Griffith Shop-Rite rolled

HenryBG said :

LSWCHP said :

One of my boys has just started work at a McDonalds, and I dread him running into a situation like this.

Sign him up for some sort of martial arts course. Gives them confidence for situations like that, at the very least, so if they want to just hand over the money, they can do so without feeling too stressed about it. Or he can kick the shit out of the guy.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-grabs-shotgun-armed-robber-new-orleans-article-1.1330994

“Would you like fries with your order, sir?”

I’d like to add to the list of ‘if only I was there’. It would have ended with me walking away without looking back while the shop exploded in slow motion.

LSWCHP said :

One of my boys has just started work at a McDonalds, and I dread him running into a situation like this.

Sign him up for some sort of martial arts course. Gives them confidence for situations like that, at the very least, so if they want to just hand over the money, they can do so without feeling too stressed about it. Or he can kick the shit out of the guy.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-grabs-shotgun-armed-robber-new-orleans-article-1.1330994

c_c™ said :

ScienceRules said :

c_c™ said :

Personally the minute that bloke walked in I’d have pulled out a baseball bat. He’s not exactly unassuming, and a lot of these people are absolute cowards relying on the element of surprise.

If only you were there, eh? You’d have sorted ‘im out with a quick right to the point of the jaw, tossed off a witty quip and strode manfully from the premesis without so much as a backwards glance

No, definitely not. I sure don’t want to be up on assault charges.

If you read my post again, I said:

“a lot of these people are absolute cowards relying on the element of surprise”

I’m saying whip out a bat and stare at them and they’re more likely to run away. You can tell by the body language, this isn’t someone who’s going to stick around and try it if they’re made.

Don’t back down – you’re perfectly entitled to defend yourself against criminals, much as the police would like us to believe we can’t.

In fact, as a recent court case result indicates, once a right to self-defence is invoked, the ACT legal system doesn’t actually have any concept of the proportionate response.

I’ll also add my sympathy for the poor kid behind the counter. Nobody deserves that crap, and I hope he’s OK.

I constantly hone my scum detector. Whenever a member of the brigade with bad skin, bad teeth, slurred speech with tracky dacks and hood is anywhere near me I’m on high alert.

If they start any trouble, I guarantee I’ll be out the door in a cloud of dust because I don’t want to get a knife in the ribs for the sake of $20 from the till and few packets of durries. Discretion is always the wisest part of valour, I’m over 50 now, slowing down a bit, and a man has to know his limitations.

On the other hand, I’m not a total has-been, so if they threaten me or my wife or my children and I have no other alternative, there’s a pretty good chance they’ll end up maimed, crippled or dead.

One of my boys has just started work at a McDonalds, and I dread him running into a situation like this.

c_c™ said :

Personally the minute that bloke walked in I’d have pulled out a baseball bat. He’s not exactly unassuming, and a lot of these people are absolute cowards relying on the element of surprise.

Is that a skinny teenager I see behind the counter? Picking on someone half his age is definitely my idea of cowardly. Expecting the kid to defend himself with a baseball bat is probably an insult to parents who might not want to raise a street brawler.

Just a guess.

ScienceRules said :

c_c™ said :

Personally the minute that bloke walked in I’d have pulled out a baseball bat. He’s not exactly unassuming, and a lot of these people are absolute cowards relying on the element of surprise.

If only you were there, eh? You’d have sorted ‘im out with a quick right to the point of the jaw, tossed off a witty quip and strode manfully from the premesis without so much as a backwards glance

No, definitely not. I sure don’t want to be up on assault charges.

If you read my post again, I said:

“a lot of these people are absolute cowards relying on the element of surprise”

I’m saying whip out a bat and stare at them and they’re more likely to run away. You can tell by the body language, this isn’t someone who’s going to stick around and try it if they’re made.

c_c™ said :

Personally the minute that bloke walked in I’d have pulled out a baseball bat. He’s not exactly unassuming, and a lot of these people are absolute cowards relying on the element of surprise.

If only you were there, eh? You’d have sorted ‘im out with a quick right to the point of the jaw, tossed off a witty quip and strode manfully from the premesis without so much as a backwards glance. , my hero! Now, since I’m getting the vapours from inhaling your virtual testosterone, I think a cup of tea, a Bex and a lie down is in order.

Pork Hunt said :

bundah said :

Doesn’t he look a picture of health..

Drug dealers should lace their products with vitamins and maybe a bit of fibre. After all we have added iodine to salt to prevent cretinism and added folate to our diets..

Vitamins and fibre? I would’ve thought copious quantities of strychnine would be far more appropriate! Oh wait maybe that’s the problem..