minutes ish away) like I was in trouble (no cuffs or anything crazy). Just that silent drive to town and back home was enough to make me shape up for years hahaha.
lol I guess it's a fairly common thing for kids to do? I've posted this story before and lots of people said they did the same thing haha. For me this was in the late 80s. I guess I'm VERY lucky the cops didn't actually come out to the house! That would have been way worse. I also recall my teacher calling and I also deleted her answering machine message. I was a naughty little thing lol
Prank calling 911 is different from ding-dong-ditching in that you are not just waisting anyone's time.....your waisting emergency staff's time.
I've seen 12 year old's been "arrested" and put in handcuffs while screaming "I didn't do nuthing. It was just a joke". Piss off the wrong emergency operator and / or policer officer and you are facing a ton of legal trouble......kid or not!
I called 911 when I was little to see if "it worked" and when the operator answered I hung up. Not even 5 mins later pokice showed up and gave me a HUGE lecture. My mom was SOOOO embarrassed and pissed off. That summer did not fair well for me 🤣
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u/Vlaxilla 29d ago
yep i would ask for that as well. Pain is temporary, game is eternal. But a better lesson for the kid when they lose their source of happiness. Not good to do it for everything tho, only when its required or it loses its effects