My neighbors were fighting when I got home from work this afternoon. They were so loud, I could hear them throwing things, and their little girl (who's 2 or 3) screaming with my door closed. FYI, there's a hallway between our apartments. The fighting got bad enough that I called 911, though I always wonder if it's truly enough of an emergency to bother with it. They apparently didn't think so -- no one ever came. I sent an email to the police department to ask if they got the call from the 911 dispatcher.
It's 7:53pm right now, just shy of two hours since I called. No one has come yet.

The moral of this story is, don't get hurt in Los Angeles--no one will come to help you.

What a sad commentary on the state of this city.

Courtesy of Waiter Rant:

New Void Codes

1. Inanimate Foreign Matter in food. (Staples, twist ties, hair, plastic shards, nails)

2. Animate Foreign Matter in food.

3. Customer threw up above mentioned voided item.

4. HazMat substance in food. (Bleach, hypodermic, MSG, blood)

5. Customer saw a “la cucaracha.”

6. Customer had a medical emergency. (Stroke, overdose, choking, heart failure, got the check.)

7. Manager gave hot babe free stuff.

8. Fixing server fuckups.

9. Fixing my fuckups.

10. Entrée didn’t look like the picture in the window.

11. Entrée didn’t look like how Emeril would make it.

12. Customer’s watched way too much Food Network.

13. Customer allergic to main ingredient but didn’t tell waiter until after the food was cooked.

14. Customer decided restaurant was too expensive and left after ordering.

15. Customer had a psychotic break.

16. Customer’s an asshole. (My favorite - covers most situations)

17. Waiter had a psychotic break. (Imminent, trust me.)

18. Customer wouldn’t know the difference between medium rare and medium if it bit him on the ass.

19. Customer intoxicated/wasted and screwed up order.

19. Server intoxicated/wasted and screwed up order.

20. Chef intoxicated/wasted and screwed up order.

21. Everybody must get stoned!

21. Customer didn’t take medication this morning. (Prozac)

22. Server didn’t take medication this morning. (Marijuana)

23. Manager didn’t take medication this morning. (Jim Beam)

24. Everybody must get stoned!

24. Chef busy talking on cell phone and burned food.

25. Customer didn’t listen to waiter’s recommendations. (The “I told you so” void.)

26. Customer said the fish smelled “funny” after they put cheese on it.

27. Customer pulled a hissy fit over the split charge.

28. Customer found a “floater” in the ladies room toilet and freaked out.

29. Customer found waiter overdosed in toilet and freaked out. (Actually happened at my first waiter job!)

30. The “shut the customer the fuck up” void!

Ideas and suggestions for new void codes? Leave them in the comments section.

Go check the comments when you've a moment, there's some good stuff in there. :)