--- description: A teen called 911 because her family "forced" her to go to a rental cottage on family vacation with them. title: Teen Calls 911 Because Family Made Her Go on Vacation image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323ff31a13400276/6988a3232dce01fd549ea605/gettyimages-460445372.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Teen Calls 911 Because Her Parents Made Her Go on a Family Vacation by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2016 3:12 PM CUT  MARYLAND, UNITED STATES - 2014/08/01: The Victoriana Inn Bed & Breakfast is located on the harbor in the Historic District of St. Michaels, Maryland, USA, situated on Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) MARYLAND, UNITED STATES - 2014/08/01: The Victoriana Inn Bed & Breakfast is located on the harbor in the Historic District of St. Michaels, Maryland, USA, situated on Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)Wolfgang Kaehler-Rocket via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2016 3:12 PM CUT A teenager phoned in an [emergency call to 911](http://time.com/4376706/woman-calls-911-cheese-pizza/ "undefined") because it seems she was stuck on a family trip. [According to the CBC](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-teen-911-call-cottage-1.3730054 "undefined"), the Mississauga 15-year-old called [the police](http://time.com/4436714/man-arrested-after-getting-violent-over-a-grilled-cheese-sandwich-with-too-much-cheese/ "undefined") because her parents “forced her” to vacation with them at a rental cottage in Trent Hills, Toronto. Ontario Provincial Police visited to ensure all was well, and told CBC News, “this appeared to be a case of a teenager being a teenager.” The authorities added: “although she perceived this as a real issue, it was not an appropriate use of 911.” Someone might think that a long-awaited trip to the countryside seems like [a nice enough time](https://www.canadastays.com/waterfront-two-bedroom-cottage-rent-campbellford-on-p263760 "undefined"), so that maybe, even if everyone wasn’t best friends forever, they could all at least admire the scenery with mutual respect. But it turns out for this teen, it was a hard no. It seems being there with relatives she did not relate to, people with whom she could never in a million years enjoy jam with, was a true crime. By taking her on a lovely trip, they were quite possibly effectively destroying her life. \[[CBC](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-teen-911-call-cottage-1.3730054?utm%5Fsource=fark&utm%5Fmedium=website&utm%5Fcontent=link&ICID=ref%5Ffark "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/"},"headline":"Teen Calls 911 Because Her Parents Made Her Go on a Family Vacation","datePublished":"2016-08-22T15:12:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:42.669Z","description":"Not wishing she was there","url":"https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Internet","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323ff31a13400276/6988a3232dce01fd549ea605/gettyimages-460445372.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323ff31a13400276/6988a3232dce01fd549ea605/gettyimages-460445372.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Victoriana Inn Bed & Breakfast is located on the harbor","caption":"The Victoriana Inn Bed & Breakfast is located on the harbor","creditText":"Wolfgang Kaehler-Rocket via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4461135/teen-calls-911-family-vacation/","name":"Teen Calls 911 Because Her Parents Made Her Go on a Family Vacation"}}]}] ```