The Damned Pizza Man

[Blackadar]

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) -- An 86-year-old woman was jailed after police said she called emergency dispatchers 20 times in a little more than a half-hour -- all to complain that a pizza parlor wouldn't deliver.

Dorothy Densmore was charged with misusing the emergency telephone hotline, jail spokeswoman Mandy Giannini said.

She told dispatchers Sunday that a local pizza shop refused to deliver to her south Charlotte apartment, said Giannini. She also complained that someone at the shop called her a "crazy old coot," Giannini said.

Densmore wanted them arrested. Instead, police came to arrest her, and she resisted, Giannini said.

It's unusual for someone to face charges for nonemergency calls, Giannini said. But on Sunday, Densmore kept calling 911, even after she was told to stop, Giannini said.

When an officer arrived at her apartment, the 5-foot (1.5-meter) -tall, 98-pound (44.5-kilo) woman attacked him, Giannini said. Densmore scratched him, kicked and bit his hand, she said.

Densmore also is charged with resisting a public officer and two counts of misusing the emergency telephone system, jail records show.

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The Eskimos had it right. Leave 'em on an ice flow.

I would love to find out where in Charlotte she lives and deliver a pizza.

[Raiders Army]

She should be in an old folks home.

[WSUCougar]

Crazy old coot.

[Ksyrup]

"She also complained that someone at the shop called her a "crazy old coot"..."



Looks like someone at the shop was right.

[rkmsuf]

Maybe she was looking for extra anchovies.

[mhass]

I picture her looking something like this:

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

"She also complained that someone at the shop called her a "crazy old coot"..."

Is that a medical condition?

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[CraigSca]

I had heard something similar on Howard Stern recently. A woman called 911 because the local fast food joint kept on giving her a regular hamburger with all the trimmings when she just wanted a single condiment. After getting into it with the manager, she called 911 to have a cop come down to force them to make her a hamburger the way she wanted it. Of course, the operator was incredulous and, shockingly, so was the caller because the police wouldn't help her. She even quoted the "to protect and serve" line. Unreal.

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

I had heard something similar on Howard Stern recently. A woman called 911 because the local fast food joint kept on giving her a regular hamburger with all the trimmings when she just wanted a single condiment. After getting into it with the manager, she called 911 to have a cop come down to force them to make her a hamburger the way she wanted it. Of course, the operator was incredulous and, shockingly, so was the caller because the police wouldn't help her. She even quoted the "to protect and serve" line. Unreal.

Dispatcher: Sheriff's department, how can I help you?

Woman: Yeah, I'm over here . . . I'm over here at Burger King right here in San Clemente.*

Dispatcher: Uh-huh.

Woman: Um, no, not San Clemente; I'm sorry, I live in San Clemente. I'm in Laguna Niguel, I think, that's where I'm at.

Dispatcher: Uh-huh.

Woman: I'm at a drive-through right now.

Dispatcher: Uh-huh.

Woman: I went . . . I ordered my food three times. They're mopping the floor inside, and I understand they're busy . . . they're not even busy, okay, I've been the only car here. I asked them four different times to make me a Western Barbeque Burger. Okay, they keep giving me a hamburger with lettuce, tomato, and cheese, onions, and I said, "I'm not leaving . . ."

Dispatcher: Uh-huh.

Woman: I want a Western Burger because I just got my kids from Tae Kwon Do, they're hungry, I'm on my way home, and I live in San Clemente.

Dispatcher: Uh-huh.

Woman: Okay . . . she said, she gave me another hamburger; it's wrong. I said four times, I said, "I want it to go. Can you go out and park in front?" I said, "No, I want my hamburger right." So then the . . . the lady came to the manager. She . . . well whoever she is, she came up and she said, um, she said, um, "Do you want your money back?" And I said, "No, I want my hamburger. My kids are hungry and I have to jump on that toll freeway." I said, "I am not leaving this spot," and I said, "I will call the police," because I want my Western Burger done right! Now is that so hard?

Dispatcher: Okay, what exactly is it you want us to do for you?

Woman: I . . . send an officer down here. I . . . I want them to make me . . .

Dispatcher: Ma'am, we're not gonna go down there and enforce your Western Bacon Cheeseburger.

Woman: What am I supposed to do?

Dispatcher: This is . . . this is between you and the manager. We're not gonna go and enforce how to make a hamburger; that's not a criminal issue. There's . . . there's nothing criminal there.

Woman: So I just stand here . . . so I just sit here and [block]?

Dispatcher: You . . . you need to calmly and rationally speak to the manager and figure out what to do between you.

Woman: She did come up, and I said, "Can I please have my Western Burger?" She . . . she said, "I'm not dealing with it," and she walked away. Because they're mopping the floor, and it's also the fact that they don't want to . . . they don't want to go through there . . . and . . . and . . .

Dispatcher: Ma'am, then I suggest you get your money back and go somewhere else. This is . . . this is not a criminal issue. We can't go out there and make them make you a cheeseburger the way you want it.

Woman: Well . . . that is . . . that . . . you're supposed to be here to protect me.

Dispatcher: Well, what are we protecting you from, a wrong cheeseburger?

Woman: No . . .

Dispatcher: Is this like . . . is this a harmful cheeseburger or something? I don't understand what you want us to do.

Woman: Just come down here. I'm not . . . I'm not leaving.

Dispatcher: No ma'am, I'm not sending the deputies down there over a cheeseburger. You need to go in there and act like an adult and either get your money back or go home.

Woman: She is not acting like an adult herself! I'm sitting here in my car; I just want them to make my kids a . . . a Western Burger.

Dispatcher: Ma'am, this is what I suggest: I suggest you get your money back from the manager and you go on your way home.

Woman: Okay.

Dispatcher: Okay? Bye-bye.


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[Desnudo]

Great moments in fast food history

[DeToxRox]

That picture is excellent.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by WSUCougar

Crazy old coot.

Yep, I'd say so...

Woman jailed after calling 911 about pizza man

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Posted: 12:45 PM EDT (1645 GMT)

[rkmsuf]

Where's the beef??!

[KevinNU7]

I'm scared

[Ksyrup]

All I want is a Western Bacon Cheeseburger, and she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Western Bacon Cheeseburger, just one Western Bacon Cheeseburger, and she wouldn't give it to me
Just a Western Bacon Cheeseburger

[Suicane75]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I'd hit it.

[duckman]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Grandma?

[SelzShoes]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

All I want is a Western Bacon Cheeseburger, and she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Western Bacon Cheeseburger, just one Western Bacon Cheeseburger, and she wouldn't give it to me
Just a Western Bacon Cheeseburger

Clutch!

[st.cronin]

Is there a Social Security joke here?

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Suicane75

I'd hit it.

Looks like someone has. Repeatedly. With a bat.

Actually, she looks like that old lady from Dear John. What was her name - Billie Bird?

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Maybe she was looking for extra anchovies.

no love for a classic movie.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

no love for a classic movie.

I don't think of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" as a classic movie.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

I don't think of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" as a classic movie.

Exactly. It just left too many of the questions from Breakin' 1 unanswered.

[CraigSca]

I think I read somewhere that the next Electric Boogaloo is going to be a prequel. Unfortunately, there's been so much time elapsed between this new one and the previous films it'll be impossible to reunite the original cast.

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

I think I read somewhere that the next Electric Boogaloo is going to be a prequel. Unfortunately, there's been so much time elapsed between this new one and the previous films it'll be impossible to reunite the original cast.

I hear this out-of-work prequel character is looking for work:



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