WOW....Tell me people are really this niave

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WOW....Tell me people are really this niave; pranknet
Topic Started: Jul 14 2009, 02:33:51 PM (821 Views)
Laurie	Jul 14 2009, 02:33:51 PM Post #1
True Blue Mate Posts: 279 Group: Members** Member #3,157 Joined: Jun 8, 2009	I was at foxnew.com website today, catching up on the news and what not and I see this story.... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532241,00.html?mrp After reading it I think to my self...No way...who would take a toilet bowel lid and throw it through their window in a hotel??? so curiousity got the best of me and I go to youtube and search it.... Here was the one they were referring to...and there are a ton more.....needless to say, I sat at my desk and had tears in my eyes to think this actually happened not once, but many many times.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meHsyILDdD0&feature=channel_page



Dev	Jul 14 2009, 07:02:08 PM Post #2
"No day but today." Posts: 3,083 Group: Alumni Staff Member #65 Joined: Feb 18, 2007 I come from... Eugene, Oregon I now live in... Melbourne's East I'm planning to move to... No where to my knowledge.	That actually reminds me of an episode of Law & Order: SVU with Robin Williams. In short, his character called a fast food restaurant and convinced the manager to strip search a female employee and hold her there until a fictitious detective arrived. It's amazing (and sad) what people will do just because a voice on the phone tells them to. "No sheep!"
	Devon ----------------------- "What a shame that bitter irony has no nutritional value."


anater	Jul 14 2009, 07:44:33 PM Post #3
True Blue Mate Posts: 203 Group: Members** Member #2,293 Joined: Apr 1, 2008 I come from... Seattle I now live in... Sydney I'm planning to move to... Back to the US	RantingDev Jul 14 2009, 07:02:08 PM That actually reminds me of an episode of Law & Order: SVU with Robin Williams. In short, his character called a fast food restaurant and convinced the manager to strip search a female employee and hold her there until a fictitious detective arrived. It's amazing (and sad) what people will do just because a voice on the phone tells them to. Like alot of L&O episodes, this one was based on a true story. It was featured on Primetime a few years back and they interviewed the employee. Poor girl, it was so sad to watch. http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1728839&page=1 Out of curiosity I just searched to find the outcome of her case. Coincidentally her case went to trial and she was awarded $5 Million yesterday. Just in case anyone was following this story and wondering whatever happened.... Edited by anater, Jul 14 2009, 07:50:04 PM.



JasonP27	Jul 14 2009, 08:04:57 PM Post #4
Yacker Posts: 38 Group: Members* Member #3,183 Joined: Jul 1, 2009 I come from... Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA I now live in... Booval, QLD Australia	I couldn't see myself falling for any of those pranks, as I have too much common sense and I am a somewhat logical thinker. "OK, sure thing mister. First may I ask, just how is shattering the windows going to prevent the spiders from getting into my room?"



dtwilcox	Jul 14 2009, 09:45:09 PM Post #5
True Blue Mate Posts: 159 Group: Members** Member #1,564 Joined: Feb 16, 2008 I come from... Everywhere I now live in... Battlefield, Missouri, USA I'm planning to move to... Perth, Australia	I heard about the hotel room story on the local radio yesterday. The morning show crew couldn't believe anyone was that gullible (closer to stupid, really). It's either a creative story to cover up them trashing a hotel room or they really are that dumb. In either case, it doesn't make the guest look all that great. I guess the phone records will decide if they are stupid or just want to appear stupid.
	Trouble is inevitable, but misery is not.


Bukko	Oct 25 2009, 02:14:43 PM Post #6
Anklebiter Posts: 20 Group: Members Member #3,339 Joined: Oct 24, 2009 I come from... San Francisco, Florida and about 6 other states I now live in... Close to St. Kilda in Vic. I'm planning to move to... Canada, really soon	I saw the link to this hoax story, and it made me think of the recent "balloon boy" hoo-hah in Colorado. There was a hoax that suckered the entire U.SD. news media! People, including reporters who are supposedly sceptical, will fall for all sorts of BS. It's a sad thing that even after there has been so much widely exposed fakery -- invading Iraq and killing hundreds of thousands of people because of non-existent weapons of mass destruction, anyone -- it's still so easy to pull the wool over everyone's eyes. Frank Rich, a well-known columnist for the New York Times, has a good piece on American credulousness: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/opinion/25rich.html?ref=opinion
	Madness, meanness and pure farking genius


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