Woman calls 911 over lack of shrimp in fried rice

[April 08, 2009]  HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) -- A woman called 911 to report she didn't get as much shrimp as she wanted in her fried rice at a Texas restaurant.

Haltom City police on Tuesday released the taped emergency call, in which the customer is heard telling the dispatcher, "to get a police officer up here, what has to happen?"

The customer also says: "He didn't even put extra shrimp in there."

The upset customer had left the Fort Worth-area restaurant when an officer arrived Monday afternoon.

Restaurant workers say the woman had been denied a refund after leaving with her order, then returning to complain.

Cook June Lee says nothing was wrong with the meal, and that "some customers are happy. Some are not."

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Information from Fort Worth Star-Telegram and KDFW-TV:
http://www.star-telegram.com/ and http://www.myfoxdfw.com/

[Associated Press]

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