August 17, 2005
Aware of Your Surroundings
I made a stop by a dollar store today, in hopes of picking up some animal crackers for her. Unfortunately for her, they were out.
Unfortunately for them, they had just been robbed.
Some guy took the manager in the back room and made her open and empty the safe. And I saw him leaving; when I was getting out of my car, he was getting in his. But I didn't look at him. I made a brief note of the basics; black, short hair, glasses. Just general stuff, though, nothing specific that they didn't already know.
If I'd have taken two seconds to turn and smile at him, I would have seen what he was wearing, maybe what he was driving. Just the briefest glance in his direction and I might have been able to help. But no, I was in my own little world. 
The good news is, nobody got hurt. My favorite cashier, a sweet older lady with an accent (German?) was very shaken up. She didn't see the guy and was out of the way stocking, but she was quite upset. I just wanted to hug her and tell her it will be OK - I've been through being robbed and it is so disconcerting. I'll have to check on her tomorrow.
SG claims that if I were single I'd have looked at the guy......
;-)
In reality, I think probably at least $500 - $600, busy retail stores need a change bank. It was early in the day, so they probably hadn't done a lot of business, but he didn't bother to mess around with the registers at all. Smart guy, might have drawn attention to himself if he did.
I didn't stop in this morning, I'll have to go later and make sure my cashier is OK.
Posted by: Vox at August 18, 2005 11:02 AMHere's something which might knock you off your chair. It happened to me last night. No, I didn't get robbed or mugged or anything like that, but what I read last night on another web site was damn stupid and childish...
...so I reported the bastard!
Posted by: Macker at August 22, 2005 08:14 AM