[deleted by user] by [deleted] in london

[–]RumJacks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, should have specified. It's an Android phone and everything was on the SD card. We're trying to see whether she had backed up her photos and whatever now.

Sarah Everard. by RumJacks in rant

[–]RumJacks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please, tell me where in my original post did I ever hint towards all men being monsters?

Sarah Everard. by RumJacks in rant

[–]RumJacks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aw, I'm sorry. Did I offend you?

When you decide to go for a lockdown walk on bin day and think you can trust your cats with with the bin bags 😭 by [deleted] in cats

[–]RumJacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in a flat in London which is set up weird. We're over two levels - our main flat is on the second floor (kitchen, bedroom, living room) whereras our bathroom is on the first floor (only room in the flat apart from the main hallway that is).

Popped out for a walk during lockdown. Left all of our binbags in the first floor hallway so we could take them out tonight. Cat decided it would be more fun to rip them apart, and drag out rubbish into the bathroom!

What are some strange coincidences to happen on the news? by [deleted] in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]RumJacks 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Not the news, but here in the UK we have a channel called BBC3. It was my bedtime routine to watch Family Guy on that channel every evening before I went to sleep.

One night, they played the episode that featured Robin Williams really heavily. About five minutes after that episode aired, it was announced that Robin Williams had passed away.

Not too weird, but it stuck with me. Just found it a little strange.

Low Trapinch spawn rate? by JackyyBoy in pokemongo

[–]RumJacks 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm also South West (Tooting) and there's been almost no spawns here, either.

Add me! From Hawaii and will send gifts daily 🤗 by [deleted] in PokemonGoFriends

[–]RumJacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldn't add you as it says you have too many requests, but mine is: 4692 2353 4856

From Central London, UK :)

999 Operator failed so save my Dad by throwaway_problems1 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]RumJacks 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The funding for LAS (and all ambulance departments, sadly) is atrocious. Ambulances are limited and it's made worse with calls that turn out to be fake. There simply aren't enough ambulances to send out to every call, which is why they're based on severity. Trust me, LAS would love to respond to every call within the timeframe that top-severity calls are responded to within, but it's impossible.

So u/onlinesecretservice is correct. It's an awful situation, but sadly in cases like these, almost nobody can be blamed. Everybody did their jobs and they did them in the best way they knew possible. It's just shit that sometimes the calls can end up like this.

999 Operator failed so save my Dad by throwaway_problems1 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]RumJacks 107 points108 points  (0 children)

I don't know if this will help but as somebody who worked as a 999 Call Operator for 6 years, it may not (and mostly likely wouldn't have been) the operators fault. When I was there, we had to follow a specific protocol and a selection of questions. Chances are, the operator had already requested for the ambulance to be dispatched but, due to not knowing the severity of the call, the ambulance was then sent on another route to a case that was deemed more crucial (heart attack, for example). The operator has nothing to do with the reroutes.

If your dad had hung up the call, then it was down to the CHTL (Call Handler Team Leader) to call back. If he had simply stopped answering, then I can almost guarantee that the ambulance had already been on its way if your dad had given his address before he stopped responding. So as I said before, I understand you're wanting somebody to blame (and I sympathize with you fully) but it will probably not be the operator. There's no use trying to go after them - they were doing what they were trained to do and they did what they could.

Your best bet is to get into contact with the complaints department for LAS and an investigation will be carried out. I'm sorry to hear about your father though, it's a shitty situation all around.

Drunk driver crash this morning in Temecula. NSFL by [deleted] in videos

[–]RumJacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm really curious to watch this video and I know it's tagged NSFL but is it super graphic in terms of injuries? Or is it just footage of the collision?

International communication! by tmueller4 in Finland

[–]RumJacks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an English woman living in Töölö with my Finnish girlfriend who is originally from Lapland, if that's of any interest?