Why do I never think about the possibility of snow on the ocean???
Now I see why, because it’s too ethereal
IF YOU NEED TO CALL 911 BUT ARE SCARED TO BECAUSE OF SOMEONE IN THE ROOM, dial and ask for a pepperoni pizza. They will ask if you know you’re calling 911. Say yes, and continue pretending you’re making an order. They’ll ask if there’s someone in the room.
You can ask how long it will take for the pizza to get to you, and they will tell you how far away a dispatcher is.
Reblog to literally save a life
I’ve done this. I’m alive because of this.
My flat-mate’s date for the night was almost as drunk as her. She had passed out in her room and locked the door. He refused to leave because he wanted to have sex. He also demanded food because he was dealing with “whiskey dick”. He didn’t like the lack of food in the fridge. I called 911, did the stuff stated above, and he was getting PISSED about how long the “order” was taking. He took my phone, demanded they “hurry the fuck up”. Police arrived two minutes later, arrested him, and helped me file a police report. Pressing charges wasn’t necessary because he had warrants on him from THREE different states for the very thing he planned to do to me. Several months after this happened one of the officers informed me he was charged with two felonies because he crossed stay lines, and will be serving no less than 35 years in prison. The officer ripped into my flat-mate about her bringing home complete strangers, while drunk, knowing full well this shit could happen.
This was 14 years ago.
Do the pizza order, do it as calmly as you can. The dispatcher I spoke to said things like this:
“If he’s drunk say you want mushrooms.” I said I want extra mushrooms.
“If he’s threatening you with sexual assault say you want onions.” I said I want onions.
She went like this with different toppings and sauces for a description of him, like pineapple if he’s blonde, black olives if he’s tall, extra large if he’s tall, etc.
They’ve heard this sort of coded call before. They’re trained for it. They will understand what you’re saying. Order the pizza.
Really though. I’m in training for dispatch and this was one of the first things they taught us. Pretend you’re talking to a friend or relative, pretend you’re ordering pizza, we’ll figure it out. We’ll word questions so you can answer in an easy, casual way. Please, just make the call and we will do everything we can to help you.
Reblog to save a life
HOLY SHIT. THIS IS CRAZY.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
I AM A 911 CALLTAKER AND I CAN AFFIRM THIS IS A THING. I AM ALLOWED TO BREAK PROTOCOL FOR THIS.
ALSO, IF YOU DON’T FEEL COMFORTABLE “ORDERING A PIZZA,” CALL AND LEAVE AN OPEN LINE. WE WILL STAY ON WITH YOU AND FIND YOUR LOCATION BASED ON GPS AND SEND SOMEONE. I HAVE DONE THIS MORE TIMES THAN NOT. WE ARE HERE TO HELP.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Erin bless you for adding to this.
This is super important💕
IMPORTANT!!
“call and leave an open line” is also mad important for eg people with disabilities who can’t use the phone for whatever reason (for example, i am deaf) MANY people are never taught that you can do this but you can.
HOWEVER not all cell phones will provide 911 with accurate location data, so that is a difficulty. they’ve been able to track landlines since a long time but the systems are only recently getting more integrated with cell phones.
i *believe* that iphones either recently have been or soon will be updated to provide location information on 911 calls, but i do not think the same is true of all other phones.
Really it is /something/ that since the “‘ban”’ I’ve seen /more/ porn bots and have had /more/ of my work reblogged with porn links then ever before
Some of the best writing advice I ever got was if you’re stuck on a scene or a line, the problem is actually about 10 lines back and that’s saved me from writer’s block so many times.
I feel like I need an elaborate explanation
Often times, I find myself stuck on what a character should say next or what should happen in a scene to connect A to B or so on. When this happens, I fall into the trap of writing and rewriting the same few lines over and over, and becoming more and more dissatisfied every time until I give up.
But problem is almost never actually whatever line I’m trying to write at the moment; the issue is the stuff leading up to the line. Maybe there are structural issues with the set up, maybe I wrote a bit of dialogue that was out of character leading to a discussion that doesn’t make sense, maybe I’m missing a vital piece of exposition or expositing too much. It could be a lot of things, but the important part of the advice is to look back and be willing to consider changes to something earlier in the work (even if you’re really attached to like a piece of dialogue or a particular sentence or something) instead of trying to find a way to force out a scene that’s not working.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for explaining!
This is really helpful!
Woah! I never thought about that! Thanks!
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