WESTFIELD, Mass. (WGGB\/WSHM) – While Mr. Whipy\u2019s Golf Acres was anticipating a surge in visitors as the summer wraps up, but instead they had an unexpected visitor. <\/p>\n
A masked man shattered their back window and broke into their register in an otherwise unsuccessful robbery. \u201cTo have somebody try to ruin something that we worked so hard to build back up, it definitely impacted me\u2026 We\u2019ve never experienced anything like that.\u201d Said Paul Hentink, the General Manager for Mr. Whipy\u2019s.<\/p>\n
For Hentnik, the break-in couldn\u2019t have happened at a worse time with Westfield schools set to return next week, and business set to surge for the end of august. \u201cWith school coming up and everything we knew that a lot of people would be bringing their kids and grandkids and stuff like that. We wanted to make sure people wouldn\u2019t be able to tell anything happened.\u201d He said.<\/p>\n
And with a Tuesday morning cleanup effort that even saw several employees come in on their day-off, it appears they accomplished exactly that. Still, employee Emma Lapoint told us that even with the extra hands, it was still far from an easy task: \u201cIt was a lot, there was glass everywhere. Stuff all over the floor, just a ton of mess everywhere.\u201d <\/p>\n
Now, with a shattered window in the rearview, Hentink told us Mr. Whipy\u2019s is ready to finish the season strong, albeit with a little extra security.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ended up adding a lot more stuff to our building already this morning, so that if for any reason somebody gets the idea that, \u2018oh this place is easy to get into,\u2019 not anymore\u2026 We\u2019re back open and ready to go and excited to keep things going.\u201d<\/p>\n
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