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I've a had a lot of people tell me I'm too harsh on the people who fell for this scam...then they go on to say that "I would have fallen for it ...being intimidated by a cop on the phone."

Half-right: I may have started out believing it, but as soon as they started a strip search I would have said "get down here and do it yourself."

It's a very well done documentary, and MacDonalds does deserve a huge share of the blame for this, but that Boston cop made a really stupid tactical error (you'll see.)

Either way, very sad that there are people this stupid and this irresponsible and they are largely to blame for this whole sordid affair.

The "I was brought up to respect authority" excuse doesn't work here, not when the person is on the phone and not a physical threat.

The final verdict of the perp was a fitting way to tell the people of this country: smarten up, morons or else worse will happen.

I'll try my best avoiding the spoilers but I have to say that this story is indeed telling. I understand that law enforcement in United States is (and has to be) taken very seriously but still, one may not blindly follow everything a guy, acting as a police officer, say over the phone. Especially, when what he says is absurd beyond doubt, and obviously criminal. Managers who complied were either intelectually challenged, thought they need to protect the company and their jobs even if it took to treat an employee inhumanely - or - they simply wanted to believe, or pretended to believe they have a credible get-out-of-jail explanation to commit sexual assault which they have dearly enjoyed. And the most intriguing question of all - why make a three episode document with such outcome, when it was perfectly clear, that most questions cannot be answered?

The documentary was difficult to watch because of the content, but many of the reviews here are scoring it low because of the content the documentary presented rather than the way they presented it. If you aren't fascinated by the events, don't watch, but scoring a documentary low because you can't believe how stupid people can be is pretty stupid, as well. The documentary was well made. It could be slow at times, but overall, it did a great job presenting the information from the cases and balancing that info with true victims' statements. It's hard to believe that people could be so gullible and how compliant people can be when an authority figure is doing the instructing.

Seen the movie Compliance which got made in 2012,covers enough that Netflix honestly didn't need to cash in on this topic.

It's unfortunate such things can happen & worse managers,that would blindly go along without question.

If my child had this happen.. I would be blaming the company & management,for a variety of violations.

Why did no manager call the police on another line or say until someone arrives,nothing is being conducted.. What logic is anything especially sexual standard protocal,shows how people can so dumb over law & order.

Sad that any person dealt with this & frankly.. I don't feel sympathy for any manager or those they involved,towards the actual victims as those people could of stopped it also!

It did make me wonder if these people in charge could be so quick to act careless,imagine what else they might of been doing over life choices for themselves or others prior? Scary!

Anyway.. Another typical unnecessary,Netflix documentary,.

A bit of a tough watch, but well worth seeing all the same. Two things that stuck me with this horrible saga is, apart from the terrible situation the employees found themselves in, the police who investigated the guy, arrested him with rather weak evidence that certainly was not 'beyond reasonable doubt'. We could see that as soon as they arrested him, it would be a long shot. They should have identified him and followed him to ensure that his purchase of phone cards was not just a coincidence with the call times.

The second thing that strikes me is the total obedience to authority figures that Americans seem to have (maybe this id due to the amount of police shootings there are?). Granted it's a cultural thing, but no way in hell in my country, would a manager (male or female) strip search a young female (in the back office) because a 'policeman' on the phone tells them too!

Literally unbelievable. Just feel for the young ladies caught up in this.