Emergency 999 Or Facebook ?

[EDDIE51]

There was a car crash and a fight in our street a few weeks back, involving injuries. What astounded me was that 8 people immediately posted it on Facebook but only 1 bothered to dial 999.
Is this the norm now ? what would you do first if you saw an incident , FaceBook Twitter or 999 ?

[ummmm]

999 without a doubt.

[marval]

Definitely 999

[Frank97]

999, Facebook wouldn't cross my mind and I don't use Twitter.

[ummmm]

I think most people would do that. When someone was kicking my front door in the police received 13 999 calls regarding it.

[DJHawkes]

well of course 999 but then, even though I use facebook alot, I am not of the facebook generation, the generation that have grown up with social networking. When we were kids we couldn;t ring 999 cos the only phone was over a mile away on the next farm.

[EvianBaby]

We were driving past a man a couple of years ago and he suddenly collapsed. We of course ran over and when he looked dead immediately called 999 (I found out later he was ok after some hospital rest). I saw a bunch of local people on Facebook later saying a man had been hit by a car and was dead. They assumed this because they saw my car on the opposite side of the road. They plain made up the dead bit from thin air. I didn't bother commenting or sharing my own status about it on Facebook, I considered it disrespectful to him and his family. I would do the same again.

[EDDIE51]

The 'facebookers' were all young teens, I don't think they even thought of 999 they live for FaceBook.

[Twizzel]

It is a sign of our times EDDIES51.
The youngsters have taken over

[RATTER15]

Hang 5, I will just Google it for advice....

[TWR]

Eddie, you must know by know if your next door neighbour farts it will be put on F.B.

[ummmm]

Are you on facebook, TWR?

[sara3]

are your neighbours giving you a hard time, TWR?

[TWR]

Ummmm??????? Sara, that was just a term, have you not seen comments from people that have lost their cat / Dog / Goldfish, It laughable the things that people put on there.

[ummmm]

Why the ???? I just asked if you were on FB.

[TWR]

Are you?

[TWR]

You may know me from my N/hapton days, & the pubs I used to visit Ummmm

[sara3]

for the record, I want to know what everyone has for dinner.

not much different to AB then ;o)

[ummmm]

I'm on facebook, yes, but I don't post about farting! :-)

What pubs did you drink in?

[TWR]

Banana / Pear. Did you use the Lamplighters Ummmm?

[TWR]

The Bull ( Regents Square but that was knocked down) there was one where the girls of the night used to use ( Can not remember the name) there was one or tow in the market square. Yourself?