22 911 Emergency Calls Over Food (2 of 5)

The One Penny Over-Priced Beer

Danny Smith just wanted to have some good time, but instead had a bad evening all around. It all started when he went to buy a 16-ounce can of beer. According to Smith, he though the store overcharged him for that Heineken by a single penny. Because of this, he turned to call the cops and he did so relentlessly. After three calls and complaining about the Night and Day Market in Tennessee, he was arrested.

The “Nasty” Hardee’s Burger

50-year-old Donna Marie Nichols contacted 911 after placing an order of a Hardee’s Burger in Tennessee. When she bit into the burger, she claimed the burger “tasted funny”. Even though the bite was small as they discovered, she told police the burger was “nasty”. They arrested her for abusing the emergency services line.

Part Police Part Sandwich Artist Supervisors

In 2008, Reginald Peterson got so frustrated that he called 911 three times regarding a sandwich artists work. Peterson ordered “the works” for his pair of Subway sandwiches and to him the sandwich artist struggled to meet his demands. He called the cops to ask that the police would supervise the specific sandwich artist to ensure that the sandwiches were made to his specifications. Instead of the police complying, they hauled Peterson to jail. The sandwiches that were made, were thrown out.

The Band-Aid Soup

Usually soup is a good comfort food, but not that much of a comfort food according to a Florida man. Cops received a call from a man at Leo’s Grill in Palm Harbor after noticing that a band-aid was in his soup.

Even though this call was clearly a non-emergency, a health inspector eventually gave the restaurant a look around and noticed over 22 health code violations.

The Suboptimal Chinese Food

An Alliance, Ohio woman by the name of Tracey McCloud got arrested for misuse of 911 when she called 911 to complain about Chinese food she was given. She ordered a pu pu platter from Main Moon Chinese restaurant and the staff were confused by why she felt her meal wasn’t up to par.

Don’t worry though, despite the employees not refunding her before her arrest, she did get her refund later.