Came across several of these contenders for the “Darwin Award”.
One involved a badly flooded road in mid Wales.
Conversation went roughly as follows.....
Mr Darwin winner ( DW for short....I want to report a flooded road and my car is stuck in the water.
Me....what road are you on, sir.
DW.....from Xto Y. My BMW is deep in water and engine stopped.
Me...Anyone hurt?
DW...No ....I am alone.
Me...just checked and that road was closed a couple of hours ago.
DW...yes, I saw the sign.
Me...so you ignored it?
DW Yes, but that doesn’t matter. What about my car?
Me...are you in the RAC/AA/ other recovery?
DW....yes but I thought you could sort it for me.
Me...you need to contact them, sir. The road is likely to remain flooded for a few hours due to the river breaking its banks and it is still raining. We are dealing with a lot of emergencies at the moment.
From this point DW became a bit belligerent and demanding.....
DW...I pay the wages of you lot. You should sort this.
Me...no, sir. We are over extended with serious calls and you are able and capable of dealing with it yourself. It is likely your engine has blown due to sucking in water.
Call ended.
I have edited the language used by DW.....
