Poor Reginald Peterson. He just can't get good service anymore.
The hungry 42-year-old man went into a Subway in Jacksonville, FL, and when the restaurant's sandwich artists didn't put everything on his order the way he wanted it, he dialed 9-1-1.
Then when police didn't "respond fast enough," he dialed 9-1-1 again.
Peterson ended up in jail, charged with making a false report.
Subway's staff acted quickly and locked the raving lunatic out of the restaurant, then called the cops themselves.
The manager said "it's unbelievable what people get upset about nowadays."
In an interview with a Florida paper, Peterson defended calling his actions.
"You could basically say I was going on emotions because I was a little ticked off. But I held my composure the whole time and felt that it was not right for them to do that," he told the First Coast News.
He said he didn't realize his call could land him behind bars.
Maybe he should have told police it was a theft? He could have argued that the clerk "stole" his banana peppers, or whatever it was he wanted and didn't get.
You can hear Peterson's 9-1-1 call online at Huffington Post.
Maybe he should've gone to Burger King -- where their old slogan was, 'Have it your way.'
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Toledo, Ohio
August 9, 2008