http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090408/ap_on_fe_st/odd_skimp_on_shrimp

Woman calls 911 over lack of shrimp in fried rice
Wed Apr 8, 12:58 am ET

HALTOM CITY, Texas – A woman called 911 to report she didn't get as much shrimp as she wanted in her fried rice at a Texas restaurant.

Haltom City police on Tuesday released the taped emergency call, in which the customer is heard telling the dispatcher, "to get a police officer up here, what has to happen?"

The customer also says: "He didn't even put extra shrimp in there."

The upset customer had left the Fort Worth-area restaurant when an officer arrived Monday afternoon.
Restaurant workers say the woman had been denied a refund after leaving with her order, then returning to complain.

Cook June Lee says nothing was wrong with the meal, and that "some customers are happy. Some are not."

bboy87 said:

If you want to keep a happy customer, give them what they've ask for. 911 was unnecessary, but it looks bad for their business.
[Edited 4/10/09 8:54am]

Something Christopher would do

I would have had her arrested on GP - anyone who calls 911 because there's not enough shrimp in her fried rice is not playing with a full deck. Then during the time she spent locked up, I would have her write the words "NOT ENOUGH SHRIMP IN YOUR FRIED RICE IS NOT A GOOD REASON TO CALL 911" about, oh say, a million times. She would be released after she finished writing.

angel345 said:

The customer is not always right. In fact, sometimes the customer is an idiot who deserves to be beaten with blunt objects and not given extra shrimp.

DanceWme said:

you know i woulda got everybody involved in that bitch.

angel345 said:

The customer is not always right. In fact, sometimes the customer is an idiot who deserves to be beaten with blunt objects and not given extra shrimp.

Christopher said:

"nah ah. now hol' up. i only got 3 little ass shrimps. and i tipped the muthafucka"

DanceWme said:

lmao

i woulda did stop drop n roll all over the floor and yellin n screamin

meow85 said:

This business got the money and services was not rendered. This could have been worked out by providing the customer with the extra shrimps requested. If you have to charge extra, let the customer know. If you cannot provide extra shrimps, let them know that, too. Some businesses operate with the attitude of you pay me and go, no questions asked. Not every customer is right, I'll grant you that, but read what this cook said about their services:

Cook June Lee says nothing was wrong with the meal, and that "some customers are happy. Some are not."

How can she/he speak for you or me? There is a fifty percent chance of good or lousy service, from what I'm reading. This probably happened to them so they can improve their customer service. No business operates 100 percent, but this one needs improvement. The woman was just more verbal and more extreme about it.

I'd have the dumb bitch arrested for wasting 911 dispatcher time.

angel345 said:

The customer is not always right. In fact, sometimes the customer is an idiot who deserves to be beaten with blunt objects and not given extra shrimp.

meow85 said:

Exactly.

Why was she not arrested?

meow85 said:

Uh oh...somebody's having a customer service flashback

Ottensen said:

I have dealt with people like this before. It truly boggles my mind how any grown person thinks they have the right to behave like that in public, or that anyone would defend their doing so.

meow85 said:

Did I condone this woman for calling 911? I certainly did not, and you're right. There is more to this story, but I still say this: The situation could have worked out easily over some food that would only digest and pass through the drought.

angel345 said:

entitlement whores make me sick.

evenstar3 said:

I'm entitled!!!!!










To you...

hokie said:

well, yes, but that's a different sort of entitlement altogether

Kinda related... my father took his toaster back to Argos with a piece of burnt toast to get his money back. He also wrote to a company about their ready-made meatball meal that had grossly misrepresented its number of meatballs on the picture.

I've got to say in both cases he was spot on though.

I would have had her arrested on GP - anyone who calls 911 because there's not enough shrimp in her fried rice is not playing with a full deck. Then during the time she spent locked up, I would have her write the words "NOT ENOUGH SHRIMP IN YOUR FRIED RICE IS NOT A GOOD REASON TO CALL 911" about, oh say, a million times. She would be released after she finished writing.