How dumb you have to be?
April 10, 2016 1:47 PM Subscribe
Several employees of a Burger King fast-food outlet in Minnesota were persuaded by a prank caller posing as a fire official to smash the restaurant’s windows, convinced that rising gas pressure was threatening to cause an explosion.
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If the voice on the phone sounds authoritative, people will obey it. For example, suggesting somebody strip search an employee.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 1:52 PM on April 10, 2016
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 1:52 PM on April 10, 2016
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