Today I read two news stories. Both so-called pranks.
One woman ends up killing a stranger in Asia.
In the USA a man who kisses a woman on the cheek ends up in trouble.
The moral is simple and clear.
No pranks.
Do not play pranks in public.
Do not play pranks where you are recorded in video.
Do not play pranks in airports.
Do not play pranks on strangers.
Do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself or a member of your own family.
Do not play pranks.
Do not joke with strangers, or even friends.
Especially not at airports.
You know its a joke. How does a stranger know it is a joke?
Do not let strangers persuade you to play pranks on other people. Let them do their own pranks. Better still, tell them pranks are not a good idea.
Do not send others to do pranks.
The person being pranked may think they are being attacked and instinctively try to kill you or somebody else.
Do not perform pranks, whether you are drunk or sober, whether the victim is drunk or sober. They might easily not find it funny, and try to have you arrested for assault or worse.
Hoaxes
On the day of 9/11 not only flights to and from the USAa man who was afraid to fly decided to make a hoax threat to our Singapore Airlines plane. Our flight from Singapore to South Africa was delayed all day. Luckily we had planned to arrive a day before the conference started.
To sum up, no pranks. No hoaxes. No jokes. It isn't funny, for others or yourself.
Many websites warn you against making jokes at airports.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/At_the_airport
Useful websites
Also see Daily Mail.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7515839/How-tricked-killing-Kim-Jong-Uns-brother-Young-mother-tracked-remote-village.html
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts
One woman ends up killing a stranger in Asia.
In the USA a man who kisses a woman on the cheek ends up in trouble.
The moral is simple and clear.
No pranks.
Do not play pranks in public.
Do not play pranks where you are recorded in video.
Do not play pranks in airports.
Do not play pranks on strangers.
Do not do to others what you would not want done to yourself or a member of your own family.
Do not play pranks.
Do not joke with strangers, or even friends.
Especially not at airports.
You know its a joke. How does a stranger know it is a joke?
Do not let strangers persuade you to play pranks on other people. Let them do their own pranks. Better still, tell them pranks are not a good idea.
Do not send others to do pranks.
The person being pranked may think they are being attacked and instinctively try to kill you or somebody else.
Do not perform pranks, whether you are drunk or sober, whether the victim is drunk or sober. They might easily not find it funny, and try to have you arrested for assault or worse.
Hoaxes
On the day of 9/11 not only flights to and from the USAa man who was afraid to fly decided to make a hoax threat to our Singapore Airlines plane. Our flight from Singapore to South Africa was delayed all day. Luckily we had planned to arrive a day before the conference started.
To sum up, no pranks. No hoaxes. No jokes. It isn't funny, for others or yourself.
Many websites warn you against making jokes at airports.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/At_the_airport
Useful websites
Also see Daily Mail.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7515839/How-tricked-killing-Kim-Jong-Uns-brother-Young-mother-tracked-remote-village.html
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts
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