Hope you enjoy that money while you're burning in hell, asshole!

[Mr Hero]

My hotel got robbed tonight. 2nd time in the nearly 9 years I've worked here, and 1st time it's happened to me personally. Happened so fast. Guy came in, garbed in almost all black, bandana over his mouth. Hands me a sack and demands I empty the drawer. I did not find out if he had any weapons, nor did he imply the presence of any.

No one was hurt, but still a bit shaken up from the whole thing.

There's one thing he can't buy: a dinosaur!

[HotelMinion]

OMG I'm so sorry to hear this. I always wonder what'd I do if that happened to me. And I can only think of one thing: run like hell towards the back office and lock myself in the manager's office. And NOT come out. Nighttime is always scary. I always get frightened when someone comes with their face covered, even by a scarf.

[eltf177]

Let's hope the video footage gets him caught fast!

Glad you're OK!

[taxguykarl]

That sucks...any idea how much he got?

[notalwaysright]

There's one thing he can't buy: a dinosaur!

He also can't buy a conscience. I'm glad your okay.

[Captain Neon]

I don't know if my store has ever been robbed for cash. There was one night that seemed off while my boss showed a couple of guys some things. There were 4 of them, and three of them just kind of wandered around the store while #1 asked a lot of questions about a rather inexpensive item. I don't live far from the store and I was prepared to bolt if needed. It is the only time that I have ever gotten the vibe that customers may actually hurt someone if things went south.

I don't know what they may have actually walked off with, but the guy who did buy something came back alone a couple days later to return his item.

[AdamAnt316]

That sucks, man. I went through something like that several years back while working at a convenience store, and it wasn't fun. In my case, the douchebag waited until it was his turn in line (with two little kids waiting at the deli counter for me to make them a sandwich!) to make his move, implying that he had a gun the the front pocket of his hooded sweatshirt. He did get caught, but only because after leaving our store, he proceeded to rob a gas station which had cameras (our store didn't even have a working phone line at the time...). Hopefully, the guy who robbed you will get nabbed.
-Adam

[CyberLurch]

That sucks...any idea how much he got?

Standard operating procedure for handling a robbery is to not discuss what/how much was stolen. It could technically foul the investigation and/or possibly encourage a repeat or copycat robbery.

[wolfie]

Which is why pizza guys have NO sympathy for co-workers who get robbed after failing to make cash drops, and wind up losing a lot of money.

"Bummer, only got $20 off that pizza guy"
"I got $27" (guy had made a small delivery before getting robbed)"
"I got $50" (guy had done a double)
sort of discourages robbers, since they learn they won't get much money.

"Hey guys, I got $300 off that pizza guy" (didn't do his cash drops) encourages others to try their luck.

[CyberLurch]

Which is why pizza guys have NO sympathy for co-workers who get robbed after failing to make cash drops, and wind up losing a lot of money.

AND it makes life more dangerous for the other drivers, because once someone scores big, they think ALL the drivers carry fat wads of cash.

[Racket_Man]

Which is why pizza guys have NO sympathy for co-workers who get robbed after failing to make cash drops, and wind up losing a lot of money.

AND it makes life more dangerous for the other drivers, because once someone scores big, they think ALL the drivers carry fat wads of cash.

YUP Welcome to my world I have to deal with this crap

[Lovecats]

When I was working at a local bank back in 2003 I got robbed. He was what they call a note passer. The note said he had a bomb. We were told to just give them what they wanted but make sure you give out the dye pack. I didn't really fall apart until after when my husband came to the bank. Actually the one thing I remember was right after when they were trying to raise fingerprints off the counter was the cop that was standing near me. I was drinking my water ( we were allowed to have water at our teller windows) and said something to the affect that I wished it was something stronger. The cop put his arm around my shoulder and said, "That'll be later.". It was a little thing but it did make me feel a little better.

[taxguykarl]

Standard operating procedure for handling a robbery is to not discuss what/how much was stolen. It could technically foul the investigation and/or possibly encourage a repeat or copycat robbery.

I see
I am amazed by the minuscule amounts stolen on Cops

[wolfie]

They might be deliberately selecting the ones with a low "take" in order to send the message "Crime doesn't pay".

[AdamAnt316]

I don't recall how much the robber I dealt with got; probably around $200 or so, I'm guessing. We didn't have any fancy safes at my store, just a metal box under the counter we were supposed to put the $20s into from time to time. It'd been a fairly slow night at the store, so I don't think he got a whole lot, and I sure as hell didn't volunteer the money from the aforementioned box or the lotto "register" (which was mostly non-functional, just a glorified cash drawer), so he didn't get as much as he could've. Even so, I have a bad feeling that he might've gotten off scot-free if he'd limited himself to knocking over just our store, since we didn't have cameras or much in the way of security measures. Kinda glad that the place is no longer in business..........
-Adam