We have been staying in a hotel for the past two months because our house is going through mold remediation and is basically being gutted and rebuilt. The hotel is nice, we are in a multi-bedroom suite with a living room and a kitchenette. Early on, we had to disconnect most of the phones in the room though because our two and four year old daughters liked to play telephone on them. The hotel phones have an “emergency” button on them that they had pressed once already which caused the police to dispatch through a 911 uplink.
Living in the hotel for so long, though we are in a nice suite, is a trial for a family of 6 and a half. No room for the kids to run around, there is no room for privacy, and the kids cannot help but to get on each other nerves quite often.
Last Friday, I received a call from my wife, letting me know that the cops had just been to the room on a 911 call. Apparently, my 7 year old son had pushed my daughter off of a bed he was on. My 4 year old daughter, being quite upset, ran to the one phone that we had connected, and pushed the emergency button. She then proceeded to inform the 911 operator that her “brother was being mean” to her. The 911 operator dispatched the boys in blue to the hotel. Once in the room, they had to “check” things out to make sure everything was ok. The only thing the officer could say was “Be nice to your sister” as he left. I only wish I knew how to get a copy of the 911 call to hear it.
Chris