A prank caller tricked workers at a US Burger King into smashing the windows of the Minnesota restaurant to keep it from exploding, police said Saturday, mirroring 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 (which seriously needs to change its name like right now) 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,'' Sgt. Rick Boone told the Star Tribune. "The manager explained they'd received a phone call from a male who identified himself as a fireman who said there were dangerous levels of gas in the building and they had to break out all the windows to keep the building from blowing up.'' This is a stupid and expensive idea for a prank, with repair estimates for similar incidents in other states exceeding US$10,000. And as much as it's making me want to do this, I just hope nobody pulls that crap in New Zealand.
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