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Thursday, June 6, 2019

Weird News - Calling the police when Taco Bell runs out of tacos

One often comes across weird stuff where the police or emergency services get involved. In the US, the 911 service is so well known that people have been known to use it for any case, even when it is not an emergency or police matter and is strictly commercial. Consider the case where you go to your favorite restaurant and they have run out of stock of the item they are most famous for - in this case, this particular Taco Bell had run out of tacos. What would most people do ? They would be disappointed and would take something else, or they would go to another Taco Bell or try some other restaurant. Would you call the police for this ?
You would realize that there is not really something the police can do in this regard - as long as there is no discrimination or something similar going on and they really don't have the food item, they are powerless to interfere. Getting involved in such a commercial transaction is not really the job of the police, and in fact, by involving them, the customer is literally wasting their time (link to article):
When a Louisiana Taco Bell allegedly ran out of tacos, a consumer called the city's police department to report the "travesty." The Slidell Police Department took to its Facebook page Monday to share "another 'we can’t make this stuff up' story." "Somebody called in to complain that the Taco Bell on Gause Boulevard ran out of both hard and soft taco shells," the post said. "While this is truly a travesty, the police can’t do anything about this." This isn't the first time a consumer called the police to report a restaurant running out of an item or an item missing from their order.

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