Posted on 10/21/2009 11:46:36 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
With her life perhaps just a pull of the trigger from ending, a St. Paul bank teller refused to hand over the cash.
But the gunman, rather than firing the black handgun he had aimed at the teller, fled on foot without a nickel more than he had when he entered the bank Tuesday afternoon.
The FBI describes the suspect who tried to rob the Cherokee State Bank at 607 Smith Av. S. as white, in his 30s, 5 feet 8 to 6 feet tall, with a slender to medium build. He was wearing a black coat, blue jeans, a white bandanna around his neck, and a red baseball cap. He was last seen running across Smith Avenue in front of the bank, located across the Mississippi River from downtown.
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No, she’ll get a fee assessed to her account for $39, insufficient following of directions.
Also note that we not only have a detailed description of the perp, they have already posted his picture.
In other robberies around the Twin Cities, somehow, we are only told that the robber had skin and eyes.
Hope so. She is too stupid to be working at a bank.
“does that say ‘gub’ ?”
ALL (and I do mean ALL) banks and retail businesses instruct their employees to hand over the money in this situation. No amount of cash in the till is worth an employee’s life. This story could have just as easily had a tragic ending. I do expect they will either fire or discipline her to prevent others from attempting the same thing (although clearly, it was the very last thing this robber was expecting). Nobody wants to start playing the percentages here, even if the odds are as good as 50-50.
GIANT OVARIES OF STEEL
Bluff : Called
“No? What do you mean ‘No’? You can’t say ‘no’! Hands up, motherstickers! This is a...”
It is also probably true that a sane robber would quiclky see that there is no point in adding crime upon crime by shooting her if the money is still not accessible. But what is the chance that a robber is reasonable? Wise, reasonable people usually don't rob banks, they own them (or at least work at them.)
That’s what I was thinking. Shades of the Home Depot (or was it Lowe’s) employee that got sh*tcanned for following a shoplifter out of the store.
My thoughts exactly. Depression? Suicidal? Or just plain stupid?
And she should be fired. There is NO REASON to further provoke a volatile situation. You hand over the money. Period.
My ‘dream’ end to this story is that the guy pulls out the gun and, the teller being SO savvy, notices that the gun is a fake......
My initial thoughts....
I would agree. My wife is a bank teller and they are trained to comply with the robber.
Exactly my first thought...
maybe the pimp roll with the inkbomb wasn’t available..
It’s amazing that someone has the wherewithall to even do anything remotely like this. I was held up by two gentleman with RIFLES. I couldn’t even open my mouth! I also witnessed a bank robbery. I was the next in line and I thought the teller was all nervous because the guy was cute! I went out of my way to see what he looked like when he turned around...so of course the next two hours I was stuck at the bank with the police!
It’s amazing that someone has the wherewithall to even do anything remotely like this. I was held up by two gentleman with RIFLES. I couldn’t even open my mouth! I also witnessed a bank robbery. I was the next in line and I thought the teller was all nervous because the guy was cute! I went out of my way to see what he looked like when he turned around...so of course the next two hours I was stuck at the bank with the police!
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