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Scootaloo

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2. Wow. lets you know your value to the company, for sure!

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Sun Jul 27, 2014, 01:54 PM

Jul 2014

The nursing home I worked at instructed us to collect information from the caller. Everything we could about the "bomb," and hte situation. Notifiy a superior and if there was less than twenty minutes on the threat, evacuate and call police. (if more than 20 minutes, probably still evacuate, and definitely still call police)

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Is it wrong for my work to enforce a policy of refusing to comply with bomb threats over the phone? [View all] Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 OP

sounds like typical employer, doesnt care if you die, welcome to america randys1 Jul 2014 #1

Wow. lets you know your value to the company, for sure! Scootaloo Jul 2014 #2

Hang up and call 911. nt msanthrope Jul 2014 #3

Aaaand a bomb explodes. Then what? Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #4

what are the odds that a phone scammer will put a bomb in your building? NightWatcher Jul 2014 #5

That would be the better method of handing the calls. ManiacJoe Jul 2014 #6

I work in retail. Thousands of people enter the store each day. Gravitycollapse Jul 2014 #7

Pretend to comply and call 911. GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #8

Your call has been forwarded to Stark Industries Loss Prevention Services. hunter Jul 2014 #9

Your company would face huge liability ... HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #10

Unlikely they will detonate a bomb while they're in the location for a couple K REP Jul 2014 #11