Just imagine -- you're at work. You get a call from an "authority" asking you to test your fire alarm by pulling it, then to turn it off -- break out all your windows and set off the sprinkler system. At what point do you have a red flag this may not be an "authority" on the phone?
Last night, my dear uncle in Arkansas shared a very interesting story with me about a PRANK CALL that led to 50-thousand dollars in damage to a hotel in my hometown of Conway, Arkansas. AND yes, same hometown as American Idol, Kris Allen. And no, I do not know him.
SERIOUSLY! The police report indicates: a person called the front desk of the Holiday Inn Express and said they were an employee at a fire sprinkler service. Supposedly, the caller told the clerk there was a problem with the sprinklers and that there was an immediate need to reset them - by pulling the fire alarm. Naturally, the alarm goes off. Caller says pull the fire lever down to cut it off. Nothing happens, so she's told to break out the windows to keep the sprinklers from firing off their watery spray. Now, keep in mind, alarm goes off -- everyone staying there evacuates because they have NO idea what is going on.
In the meantime, this clerk proceeds to break out the front windows, asking a bystander to assist her in the glass busting task! OH and this is not the end. THE caller then says, take part of a sprinkler head off -- again to prevent them from doing what they're there for. Again, doing as told -- the FLOOD began...
AND yes...the story continues: Apparently the next instruction was to reset the control panel -- but again -- unsuccessfully because the water showering down caused the POWER to shut off.
By the time police got there well over a hundred guests, the clerk and her glass breaking bystander were hanging in the parking lot.
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