What do overripe avocados, stinky cologne and misplaced phones have in common?
Generally speaking, none of them warrant a call to 911.
That’s the message from E-Comm – the company that handles the vast majority of 911 calls in B.C. – which is once again urging the public not to occupy crucial emergency lines unless they’re experiencing actual emergencies.
On Monday, E-Comm shared its annual list of the 10 worst nuisance calls of the year, in which people dialled 911 for the following:
- To report a neighbour wearing too much cologne
- Because a dry cleaner stained their shirt
- To request directions to a Shoppers Drug Mart that’s open 24 hours a day
- To report that a “McDonald’s wouldn’t open” its doors
- Because they purchased a box of 38 avocadoes and discovered they were rotten
- To request technical support
- To complain that their power was out
- Because they left their phone in an Uber
- To request help removing a wasp nest
- Because they saw a domesticated-looking bunny in a park
“We understand that some of …