Thumbtacks of unknown origin appeared twice in more than half a month By the swimming pool of an apartment in Yishun.
Did it accidentally fall? Or is it a prank? Thumbtacks of unknown origin appeared twice in more than half a month. Residents who went to swim might hurt their feet every minute. The management of the apartment issued a notice to remind residents to be careful, and said that they had called the police to deal with it.
Ms. Wang (39 years old, civil servant), a resident of The Canopy Apartment in Yishun, together her husband received a notice from the condo management through a WhatsApp group the day before yesterday (October 31), stating that someone had put them by the pool twice. A pile of thumbtacks, and appealed to the people to provide clues to find out who placed the thumbtacks. At the same time, the management also posted the same notice in the elevator.
According to the notice, there were two pranks in the apartment on the 13th and 30th of last month. The management found a pile of thumbtacks on the floor next to the swimming pool.
The notice mentioned that the management suspected that the two incidents were caused by the same person, and the police have informed. In addition, the management also urged residents to notify the security office if they saw people around the swimming pool behaving suspiciously or saw someone throwing things into the swimming pool during the above two days.
“The management will never tolerate any hoaxes that may cause injury to the pool users, and will refer the culprit to the police.”
Miss Wang said: “The same thing happened twice, the possibility of mischief is very high. Such behavior is very inappropriate, because people who go to the swimming pool are usually barefoot and can step on the thumbtacks and get injured at any time.
It is understood that the swimming pool is currently open and has not been closed due to these two accidents. The management also urged residents in the notice to be more careful when going around the swimming pool.