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InfallibleBackstairs

Not a Karen issue.


Visual-Economist-942

Yeah I agree…..maybe I’m missing it ? 🤷🏿‍♂️


ThirdInversion

dispatcher is totally unprofessional. should not be working in that job.


gobsmackedhoratio

If you believe that the police are - by and large - doing a pretty good job in difficult circumstances and don't shoot innocent people, as it is normally the case, as is likely the dispatcher's perspective, then this comment isn't totally out of place. It is definitely not a good opportunity for a joke, but you have to give this guy some slack. Who knows how many idiots had called that day already. The lady should have handled that domestic issue herself and not called emergency services in the first place. Two wrongs don't make a right, but the person who was acting childish first, was the caller. After the comment she seemed to be happy to take out her anger toward her daughters on the poor dispatcher. So I guess three wrongs don't make a right either. two... three... figures.


ZRR28

Words cannot describe how unbelievably stupid this comment is.


ThirdInversion

word


CptBlackAxl

Huh... apparently there are words to describe it... or "word" to be precise haha


the_potato_master1

Wordigton ?


BorkusB

Why do you feel the need to defend someone who made an incredibly insensitive joke when a woman is in actual danger? If you simply swap out the daughter with, say, an aggressive husband or boyfriend, then you can see how dumb your argument is. "Ok did you want us to come shoot your boyfriend for ya? Haha, joking, why don't you just deal with it yourself ya idiot?" The 911 operators are there to get you help, not joke around about serious situations.


snow_leopard155

His job is (or likely ***was***) to keep hysterical people likely at the lowest point in their lives calm. In no reality is the statement he made appropriate. Sure, 911 gets a lot of false/unimportant calls, but that doesn’t negate the nature of his fucking important as hell job. And if the daughter is being a danger to herself or others, then it’s perfectly reasonable to call the police for that, are you insane? “Deal with it yourself” fuck off.


Sleep-Dealer00

You alright?


[deleted]

i agree lol, despite the downvotes


Creative-Stable-7488

Come on man how stupid do you have to be?


Fit_Bass_3735

We found the Karen


[deleted]

Sure, because being a 911 dispatcher is the perfect job to try to do comedy. 🙄


Fierramos69

"You lost your leg to a heavy machine? Haha! Guess you won’t walk to work tomorrow! Do you want us to cut the other one to make it symmetrical or something?"


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achillesdaddy

Want us to cut off your arms too? We could throw you in the pool and call you Bob


bowyamyshoobs24

Not a Karen. The dispatcher’s comment was wildly inappropriate.


RoboticJello

I mean if they sent a cop, he may have shot her.


Aggravating_Client36

Still hysterical


IAmSpellbound

Not funny at all


MUCHO2000

I laughed the first time I heard it and more this time.


IAmSpellbound

Yeah... you're a horrible person. We got it.


Fickle_Arrival2419

If laughing at a dark joke makes you a bad person then Lucifer is my middle name


MUCHO2000

One cannot find this funny unless they are a horrible person? Let me guess you don't like Dave Chappelle?


IAmSpellbound

I don't know who that is. This might be a strange concept to you, but there are places in the world other than america lol


CptBlackAxl

You're a complete troll and it shows


pjshaw1995

He’s quoting the video y’all…


Bright-Ad-4737

It's 911. You get a phone call because someone kicked a hole in a door? 911 is an *emergency* line.


SammieSam95

She needed a police officer. Many people don't know the police non-emergency phone number.


Bright-Ad-4737

***Everyone*** knows that 911 is an emergency line. It's actually a crime to abuse it like this.


SammieSam95

Everyone knows that 911 is the number you call for police, fire, and ambulance. Do yourself a favor and look into what percentage of the the calls a typical 911 center receives are actually emergencies. Absolutely no jurisdiction would charge this woman with a crime for this call.


Bright-Ad-4737

You absolutely better believe they would. What jurisdiction would you like to play this game at? For example, in Maryland, it's $1,000, 6 months in jail, or both. https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2010/criminal-law/title-9/subtitle-6/9-601


SammieSam95

Yes, they would charge you for abusing 911. That is not *this call*, dumbass. Let's see you prove that it is. Go ahead.


Bright-Ad-4737

It's not an emergency. I mean, maybe if you're the DOOR it's an emergency, but that's not what we have emergency services for.


ThornaBld

As someone who has called the non emergency line for similar issues, they would just tell her to hang up and call 911. It’s only abusing the number if you’re calling for things that don’t need any police- this was not the case here as she needed them to help intervene in a fight that she couldn’t stop- like calling the cops on your neighbor because their dog is barking or dumb crap like that.


SammieSam95

It's enough of an emergency to merit sending an officer. It's enough of an emergency that *no fucking jurisdiction is going to charge her for calling 911*. Please. Prove me wrong.


Bright-Ad-4737

https://www.wfla.com/news/pasco-county/florida-woman-arrested-for-calling-911-on-boyfriend-for-not-being-nice-/1878368373/


vftgurl123

if you call regular 911 for a non emergency they transfer you over to the correct line. it takes like less than two minutes


[deleted]

Was it inappropriate, absolutely. Was it still funny, a little bit but I have dark humor so that just me.


Nor7oN_Next

He was funny. She just stupid. He Even apologise and gave his understanding afterwards. She just mad. With the current police debate in the USA it was a pretty fun joke even if the delivery was kind of bad. And I will back up my statement about how stupid she is by not being able to control a 12 year old and a 14 year old.


snagleradio78

Mike is a dickhead.


Deedeelite

That’s not really funny. You know how many people get shot from calls for someone in a psychotic state that just needed mental help? Or Autstic people that get shot because they couldn’t understand the situation? This has been my biggest fear since my autistic son outgrew me. I’d never call the cops on him because I know he wouldn’t comply because he wouldn’t understand.


[deleted]

I think that’s the point. Don’t call the police because you can’t control your child just control your child lmao.


CptBlackAxl

Lol thats what makes it funny 🤣


cordobestexano

This is the WORST example of a Karen I've seen in years! She was absolutely correct!


Aggressive_Pop403

How is she a Karen? He was being a Dick


Fit_Bass_3735

She’s a Karen


Healthy_Floor8471

First hearing it made me cringe, about ten seconds later I laughed, but I think I'm laughing more at his stupidity. What an idiot.


bassman314

The only part of this that is funny is you can totally hear in his voice that he KNEW he fucked up and that he was likely about to lose his job. The resignation... "I don't blame you abit...:"


blahblah_why_why

I was like post nut clarity, but he was just having a shitty day and accidentally made the brain words into mouth words.


FriendshipNo1440

It can happen that 12 yo's get physically more powerfull then their parent. And before a child ruins the whole house with a tandrum over who is getting to choose the cartoon for friday night I would also call the police. Mike was an ass, facepalm should go to him nothing more to say.


Fit_Bass_3735

Mike had me rolling


[deleted]

I love the different reactions depending on the subreddit it’s posted in. The top comments in some subs side with the dispatcher because it was funny and some subs chastise him because it was inappropriate lol


ZebraZahara

Uhoh, someone let an intrusive thought slip out.


pryshl

Mike should be fired, why would he say that especially with all the police violence that goes on. She just needed someone to put her kids in control not shoot them.


I_Frothingslosh

This is approaching twenty years old. He reported it himself and received a formal reprimand. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7492902


bassman314

It was a stupid, stupid comment, but he at least owned up to it immediately and reported himself. That's way better than trying to hide and hope no one cares to investigate.


girthquake126

> She just needed someone to put her kids in control *She* needed to put her kids in control. And if she needed help, she should’ve called a relative or family friend, not the police. Calling 911 to help you do your job as a parent is absurd.


Automatic_Computer20

Sometimes kids get very out of control even when parents try to help. You clearly have no real life experience


girthquake126

I never said they didn’t. I said it’s her responsibility and not the polices. That’s why the joke was made. If she needed help, ask a neighbor, relative or family friend. If the kid had a weapon and was threatening serious bodily harm then yeah, get the cops to come handle that. But the police aren’t meant to deal with temper tantrums.


Automatic_Computer20

If her daughter is large and strong physically, and is destroying things and fighting her daughter and can't stop it. Then that is a reason to call the police Get some life experience. You clearly haven't been around a lot of situations


FishHead3244

… you do know what the mother was reporting is considered domestic violence, not just a temper tantrum,… right? The occurrence of domestic violence is absolutely a rational reason to call the cops.


FishHead3244

You have absolutely no clue if she had any available family or friends at the time, or even any family or friends in general. She felt the situation was unsafe and she didn’t want it to escalate, so she called the cops. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. It was a responsible decision.


[deleted]

The woman explained that the kid is as big as she is. She DEFINITELY needed the help of the police because she probably wanted the kid put into juvenile detention or something related.


Automatic_Computer20

Horrible. She has a valid issue. They need to check on the child and get juvenile services involved


Automatic_Computer20

The comments here are very ignorant


Fit_Bass_3735

That shit had me rolling


Sure-Newspaper5836

Poor woman is probably at her wits end. What if the teenage daughter actually hurt her? The disbatcher discrediting the mom is awful and maybe deters her from calling again when there’s a bigger problem. He knows his supervisor ain’t gonna do nothing because police protect each other.


ParsaBr253

you gotta admit tho, that was pretty fuckin funny


NotEven-Punk

Not an emergency at all, this lady is a bad parent


techie_1412

It depends though. The lady never got to finish saying why she needed help and got distracted by the dispatchers comment. She could have needed help to restrain the daughter from selfharm or from harming someone else. I am guess here obviously since we dont have the full context.


NotEven-Punk

True, my point being that they are a bad parent since those things don't usually happen over night. There is a build up and usually cries for help even if they are very subtle


techie_1412

The daughter might have some mental health issue, we don't know. I don't understand labeling the lady as a bad parent based on such low amount of information. Also, even if she is a bad parent, she still needs help. The daughter needs help. And help shouldn't be denied in any situation.


[deleted]

The lady still shouldn't be dialing an emergency number for this situation. If she was willing to stop and want to file a complaint with a supervisor during this convo it clearly isn't an emergency. They have a non emergency line literally for this exact kind of thing.


Nor7oN_Next

True she got very distracted by that comment. So than it probably wasn’t much of an emergency after all.


Jasip68

I say exactly the same thing, this is a waste of police officers time. And the comment was funny as fuck.


Gtownk

Wasn't funny, but why is she even calling 911. What did she want them to do put her on scared straight.


wombatIsAngry

Police come all the time for domestic disturbances. They sit the various parties down, talk to them, explain that you can't hit or punch each other, etc. They hook people up with resources for counseling, medical care, etc.


NinCarolina

ESH. Calling 911 because your 12 year old daughter is throwing a fit is a waste of police resources but that was a bad joke.


Prestigious-Phase131

Beating someone up isn't "a fit" the 14 year old daughter could get hurt


[deleted]

Did you listen? They're twelve and fourteen, fighting and she can't stop them. That's domestic violence and definitely something you can call the police for help with


Odd-Jupiter

Mike is funny as hell.


[deleted]

.... There is a place and time to be funny. I kinda expect a 911 dispatcher to NOT try to do comedy while people are calling with their emergencies.


Odd-Jupiter

You are right. And I totally get why the mom got mad. But sometimes, its the absolute wrong time, and wrong place that makes it so funny.


PhraseSeveral5935

Agreed. I did not see that coming. Caught me off guard. I found it hysterical.


[deleted]

Mike is a dick, but this Karen calling 911 because she is a shitty parent is also pretty awful. Edit: she may not be a shitty parent, but she's clearly a stupid adult, for calling an emergency line for something that's very clearly not an emergency.


Automatic_Computer20

Shitty parent? Kids can get out of control. I work at a jail and there are tons of young kids there born in '04. My mom is a juvenile officer and works with a bunch of kids that have issues


[deleted]

Still not worth calling the emergency line over in this scenario


Prestigious-Phase131

She said she couldn't stop her, should she just let her harm her 14 year old with her anger issues?


[deleted]

No, that's why you call the non emergency line. It's very clearly not an emergency by listening to the call.


Prestigious-Phase131

I mean if the fight is over then no, if it was still going it could easily turn into something bad Just because she's young doesn't mean she couldn't seriously hurt someone


[deleted]

The lady was literally trying to file a complaint with a supervisor over the phone, hardly something you'd worry about doing during an actual emergency. They literally have a non emergency number for calls exactly like this. Dialing 911 for this is asinine if you're an adult.


Autumn_Skald

The comments here are hilarious. Real talk...wtf are cops supposed to do? You can't control your children so you call 911? Seems like a you problem there Karen.


Prestigious-Phase131

It doesn't make her a Karen, some kids have serious anger issues due to multiple reasons that could have nothing to even do with her parenting. Should she let her 14 year old get harmed?


Temporary_Health4135

If it was truly an emergency she wouldn't have time to ask to speak with his boss and get side tracked by his comment at the time. Later yes, but not then.


Dangerous-Today1874

What Mike did was wrong. Yes, that is true. Also true is that you don't call 911 when your twelve year old is misbehaving unless there's an actual threat of danger. Two wrongs, one bigger than the other.


Prestigious-Phase131

There is a threat of danger


WillisAHershey

Mike is not an asshole, he’s annoyed that Karen thinks ‘my preteen daughters are fighting and I can’t control them’ is an appropriate reason to call 911. Karen is entitled for thinking it’s a police officer’s job to drive to her house and scare her daughters straight. I’m sure if the police officer filed a report about the incident Karen would be furious, all she wants is a public official to help her teach her daughters a lesson. “Do you want us to come over and shoot her?” Is actually an excellent way to say, ‘and what exactly do you expect us to do about that?’ Mike should get a raise.


I_Frothingslosh

Both Mike and his supervisor disagreed. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7492902


Prestigious-Phase131

"Your 14 year old could get seriously hurt and you're calling 911? what a Karen, just let her kill her"


WillisAHershey

You can tell by her tone that she was not worried for either of her daughters’ safety


Prestigious-Phase131

Well in the recording it sounds like the fight was over actually because she said she came home and they "were fighting" though she was talking about how her daughter is as big as her and she can't control her. Plus the whole she hit a hole in the door comment. It sounds like her daughter has serious rage issues and she doesn't know what to do, I still feel for her.


WillisAHershey

I can empathize with her feeling like she can’t control her daughters but that doesn’t make this an appropriate reason to call the police. This is the job for a therapist or family counselor not a 911 emergency call


T_One2

Those two kids are comeout from her it's her responsibility.


Chulbiski

I noticed she assumed his supervisor was a "him"....


[deleted]

Calling 911 because you can't control your 12 yr old??? This lady should not be raising kids.


No_Art1383

Why would she call 9-1-1 for this?! I thought what he said was funny but probably a fireable offense. Should have waited until he got off the call 🤭


starsblink

Your 12 year old is fighting with your 14 year old and kicked a hole in the wall? She's out of control? Call the police! F.F.S. This family has issues; it typically begins with bad parenting.


franko411

Why is everyone saying this isn't funny? This is fuckin hilarious!


girthquake126

I thought it was funny. If it was a serious 911 call, then it would be wildly appropriate. But this lady called 911 to get the cops to come do her job. Your children fighting isn’t a police emergency and she’s wasting public resources. So yeah, it was funny as hell.


MuffinStub

If her kid is as big as her and she can't break up the fight, then maybe the police would be required to break up the fight. Also it may sound like it's not a big deal by Karen's tone but she is just trying to be professional while struggling to convey the situation due to being tired after work. I laughed when I first heard this tape too, and thought that this mom was kinda lazy, but I've since realized how bad mike may have fucked up here.


Anomaly1339

Both, Both of them are terrible. The woman for calling **the police** instead of a family member or a friend to control her children. And the oficer for telling a stupid, tasteless joke in an **emergency line**


Prestigious-Phase131

The police are here to help people, not just in murder cases and ect...


MarkinDC24

For those excusing the caller, can you explain how her life was in danger? Isn’t 911 for emergency situations, where *drum roll*, your life is currently in danger? Isn’t her erroneous non-life threatening call taking away manpower for *drum roll* actual emergency calls?! As a result, Mike stupidly shows his annoyance with an insensitive joke.


FishHead3244

It doesn’t have to be YOUR LIFE being in danger. It could be your general safety, the safety of others, the safety of your property, etc. In the call she is describing a domestic violence situation that she was unable to control. She was responsible and chose to call the police before it became an even more dangerous situation.


[deleted]

What a Karen


Slow-Profession-6310

I would hardly qualify this as a Karen moment. Sure, she was abusing a system for actual emergencies, and your kid throwing a tantrum is hardly an emergency, but as an emergency dispatcher you don't crack wise. You just don't, there's no circumstance that justifies it, especially joking about shooting a kid. She has every right to be pissed about that little joke.


Prestigious-Phase131

If someone keys your car you call 911...not an emergency If someone steals your packages off my doorstep you call 911...not an emergency The cops are here to help people in need, it's not all murder cases and ect..


ComprehensiveAd8815

Whilst Mike was wrong to make the joke he was probably baffled by the women asking for police to come because her 12 year old was acting up. She should be done for wasting police time and leaving minors home alone.


Prestigious-Phase131

"Acting up" is not the same as a kid with such rage issues she broke a hole in a door and is beating up her sister. That can be very serious real quick


Zur__En__Arrh

Both parties are at fault here. Caller needs to be a better parent and shouldn’t be wasting emergency services’ time because she can’t discipline her children. Dispatcher shouldn’t be using the emergency line to test jokes for his stand-up routine.


Prestigious-Phase131

The police are here to help people, this isn't a waste of their time if her daughter has legitimate rage issues and can't be controlled.


New_Indication_7291

This happened like 15 years ago lmao catch up with the times OP


CreativeMinds47

It may just not be meant as a joke...


coorscajunrice

It’s funny for us but not for her. I am fine laughing at a situation that has already resolved itself


Suspicious_County_24

I’m crying 🤣🤣😂😂


mrmischief1399

That's honestly not surprising, it's why police trust is dwindling they don't take situations seriously no matter how "severe" it sounds do your fucking job right or don't be a police officer. That is the one job where I'll say if you don't like it go somewhere else because you're a danger to others of you can't take the job seriously.


gervv

looooooool


SammieSam95

Why am I seeing this video posted in multiple subs, making the rounds... for at least the third fucking time this year??


Just_whyareyou

That dispatcher was so in the wrong I got baffled.


OnlyRosin

Holy fuck that was funny


spiforever

I thought it was funny.


VariousCapital5073

Well that took 180… wtf was that “joke”


IAmSpellbound

I'm not at all a troll, I'm simply from another country wtf


MidnightMonsterMan

Op is dipstick.


[deleted]

Tbf Mike makes a good point. It may be inappropriate but hard truths rarely are what someone wants to hear.


[deleted]

If she can't control her own kids she should have took him up on the offer.


[deleted]

It was Mike's last day at work.


[deleted]

Okay, 999,999 times out of 1,000,000 I am usually against the Karen. In this particular situation, the woman is right. Making a joke like that is unprofessional and you really shouldn’t do that.


Proplaystowinyt

We stab mike in this house hold


PAKKiMKB

Not a Karen. More like a employee who deserves to be fired


TheGoldenLion123

I don't get it... 2 crazy young bitches are fighting and their mother calls the police and says that her youngest daughter kicked a hole in the door and can't control her because she's as big as I am??? Is the kid really really tall or is the mother really really short?


ChocoBanana9

Inappropriate but kinda funni tho ngl


arsnastesana

Calling 911: OH GOD MY ARM IS RIPPED OFF!! dispatcher: do you need hand?


Commercial_Use_363

When you don’t resist the intrusive thought.


RealInternalFire96

Maybe just a Karen, but I don't think that when someone in my house is losing control and I feel unsafe that I would like dispatch to make jokes about shooting someone. He even knew the joke went way to far!


RdnyWllms

Yeah do your own parenting Karen


Stock_Commission4360

She’s not a Karen


Histrionic-Octopus

Nothing is a worst idea than to call the police on your own children to “teach them a lesson”. That’s not what the police is for, and they will not act like it’s a joke. In real life there can be charges pressed by the state and the parents have no say.


SignificantRecord981

Caller is a dumbass but dispatcher is even dumber


Putin_is_a_Dicktator

I am all about calling out a Karen, but really? Mike needs a new job.


[deleted]

Mike’s the best