#36: Who Knew Pet Rocks Were Dangerous?
The following story is, unlike many of these, not necessarily a misuse of 911 operator time. It sounds like the person who was the subject of the call could genuinely have been in danger, and depending on the circumstances, it might have been a good thing to get the police involved and to get this person away from a bad situation.
However, this call still qualifies as ridiculous for a number of reasons. First, if this guy cares this much about his pet rock, why did he let it get onto the roadway? Second, how did his pet rock get onto the roadway? Pet rocks are famously slow-moving, after all. One might even say that they don’t move at all. Third, there’s a lot of rocks in this world. Why couldn’t this guy have picked another one as a pet once his first pet had made a break for freedom across traffic?