A Nanaimo store employee’s joke to get out of working with an employee ended up in a scolding from Nanaimo RCMP.
Nanaimo RCMP say a woman “thought it would be funny” to call in a bomb threat to get out of working with another employee. They say she jokingly texted a different employee telling her to call in a bomb threat at around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Police say the employee didn’t call in the bomb threat but did report the incident to police. An officer and a police services dog and his handler arrived at the business and closed it until they found there were no explosives.
Const. Gary O’Brien of Nanaimo RCMP said the incident was not received well by police.
“We’re not known for our humour when dealing with police incidents,” said O’Brien. “Especially those involving explosives.”
Police spoke with the woman afterwards explaining her actions could have lead to criminal code charges, according to police.
They say she was “mortified” and apologized to everyone involved.
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