Reaching into a greasy fast food bag to find cold fries or a burger is always a bummer, yes. But an emergency? Absolutely not.
A man in Canada would argue otherwise — he called the emergency services because he was hangry when he received cold McDonald's via Uber Eats.
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Per CBC News, officers were called to a McDonald's in Ontario by the reportedly "irate" man after he was delivered his cold hamburger and fries. Once they arrived, the police reminded the man that cold food did not warrant an emergency response.
Jackie Penman, a spokesperson for the Hamilton Police Department, told CBC that frivolous 911 calls are more common than one might expect.
"Calling 911 with nuisance calls ties up our lines and makes it difficult for people with serious emergencies to get through to dispatchers," she said. "The system is meant for life and death emergencies."
After the Hamilton Police Department had a punny response to a tweet about the 911 call, Twitter users ran with McDonald's-themed play on words.
Seems like this could have been avoided with quick zap in the microwave, but that would have been way too easy, right?
Please never call 999 about cold food, no matter how badly you want to singe the roof of your mouth with steamy french fries.
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