Cell Phone Butt Dial Leads To Hilarious (For Us) 30-Person SWAT Team Intervention

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by Jon Bershad | 11:55 am, January 5th, 2011

Yesterday in Winnetka, Illinois, a 30-person SWAT team crashed into a middle school to save an employee. His wife had frantically called the police after a garbled phone call led her to believe he had been kidnapped. However, they soon discovered that the man had just accidentally “butt dialed” her while listening to music and was completely fine. Yes, this story is basically what would happen if Clark Griswold had a cell phone.

It all started because the employee (who, unsurprisingly, is attempting to avoid the press at this point) was listening to a rap song in his car when his phone accidentally dialed the wife at home. The lyrics, which have been described by the school’s co-superintendent as “gangster-like” scared her and she quickly dialed 911. Soon, there was quite a stir outside of the building.

From the Chicago Tribune:

“About 500 seventh- and eighth-graders attend the middle school, but they had left for the day when the call was placed.

The incident caused quite a stir in the usually quiet Winnetka neighborhood. The massive police presence interrupted a closed-door school board meeting, where directors were debating whom to hire as the next superintendent. Outside the building, a crowd of worried residents started to gather.

Police officers were stationed near each entrance to the school and at a nearby bus stop. Those inside the building carried shields and guns and wore helmets with face shields.

At one point three news media choppers hovered overhead.”

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[wtmusic]

1. I got butt-dialed by a buddy trying to pick up a woman in a bar once

It was hilarious...what a liar.

[blondeatlast]

4. I have no idea what was said, but I'm LOLling anyway! OMG.

:rofl:

[47of74]

2. Yeah, I accidently pressed the green phone button last night

Wound up calling my bank's main number. At least I didn't accidentally call a friend or family member as it was about quarter after midnight when I did that.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Our realtor once called us at a really late hour, 2 months after

we had last talked to her--our house had sold and we had moved out of state. She hung up before we made it to the phone, never heard from her again. I figure it was a butt-dial or an accidental "send".

[snooper2]

5. Now that's some funny shit

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Wilber_Stool]

6. For those of you that don't know,

Winnetka is the upper end of upper middle class. Let's just say if the Dem's tax plan had passed, everybody's taxes would have gone up.