SinceThe70s Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Surprised this hasn't been posted yet. NY Post headline:. "Man ‘with no f–ks left’ lights up cigarette during armed robbery" https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/man-with-no-f-ks-left-lights-up-cigarette-during-armed-robbery/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Was it a cigarette, or a weed bar??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SinceThe70s Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 21 minutes ago, Augie said: Was it a cigarette, or a weed bar??? Everyone else I showed this too went with the guy was blind drunk. Weed bar makes more sense. So maybe we can differentiate between the indica and sativa fans in this video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 20 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said: “I’ll be forced to thrash you” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used that! It’s a miracle I’m alive!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I was a bank teller for 38 years. We were told to be calm and follow instructions. In 2003 I was robbed and the only thing I failed was guessing his age. In a public place, I hope I would be calm and follow instructions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, CowgirlsFan said: I was a bank teller for 38 years. We were told to be calm and follow instructions. In 2003 I was robbed and the only thing I failed was guessing his age. In a public place, I hope I would be calm and follow instructions. I was caught between laughing about the guys "calm" demeanor and realizing that the situation was not in the least bit humorous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 Did I forget to mention I was in Mound City recently? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 I'd be asking the bartender what that guy was drinking, then order myself a double. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fischer Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 9 hours ago, Reed83HOF said: Perhaps a more apt SLJ moment . . . I hate to shatter your ego, but this ain't the first time I've had a gun pointed at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 in my early twenties, i was a total idiot and in the wrong place at the wrong time and dude jumped in convertible, put a gun to my head..and said give me your money. Being the time it was , all my cash had been left at the registers at the all night i had just left. Made me drive to ATM, but had already reached my limit for the day. Dude was just freaking incredulous i had no access to cash Thought I was dead for sure, or he was going to take the car.at least..but we was so confused he just got out of the car muttering to himself..and I got the hell out of there like a bat of hell. Thing i remember is I kept putting my hands up reflexively, and I was scared as hell i was gunna die. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 3 hours ago, plenzmd1 said: in my early twenties, i was a total idiot and in the wrong place at the wrong time and dude jumped in convertible, put a gun to my head..and said give me your money. Being the time it was , all my cash had been left at the registers at the all night i had just left. Made me drive to ATM, but had already reached my limit for the day. Dude was just freaking incredulous i had no access to cash Thought I was dead for sure, or he was going to take the car.at least..but we was so confused he just got out of the car muttering to himself..and I got the hell out of there like a bat of hell. Thing i remember is I kept putting my hands up reflexively, and I was scared as hell i was gunna die. Did you offer him an IOU? ? That’s some CRAZY stuff there! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 With a gun to their face?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Follow up today, the guy says he'd do it again. https://nypost.com/2019/08/31/man-who-finished-cigarette-during-bar-stick-up-says-hed-do-it-again/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Great video. I see no ashtrays on the bar. I assume they were vaping. While I can't be sure of how I would react in this particular case, the gunman was of no particular threat to the guy just sitting at the bar. He was far more forceful with the guy on the floor next to him. Now, I've had a gun pointed at my head at least twice. (I only remember two instances. Would I forget having a gun pointed at me?) According to one guy (who became my friend, drug dealer after the incident) claimed I laughed at him. I'm sure it was a nervous, "how do I deflate the air in this situation?" kind of thing, but I acted calm. Inside I was a bit of a wreck. But I didn't believe he was actually going to shoot me. The second time was a bit less intense with a guy threatening everyone, but didn't seem to have much conviction. I more or less did what this guy did, and just tried to keep things calm. The reason I say I'm not sure what I'd do in this situation is, I can't hear the guy's voice or know exactly what was going on. I suspect I might just sit on the floor to avoid the personal attention. But sitting at the bar worked for this guy. With all that said, if the guy pointed a gun at me and demanded my wallet, I'd just give it to him. Money isn't that important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 A guy I worked with (West Point grad) got carjacked in Miami in the 90s. The guy was pointing the gun at him and told him to drive to an ATM. He put the pistol down in his lap to reach for something. My buddy took his chance, grabbed the weapon & shot the guy in the head, killing him. He’s a lawyer now. ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 You instinctively do what he tells you to do. I was ordered to the floor during an armed robbery and on my way to the ground I hit the silent alarm. As I was on the ground he stuck the gun to the back of my head. The police showed up two minutes after he was gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 After reading through this thread I'm just counting my blessings that I've never been robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSHMEAB Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Got robbed at gunpoint for my car in downtown Baltimore in 2002. I was DRUNK and not really phased. My friend had to convince me to give him the keys. He snatched a 100 dollar chain and that's all he got. Turns out he couldn't drive a stick. Watched him sputter and then just give up. Nice enough to leave the keys in the ignition. So I went into the club and basically forgot about it. It's weird. I have EXTREME anxiety disorder so internally, I'm pretty much in panic mode 24/7. There's not many external events that are going to affect me the same way they affect a "normal" person. I'd honestly be likely to react exactly as this guy did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 I'd shiv the Mofo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Was mugged on UB campus in December at night with snow on ground. I was coming back from off campus to north campus to catch bus to Amherst campus. Guy grabbed me from behind and told me to give him my money and I told him I had none. He told me again I said "I have not money just groceries" (I worked in food coop and we were paid with credit). Third time he said it knife went to throat so I back kicked him in groin and knocked knife away and out of his hand. He recovered and hit me hard in face and took off taking my glasses. I chased after him with some obscene shout and he turned around with a smaller knife and said "I am going to cut yah". I said "You are not going to cut me otherwise you would have done it before. Where are my glasses?" "Threw them over there." I said "Find them." and he looked at this crazy person facing him and went to area where he said he threw and acted like he was looking for them. I saw something reflecting in snow and went to it and he took off (knife dropped). It was not my glasses just some broken beer bottle bottom. I chased him and he had enough lead to get in car and took off. I got license plate and knife but could not identify assailant in lineup. Never found glasses and neither did grounds people who looked when snow melted. No prints on knife. Glasses cost me over 200 which I did not have to replace. Do not remember how I did it. His fist hit my tooth so hard that it was split up middle (previously had root canal) fusing the two halves to bone and I needed to have tooth removed in dental school. Only time I ever faced a gun I was working outside in alley. He threatened me with gun and I turned around and hit him with pry-bar I was using to open grate. He was not completely down until a few more hits. Cops said I went a little too far and told me that if I had gone further I'd be charged with assult but he talked to owner of bar and he said I'd broken up many fights so it must have been being threatened by gun which triggered it. Guy had a number of outstanding warrants I was told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunBillsBacker Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Sometimes my job requires me do to late night house calls, and one night I got called out to this bad neighborhood, where it was one way in, one way out. When I pulled up I was sitting in my vehicle writing a few things on the paperwork before getting out, and there were a group of guys standing out there about 15 feet from my car. One guy approached my car, so I rolled down the window slightly and asked if I can help him. He asked me if I had any money. I told him no (which I really didn’t), then he said “ok, I guess I’m going to have to get my boys to jump on you when you get out.” Needless to say I locked my doors and called the cops. I was going to leave, but the cop car came down the street within like 30 seconds of calling. All the guys scattered. The cop stayed with me while I did the house call, and he told me next time I get anything down this street to call for an escort first because they have to watch this area 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 Didn't even consider that the thread title could have been past tense for so many. Yikes. I was talking about this with a close friend Saturday night and had forgotten that he had a harrowing experience in his younger days (before I knew him). Working late night at a gas station, armed robber enters and my friend and co-worker comply and end up face down on the floor gun to friends head. The robber ended up getting the money and taking off. My friend told me he isn't sure he would ever let himself end up that helpless again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 My brother was working at a Wilson Farms back in the 80s. He was with another guy behind the counter when a guy came in with a shotgun. Late night shift, the guy levels the gun at them, says open the register, there wasn't a lot, brother and other guy are on the floor, side by side, the guy is ranting and raving about opening the safe. As they were on the floor my brother heard a shot go off, he saw the co-workers body ***** the floor, then another shot rang out. His ears were ringing as crap from the displays on the counter rained down on him and then they heard the door open and close. The bad guy had tried to open the safe with the shotgun blasts, scaring the co-worker into a full body jump from a prone position on the floor. Brother and co-worker quit within 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobesBLO13 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 As someone who had a gun to their head at age 17 in Lackawanna all I can say is you don’t react like you think you would. I wasn’t as scared as I thought I would be. This is not to say that I’m a tough guy because I’m not. I looked the guy in the eye, and his accomplice, and asked them both, is this a joke? Are you ***** with me right now? They weren’t trying to rob my friends or me, they didn’t like that we didn’t walk across ridge road fast enough for them in their ***** Pontiac. If you were to ask me how I’d react to a gun to my head before that I’d probably tell you I’d be shitting my pants or even crying a bit. But it wasn’t the case. I looked them both in the eye, made sure they saw a human being, and lived to tell about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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