A roofer in Germany, who was so preoccupied talking on his cell phone with his girlfriend while on a five story building, did not notice emergency services and people below him mistaking him for a potential suicide jumper.

Dieter Holmblutter, 30, continued talking away while local police sealed off a busy main road and called out a fire brigade and negotiators - thinking that he would jump - to talk to him.

Once officials realized that the thought of Holmblutter was attempting suicide was a mistake, they left the scene and let him continue on with his work.

According to Ananova, although Holmblutter had no clue about what was going on below him, officials say he will be presented a bill nonetheless for wasting the authorities' time.