In a civil society, people should be able to settle some of their disagreements themselves. After all, the authorities cost taxpayers money. Unfortunately, not everyone seems to recognize this, leading to some truly absurd misunderstandings where emergency services are called over the smallest issues.
A thread on Quora has been inviting people to share the situations they were a part of which someone made a police matter out of the most ridiculous trivial reasons. And the number of replies has been criminally high! Below you will find the most memorable stories from the discussion.
