Now... Go Break the Windows

[Oto-Man]

Ok...who was the smart ass that did this?

This might be better in the GHPZ, feel free to move it, but it is news:

JUNE 9--A telephone prankster posing as a sprinkler company employee caused havoc Saturday morning at an Arkansas Holiday Inn when he convinced an employee to set off the hotel's fire alarm, smash windows, shut down electricity, and break a sprinkler head that flooded the building lobby. The bizarre incident is detailed in a report prepared by the Conway Police Department, which, as seen below, photographed the aftermath of the June 6 incident. According to police...story follows

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[RangerX]

Guess those two DIDN'T stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night

[Bravo57]

What a bunch of morons

[PocketKings]

I work for a sprinkler company, you'd be amazed at the shit we hear. The same thing happened to the Hampton Inn, Tullahoma, TN about 3 weeks ago. We had to shut the system down. Caller told the person to 'pop the sprinkler head above you to protect yourself.' He did, and got showered with 50 gpm of fetid sprinkler water for about 5 minutes before he realized what was up. Estimated damage to the hotel is over $100K. I'd bet money that it's the same guy. As long as he doesn't say he works for my company.

Sheeple will follow the instructions of anybody seemingly in 'authority.'

[Black 6]

Wow,

"....At this point customer Rusty Brown came into the lobby to assist Bergmann. Brown identified himself as an incident commander and Bergmann gave him the phone. The caller then proceeded to tell Brown that the exterior windows had to be broken in order to reset the alarms and keep the sprinklers from activating. At this point Bergmann and Brown began breaking the lobby windows with a fire extinguisher...."

Definitely an "incident commander" that I would not want anywhere near an incident.