The recent Christmas Day PlayStation Network and Xbox Live network outages caused headaches for people hoping to connect and play games. But one Florida teenager thought the network downtime was enough of a problem to call 911 to see if authorities could do anything about it.
The Inquistr is reporting that a teenager from Palm Beach County called 911 dispatch, asking about the outages, "I was wondering, do you guys know anything about that?"
The dispatcher told the caller to check in with platforms holders instead. Authorities went on to tell the young man, "Last time I checked, that wasn't an emergency. Try going outside or read a book."
Let me just say this: Parents...be more mindful of what your kids are up to. They can't be clogging up emergency phone lines because their new video game box doesn't work right. Seriously.
Here's the actual tweet from the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office:
No we don't know when they will restore service to Xbox or Playstation. Please Dial 9-1-1 only for emergencies. pic.twitter.com/nQCeWEEFP1
— PBSO (@PBCountySheriff) December 28, 2014
And here's a video from WPTV in Florida on this story as well:
