Friday Fails – Note To Self & 9-1-1
On Monday morning, I woke up in a panic because I let my house “slide” a little the previous week. I popped out of bed and started cleaning. About an hour later our realtor called, of course. Yes, after being on the market for SIX weeks someone finally wanted to look at our house. This would happen after a week of not keeping the house ready to show.
I ended up cleaning for four hours before the showing. Thankfully Mom kept Ridley and Dad mowed the yard. I’m pretty sure that my four hours of cleaning would have turned into ten if I had to chase Ridley too. Ha! I left the blinds open, lights on and music playing and collapsed into the car to go pick up Ridley. I was exhausted!
The back of my car might have looked something like this. Actually it might even still be that way. {blush}
Note to self: Never, ever let your house go for even a few days when it is on the market.
Yesterday, Ridley was playing with my phone and somehow he dialed 9-1-1. I think he was just randomly hitting different buttons. I *thought* I caught it before it started ringing….but, I got a phone call right back from the 9-1-1 dispatcher.
Talk about being embarrassed. I’m blushing even now just thinking about it! No more cell phone play for Ridley unless it’s completely turned off! Fail!
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Yikes! I wouldn’t have thought of being able to randomly dial 911. I’ll have to remember that when I let my friend’s twins play with my cell phone. LOL! 😀
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I think just about everyone goes through the accidental 911 call…lol.
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My son (2 years old at the time) called 911 the day I brought my newborn daughter home from the hospital! That turned out to be an even more eventful day that it already was! lol
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You life sounds exactly like my life! Our house is on the market too, and every time I let it slide, we get a call from the realtor. Actually, maybe that’s a good way to get people in here.
Also, my purse called 911 today. I didn’t even know that it happened. They called me back to make sure that I was OK. I was so embarrassed.
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My daughter has called some people, but not 9-1-1! Hopefully we don’t have to deal with that one!
And my motivation to clean up my “back-slidden” house? My inlaws come tonight! 🙂
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I think most cell phones now are pre-programmed to speed dial 911 if the “9” is held down. My kids have actually done that a few times. Lol The operators are usually very understanding about it! 🙂
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Both my sons have accidentally dialed 911. It happened to my oldest at school, the phone was in his pocket and all of a sudden it started vibrating in class. He’s not supposed to answer it, but they kept calling so he checked it and it was the police calling back! He finally had to tell the teacher that he needed to take the call because it was 911, lol. Apparently the whole school found out about it and got a good laugh.
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I’ve done what you did before too! And then there was the time my son caught a doily on fire five minutes before the showing… Ah good times!
My fail today is… I can’t describe it. 😛
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OH boy! Your post brings back memories when we were trying to *desperately* sell our house in TX. We had to keep everything ‘perfect’ for about 2 1/2 yrs…ugh! With a newborn, all I did back then was feed, change and clean…repeat…repeat. Good luck with the sale of your house so you may endure no more. 🙂
As the person who answers 911 calls, I think that everyone should be aware of the fact that any cell phone, even if it doen’t have service, can dial 911. At least you were nice to the dispatcher and didn’t let him keep playing with the phone. You can’t imagine the people who get mad because we call them back to make sure everything is ok and then we get repeated calls because they hand the phone back to their child. We also have peopel that say I didn’t call unitl we read all the information we have back to them. Everyone should keep in mind that as soon as you hit send or the last 1 is dialed on landline that the call goes through even if you hang up. It is best to stay on the line and just tell teh dispatcher that it was a mistake.
I hope your weekend is better then the begining of the week.
I can relate!
I remember the days of walking behind our young boys picking up crumbs before a showing. Stressful! Trying to keep the house clean while your children are young is so difficult.
My baby girl dialed 911 a few months ago. We were surprised by a visit from the local police to make sure all was well. 🙂
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LOL What a week, I’m sorry! It never fails, when the house is pristine or your fully dressed no one comes but when the house is a mess and you’ve been in your pajamas for days then EVERYONE stops by; unannounced.
I’ve been fortunate with the phone. My kids have called people a few times, but thankfully never 911. 🙂
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I laughed out loud at the back of your car! Haha 🙂
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LOL! I can totally relate! Having a showing on your house is so much worse than just having company over… You can’t just stuff things in the closet and close the door… You’re lucky if you have bedskirts and beds high enough to stuff things under! And 9-1-1… Yes, my little one has done that too! ☺