Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Toronto snitch line -- a new low for a dysfunctional municipal government

Ah, the City of Toronto has figured out how to deal with the city workers strike -- a snitch line!!!

Yes, the City really is focussed on making life easy for residents. (Forget about helping with, say, emergency dump locations, or maybe even working towards settling the dispute -- give out big fines instead).

4 comments:

Skinny Dipper said...

"Welcome to the City of Toronto snitch-line. For service in English, please press 1. For service in Cantonese, please press 2. For service in French, please press 1 or 2."

"Please enter your postal code followed by the pound key. For Q, press 7. For Z, press 9. For service in French, please press 1 or 2."

"Please state your name after the sound of the beep. I'm sorry, that is not an identifiable name. Please state your name after the sound of the beep."

"Thank you."

"If you know the name of the offender, please snitch 1."

"If you know the location of the offender, please snitch 2."

"If you can identify the description of the refuse, please snitch 3."

"If you can identify the quantity of the refuse, please press 4."

"If you are calling about recyclables, please press 5."

"If you are calling about organic wastes, please press 6."

"If you are calling about flammable containers, please press 7."

"If you are a sneetch with one green star on your belly, please press 8."

"For service in French, please press 91 or 92."

"If you wish to speak to a customer service representative, please press 0 or stay on the line. A representative will speak to you in priority sequence."

"We're sorry, our customer service representatives are unable to speak to you right now due to the current labour dispute. Please call back at another time."

"Thank you for calling the City of Toronto. A by-law officer will be around to visit you in order to issue you a ticket for failure to dispose of recognized waste and recyclables."

James C Morton said...

Love it!

Skinny Dipper said...

"To say 'Thanks' to James, please press 1."

kathleen said...

i couldn't believe it when I heard this on the radio today... Miller needs to get a grip