Reason.com - Free Minds and Free Markets
Reason logo Reason logo
  • Latest
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Archives
    • Subscribe
    • Crossword
  • Video
  • Podcasts
    • All Shows
    • The Reason Roundtable
    • The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
    • The Soho Forum Debates
    • Just Asking Questions
    • The Best of Reason Magazine
    • Why We Can't Have Nice Things
  • Volokh
  • Newsletters
  • Donate
    • Donate Online
    • Donate Crypto
    • Ways To Give To Reason Foundation
    • Torchbearer Society
    • Planned Giving
  • Subscribe
    • Reason Plus Subscription
    • Print Subscription
    • Gift Subscriptions
    • Subscriber Support

Login Form

Create new account
Forgot password

Brickbat: Isn't That the Way They Say It Goes

Charles Oliver | 2.12.2015 6:00 AM

Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL
Media Contact & Reprint Requests

An Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 911 operator has been reassigned after repeatedly telling a caller to "stop whining." The caller's father and his fiance had just been struck by a hit-and-run driver. The father later died.

Start your day with Reason. Get a daily brief of the most important stories and trends every weekday morning when you subscribe to Reason Roundup.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

NEXT: Marriage and the Constitution in Alabama

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL
Media Contact & Reprint Requests

Hide Comments (17)

Editor's Note: As of February 29, 2024, commenting privileges on reason.com posts are limited to Reason Plus subscribers. Past commenters are grandfathered in for a temporary period. Subscribe here to preserve your ability to comment. Your Reason Plus subscription also gives you an ad-free version of reason.com, along with full access to the digital edition and archives of Reason magazine. We request that comments be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment and ban commenters for any reason at any time. Comments may only be edited within 5 minutes of posting. Report abuses.

  1. invisible furry hand   10 years ago

    This is not provoking my anti-statist metaphorical war boner. In Postrel's day you got real outrages, not this big load of nothing.

    1. Swiss Servator, ... Switzy!   10 years ago

      Reason samples all levels of state misconduct... this just happens to be... smaller.

    2. tarran   10 years ago

      Stop whining, ifh!

      1. UnCivilServant   10 years ago

        tarran, clearly customer service isn't for you. We're going to have to reassign you. How's upper lower management sound?

    3. Almanian!   10 years ago

      Well, I guess everything's just bigger in Australia.

      I hope you're drinking as appropriate, ifh. And I assume you're with Bruce, Bruce and Bruce.

      "Australia! Australia! Australia! We love you! AMEN! Right - Rule numbah ONE! No pooftahs! Rule numbah TWO! I don't wanna catch anybody NOT drinking! Rule numbah THREE? No pooftahs!"

      1. invisible furry hand   10 years ago

        Of course I'm drinking - s'hot enough to boil a monkey's bum.

        1. Rich   10 years ago

          Scotch and Vegemite on the rocks?

          1. invisible furry hand   10 years ago

            The combatants: Scotch and Vegemite
            The battlefield: Your tongue
            The rules: It ends in death of the Scotch, the Vegemite, or the tongue

            Let's get ready to rumble...

            1. Ted S.   10 years ago

              Or?

  2. MarySHolton   10 years ago

    my best friend's ex-wife makes $65 an hour on the computer . She has been without a job for seven months but last month her check was $13740 just working on the computer for a few hours. try this..............

    ????? http://www.netpay20.com

  3. Rufus J. Firefly   10 years ago

    Not to make light of this tragedy but they also say 'stop whining about taxes!'

    1. UnCivilServant   10 years ago

      Stop taxing me and I'll stop whining about taxes.

  4. Almanian!   10 years ago

    You know, for a "service" called "911"....

    1. VicRattlehead   10 years ago

      Well they do work with a department whose motto is "to serve and protect"

  5. Nosea   10 years ago

    I am so starting to get the Millennial's logic. At some point, these calls should become obsolete. Having to convey pertinent information when people are distraught or injured, isn't exactly a model of efficiency. An app that relays information should include picture, name, location and maybe a heart monitor, this would eliminate precious seconds talking to 911 operators who are annoyed you aren't the epitome of calm while watching a family member die.

    1. Matrix   10 years ago

      If only we could be like Vulcans.

      1. Nosea   10 years ago

        We are smarter than Vulcans, we interbred
        Spock.

  6. Rich   10 years ago

    To be fair, in about two minutes I'd have been screaming at that operator, "English, motherfucker, do you speak it?!"

  7. CarolTFeeney   10 years ago

    Turn $12 BECOMES $4000 PER WEEK! 100% Profitable!!
    Get immediate access to our entire course
    right now to discover an easy system
    that will give you the potential
    to make... $300 A Day and even more! ..
    Open this link to get the opportunity , as like i did and.. it really works,
    ?? ? ?? ? ?? ? ?? http://www.Workvalt.Com

Please log in to post comments

Mute this user?

  • Mute User
  • Cancel

Ban this user?

  • Ban User
  • Cancel

Un-ban this user?

  • Un-ban User
  • Cancel

Nuke this user?

  • Nuke User
  • Cancel

Un-nuke this user?

  • Un-nuke User
  • Cancel

Flag this comment?

  • Flag Comment
  • Cancel

Un-flag this comment?

  • Un-flag Comment
  • Cancel

Latest

Brickbat: Fool Me Once…

Charles Oliver | 6.30.2025 4:00 AM

The Coming Techlash Could Kill AI Innovation Before It Helps Anyone

Kevin Frazier | 6.29.2025 7:00 AM

Social Security and Medicare Are Racing Toward Drastic Cuts—Yet Lawmakers Refuse To Act

Veronique de Rugy | 6.29.2025 6:30 AM

Comic: Henry Hazlitt in One Lesson

Peter Bagge | From the July 2025 issue

She Got a Permit for Her Chickens. Now the City Is Fining Her $80,000.

C. Jarrett Dieterle | 6.28.2025 6:30 AM

Recommended

  • About
  • Browse Topics
  • Events
  • Staff
  • Jobs
  • Donate
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Media
  • Shop
  • Amazon
Reason Facebook@reason on XReason InstagramReason TikTokReason YoutubeApple PodcastsReason on FlipboardReason RSS

© 2024 Reason Foundation | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

r

Do you care about free minds and free markets? Sign up to get the biggest stories from Reason in your inbox every afternoon.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

This modal will close in 10

Reason Plus

Special Offer!

  • Full digital edition access
  • No ads
  • Commenting privileges

Just $25 per year

Join Today!