Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

[Jumping Frog]

Ambulance gets 'booted' while paramedics tend to emergency

NEW ORLEANS - The Quicky's convenience store in Mid-City takes its parking lot rules seriously. Very seriously.

About 4 p.m. Friday, New Orleans paramedics rushed inside the store for a man with a life-threatening medical issue. . . . .The medics stepped out and found a boot on their ambulance.

Not sure where in Louisiana law there is the equivalent of Texas Penal Code Sec. 38.15. INTERFERENCE WITH PUBLIC DUTIES, but it would sure seem to apply.

[Abraham]

I thought only municipal authorities are allowed to boot vehicles?

What the heck is going on...?

[baldeagle]

If the patient dies, their booting days could be over.

[ELB]

wowzer. so much fail.

Be sure and watch the video with the article. The store employee at the 1:00 minute mark is priceless...

[tomtexan]

That store should be liable for the tire too.

[Waco1959]

I wonder who at the store is getting the boot.......

[Rikk101]

How stupid do you have to be to put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?...........I would think criminal charges would be in order! (well, maybe not in the Big Easy)

[Dave2]

I've said it for a while as a joke, but this makes me wonder if there really should be such a thing as "Criminal Stupidity"...

[Excaliber]

How stupid do you have to be to put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?...........I would think criminal charges would be in order! (well, maybe not in the Big Easy)

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an arrest. The city has NOPD.

[RoyGBiv]

How stupid do you have to be to put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?...........I would think criminal charges would be in order! (well, maybe not in the Big Easy)

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an arrest. The city has NOPD.

[WildBill]

Inconceivable.

[AEA]

Where's Steven Seagal when you need him?

[smoothoperator]

Where's Steven Seagal when you need him?

I don't know, but Chuck Norris would laugh at him for not noticing the boot.

[RedEagle]

People never cease to amaze me. Who in their right mind would put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?

[Excaliber]

People never cease to amaze me. Who in their right mind would put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?

Simple answer: No one.

On the other hand, it's apparently no problem for those not in their right minds - and apparently New Orleans has at least one of the folks in that category.