Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Thursday, January 8, 2004
Police are seeking the person who took control of a food-ordering speaker -- like this one in Detroit -- at a Burger King in Troy.
TROY ? Customers at a Troy Burger King are getting something extra with their orders that?s a little harder to swallow than a Whopper.
Police are looking for the person who has found a way to broadcast on the same frequency as a Burger King drive-through speaker, and has interrupted business transactions three times, most recently Tuesday, with obscene remarks to startled customers.
When the 41-year-old manager went outside to apologize to customers and look for the source of the salty talk, a voice boomed out of the outdoor speaker:
?There?s nothing you or the police can do about this, so get your fat ass back inside and take your goons with you,? according to Troy Police Lt. Gerry Scherlinck.
Police suspect the calls are being made by a radio transmitter or walkie-talkie near the restaurant.
Kevin Barnes, a spokesman for Michigan Multi King, which owns the restaurant, said his company wants to keep the incidents low-key.
?It?s rare, but I?ve heard this has happened at other businesses,? he said.
Illegal use of a telecommunications device is a misdemeanor in Troy.
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