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999 Calls
January 15, 2006 09:46AM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 380

I am starting a topic for the second time today, but I thought I should. Today was the first time in my life I made a 999 (or 911 phone call for you Americans out there). I am about to regail you with a lengthy tale.

So it is Sunday evening in my hall at University, three of my friends have got together in my room to order some pizza in and have a social game of poker. We order a meal deal involving 2 pizza's, garlic bread and chicken wings. The pizza and garlic bread arrives and we enjoy those however the chicken wings didn't come, therefore I call the company (wanting to get my moneys worth as a student). They sent them up within ten minutes and the three of us remaining tuck in.

After a bite, I realise the chicken wing is rather slimy. I look at it and realise that it is completely raw, growing up around parents who cook alot and knowing a little about meat I realise that this is a serious health risk. Rather annoyed at this I call the pizza company and complain, they offer me free chicken wings... to this I say simply "No, you will give me my full money back or I will call health and saftey in the morning", after a few minutes of me threatening them (completely calmly as is my style) they aggree to send the money up.

Ten minutes later I get a phone call saying that they are outside and a request by the owner to 'be nice to the driver', I walk out, and expecting some trouble (it is only a small local company), I dial 999 into my phone and slip it up my sleeve. The driver asks to see the chicken wings so he can take them back to the pizza house to get confirmation, to this I say "Unacceptable, you will hand me the money and I will leave and take this no further. Or you I go inside and give trading standards a call in the morning". At this he gets rather annoyed, I regard myself as a very calm person, and I know I can argue as I never lose, I can also think on my feet very well. He walks toward me calling me a student trying to scam him, at this I deliver him the ultimatum again saying, very calmly and collected, "give me the money or I make phone calls". By this point he is shouting at me, insulting me and about two seconds off punching me! Now I am not a big guy, however I do not let any one get away with threatening me, at this point I slip out my phone and tell him I will call the police if he does not step down. He assumes I am bluffing so continues with his rant.

At this point two of my friend come out to see who is going on, I try to speak to them but the guy is shouting at me, I turn to him and say smartly "Excuse me for a moment", then I turn to my friend and say, "Go back inside", at this they leave, (I didn't want to get them involved). I take out my swipe card and walk through the swipe card gate into my secure hall. He follows me into the hall, just before the gate locks, here I call the police. He gets paniked as I called his bluff, I simply tell the police what is going on and leave them on the line, at this he walks out the gate, I hang up, he says "this will cost us both alot of money and legal stuff", at this I laugh loudly and say "that will be fun, I imagine my lawyer is little be better than yours". At this I leave.

After this I see my friends who I sent inside, and they congratulate me on standing my ground and smashing a man twice my size into the ground. I remind myself how I can never lose an argument, and will not rest until that pizza shop doesn't trade.

Tomorrow I will be calling trading standards.

Si

'Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them' - Aristotle