BURGER KING HIT WITH PRANK CALL

A prank caller tricked workers at a Minnesota Burger King into smashing the windows of the restaurant to keep it from exploding. There gave been similar deceptions at Burger Kings and other fast-food restaurants in other states in recent months. Police said employees at the restaurant in the Minneapolis suburb of Coon Rapids got the call Friday night from someone claiming to be with the fire department. The caller said the restaurant could explode, so they needed to relieve the pressure. The manager and other employees believed the caller and smashed all the windows on the ground floor. Officers arrived and found that the manager and employees of the Burger King were smashing out the windows. There was no immediate cost estimate for the damage. Someone placed a similar call to a Burger King in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on Thursday night, claiming there were high levels of carbon monoxide in the building. Window damage there was estimated at $10,000.
* These are the employees you want to pay 15 bucks an hour?
* Burger King sounds more like Smashburger.
* In my experience, the gas comes after you’ve eaten and left the building.
* Prime suspect: The McDonald’s Hamburglar, of course.
* The Minnesota Burger King: Now with Open Air Seating!
* Time for another memo to the employees.
* This sort of gives you some idea of the executive talent working at Burger King these days.
* I mean if you have time to break out the windows, why not just go outside instead?