Yo Quiero Taco Bell
In Largo, FL, a man was arrested yesterday because he was craving some Taco Bell tacos.
Alright…..there IS a bit more to the story than just that. The following is an excerpt from the report from the Bay News 9 website.
Terry Kimbell, 50, called 911 from his cell phone to inform the dispatcher Taco Bell would not sell him tacos while he stood in the drive-thru lane Tuesday night, according to a Largo police report.
Bay News 9 obtained the 911 call through a public records request:
911: “Largo emergency.”
Kimbell: “It’s not an emergency. However, can you — can you put me through to dispatch? I’m at the Taco Bell, and I walked in, and I left my car on purpose, so I wouldn’t drink and drive. I walked up, they wouldn’t serve me. So, I’m at the Taco Bell at 137th and Walsingham and I just want some tacos. That’s it.”
Kimbell tells the dispatcher he has the munchies. He’d been drinking alcohol, according to the police report.
911: “What are the employees saying?”
Kimbell: “You can’t walk up, you’ve got to drive up. You got a get a DUI to get a taco. I got the munchies and I walked a quarter mile from here. Are you going to help me out or do I have to get arrested to get home? You know what I’m saying?”
911: “Well, we’re not going to take you home.”
Kimbell: “I want you to call the manager at the Taco Bell.”
Kimbell stayed on the phone for about 11 minutes with dispatch until a police officer arrived and arrested him for misuse of a 911 system.
Kimbell was released from jail on Wednesday.
So although what Terry Kimbell did wasn’t using the best of judgement (and just how often does one use the best judgement when they are drunk, anyway?) do you think he should have been arrested? I mean in one way, he did the responsible thing and chose not to drive while he was intoxicated. Wouldn’t it have been worse if he drove there? And was he causing that much of a problem just ordering food? Or was he made an example of for all of those people who call 911 for unnecessary reasons, like if there were only 19 nuggets in their 20 piece box of Chicken McNuggets? Or are those Chalupas just so gosh darn good they are worth getting arrested for? What do you think?
Inappropriate use of 911 is an offense. Had he hung up right away, they probably would not have bothered him. He stayed on the phone for 11 minutes.
Most fast food places do not allow walk up to the drive thru windows. I personally think this is discrimination.
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Most fast food places are not supposed to serve walk ups because most robberies used to be walk ups, till they changed the policy.
It is intended to be a safety measure, not sure how or why it works.
People need to learn how to cook at home.
What Lethal said….
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This on the little recognized Mexican Independence Day…
Ha! Why didn’t they just serve him? Some people can be so pettily officious. As though they have this TINY piece of power over another person and need to exert it :/
So if it was a drive thru – surely being on wheels of any kind counts as legitimate? He should keep some rollerskates in the car 😀