Andy <q> wrote:
> jmcquown said...
>
> > Andy <q> wrote:
> > > Bennigan's closes and files for bankruptcy.
> > >
> > > The talking heads reported this morning that Bennigans and "Steak
> > > & Ale. another of their restaurants have closed.
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/6f95k3
> > >
> > > I ate at Bennigans maybe twice. Nice enough place as I remember.
> > >
> > > Andy
> >
> > Used to meet co-workers at Bennigan's after work from time to time.
> > I only ever had appetizers there but IIRC they were okay. That was
> > 15 years ago. I was told the week before I started work someone
> > called in a bomb threat to the office. People walked over to
> > Bennigan's while the building was searched. Then someone phoned a
> > bomb threat to Bennigan's! There was a phone booth (remember
> > those?!) across the street from both buildings. I imagine the
> > perpetrator had a grand time watching both places being evacuated.
> >
> What a crazy thing to do but a tad humorous. I pictured your office
> employees in single file racing in quick-step (?) animation over to
> Bennigan's, then see everyone, including the office employees and
> diners and cooks in the same quick-step (?) animation a few seconds
> later file across the street into your office. With the bomb squad
> doing exactly the opposite starting from Bennigan's.
>
> I remember the phonebooths that had the separate nickel, dime and
> quarter slots with the rotary dialing.
>

I would have loved to have been there to see it! It was late in the day so
(I'm told) no one had any intention of going back to work. They turned it
into happy hour instead. Then (the BUM!) disrupted their happy hour

This same employer later came up with a "Telephone Bomb Threat Checklist":
a list of questions to ask the would-be bomber when they called. Now *that*
was funny!

Jill