Boone said the manager really did think the building was going to explode.
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“Officers arrived and found that the manager and employees of the Burger King were smashing out the windows”, Sgt. Rick Boone told the Star Tribune.
One prank call went far beyond accusing the refrigerator of running.
As he gave her “updates”, the caller insisted the gas buildup was reaching excessive levels, and finally warned that the restaurant was in danger of exploding unless the exterior windows were immediately broken to relieve pressure, Hawley said.
Employees at a Minnesota Burger King didn’t have it their way.
Reports of pranks on Burger King employess are not new.
A video posted to YouTube shows employees smashing in the windows of a Minnesota Burger King on Friday night. Why? Window damage was put at $10,000.
He told employees that they need to evacuate the restaurant and smash all the windows or else the gas build-up could cause an explosion.
Fast food workers across America were famously tricked into running strip searches on staff in 2004 by a serial caller who pretended to be from the police.
The Coon Rapids Police and Fire Department both say they would never call a residence or business to ask them to take action of any kind.
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Some of the girls involved were as young as 14.
