''I’ve got a pizza sat here with f****** mushrooms on it''
A seriously “mugged off” Woman has called 999 to rant about a takeaway company that delivered her a mushroom pizza instead of a meat feast.
A recording of the exchange was released by Essex Police as part of a campaign against hoax and inappropriate calls.
The call handler asks the woman if everything is OK, and she replies: “Yeah, no, I’ve been mugged off by a f****** takeaway would you believe it.
“I rung up for an 18, a number 18 meat feast and she’s trying to tell me nah, nah you ordered a number eight.
“I’m allergic to mushrooms so I know for a fact I didn’t order a number eight right, and I’ve got a pizza sat here with f****** mushrooms on it that I can’t eat, £11.99 later she doesn’t want to help me out or nothing.”
When advised to call the takeaway to ask for a refund, the woman said: “Well I tried to do that but she reckons she’s the manager.”
The force said it receives around 400 hoax or inappropriate 999 calls each month, including one lady who complained that her Nando’s chicken was under cooked, and that the figure increases in summer.
Another caller inquired about a “bull in the field” sign. The man says he wants to know “who I can contact to find out if there really is a bull in the field or it’s just a farmer messing around”.
