I heard a dial tone, then dialing. It was really loud because Austin pushed the speaker button. I grabbed for the phone and saw all the numbers rolling across the screen. He'd pushed lots of buttons because they filled the entire screen. I quickly hung up while it was still dialing and before I heard any ringing (not sure if even would have because there were so many numbers). I decided to put the phone up because I noticed that the first three numbers of the pattern were 9-1-1. Phew! That was a close one I thought to myself.
Not even a minute later, I got a call from 9-1-1 saying that a call had just been placed from our phone line. What... it went through? Wow, I apologized like crazy and felt really dumb, but really, who knew you could dial 9-1-1 with a whole string of numbers after it and not even a clear ring? I guess I should feel safe knowing the system works overly well.
Sorry Austin, no more playing with the phone for you.
Oops.
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Oh yeah, I meant to ask you about this. Linsey was telling us about it on the way to guitar last night. We saw a police officer with his lights on and the girls were joking that they must be going to get Austin! :)
I'm glad that they called you back first and didn't send the police to your house. I've called 911 on accident before too, and I felt really dumb. You're not the only one! :)
I've heard that sometimes, even after calling you back and being assured there is no emergency, they STILL sending cops out to make sure that everything is ok (you know, for people who are being held hostage and can't say that there is an emergency or something).
It's bound to happen at least once in every household- but with all the numbers and number combinations, isn't it ironic that kids even push those numbers in that order AT ALL? Maybe a visit from a cop would teach Austin... ha ha.
Spencer did that when he was a baby as well, if you notice on the phone the 9 and 1 are right on the outside at their little finger's grasp when holding the phone with both hands(oddly enough it happened while I was making dinner also.) Only, Spencer never hung up the call and I didn't even realize that he had done it, so they weren't able to call back since they were still on the line. When the officer showed up at our door, I was dumb found and called for the other kids...the officer said, "it sounded like someone was cooking dinner and washing dishes in the background" then it occured to me that it was the baby. Lesson learned after that one! But it didn't stop there, Matt called 911 once on accident (he meant to dial 411 directory assistance) and then one of the little neighbor kids got a hold of the phone when she was over playing with our kids last summer and dialed 911. Oh goodness! It sounded like Austin's call added a bit of spice to a typical evening.
Abby did that with my cell phone was she was about Austin's age. When they called back the operator told me I probably shouldn't let my baby play with my phone. I was also so embarrassed!
Seriously one of my biggest fears when the kids are playing with the phone... and yet I still let them every once in a while because it helps me get a few more things done! Oh man, too funny! I'll think twice before letting the kids play with the phone next time!
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