KEENE, N.H. (AP) — A 69-year-old man angry about being put on hold has been charged with threatening to kill a Social Security Administration worker. Police said the man called a Social Security answering service in New York because he was upset about not receiving his check.
He told police he was on hold for more than 30 minutes, and when a supervisor finally told him she couldn't help, he said he was going to kill the first person he met at the Social Security office in Keene.
Only thirty minutes? He is really, really impatient. And what is a "Social Security answering service?" How can we get our fo signed on for that?
ReplyDeleteAnd I wonder if he wanted his stimulus check--he'll be waiting longer than 30 minutes for that.
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ReplyDeleteNH man explains Social Security death threat
Associated Press - March 6, 2009 5:55 PM ET
SWANZEY, N.H. (AP) - A Swanzey, N.H., man accused of threatening to kill someone at a Social Security office says he's learned a valuable lesson about patience.
Sixty-9-year-old Robert Young says he called a Social Security answering service Tuesday because his check had not been deposited in his account as usual. After being put on hold for nearly an hour, he became frustrated and threatened to kill the first person he found at the nearest Social Security office.
Young, who was charged with criminal threatening, says he couldn't kill a cat, much less a person. His arrest and booking too about two hours. When he returned home, the check was waiting in his mailbox. He had forgotten that he had canceled direct deposit of his check.
Information from: The Keene Sentinel, http://www.keenesentinel.com