911 April 28, 2008
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I’ve got to tell this story. Right now, it tickles me to think about it, but last night, well…my reaction to it was different…and evidently very, very scary!
Both my girls had friends over for the night. The older girls were in the living room and the little ones were in their bedroom. I was in my room. The house phone rang and when I looked at the caller ID, I saw that it was my cell phone. I knew it was the little girls playing on my cell. I called them in and had them bring it to me.
I went downstairs with it and noticed it was showing that I had two messages. So, I listened…
It was Arapahoe County Sheriff’s dispatch…calling to see if we had an emergency. She said that she could hear little kids gigging in the background…I about passed out!
As my blood pressure peaked, I called the girls downstairs…and exploded.
I played the call back from dispatch for them….and then played the SECOND call back from dispatch…
My 7 year old immediately started bawling…
Her little friend…peed on my carpet…
Then I called 911 and let them know there was no emergency (yet), but if there wasn’t anything going on, a deputy was welcome to come by and have a word with the girls…
It wasn’t three minutes when there was a knock at the door…the deputy came in and was actually very good about it. He knew the girls were scared and he told them he wasn’t mad and he wasn’t going to yell at them, but explained the risk they put other people in by clogging up the lines.
What was so funny is that earlier in the day, the girls had run over and gotten “junior deputy” stickers from the deputy whose in our area during the day.
So while this cop is standing in my living room, the two seven year old’s are sitting, wide eyed on the couch with their badges still stuck to their shirts.
This is a cute and funny story. I would have done the same thing you did. I did have to take my boys to the fire station when they were young. They just would NOT stop playing with matched and I didn’t know what to do. The fire dept was pretty good but didn’t “scare” them as much as I thought they should have but I felt I had no other choice. I also caught my son stealing an eraser once and made him take it back to the store. There are just those times when you have to teach them what they did was wrong and could be dangerous. Thanks for sharing.
Joy
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That is amazing – I think my reaction would have been the same as yours!!! Brings back memories of when I was little and some of the things we got up.
Oh to have been a fly on the wall.