Improvise. Adapt. Overcome!
Couldn't you do better than a coffee mug?
Posted on 12/12/2007 8:21:03 AM PST by ShadowDancer
Candid Camera: Clerk Whacks Robber With Mug
Clerk Says He Was Worried About How He Might Look On Video
POSTED: 10:17 am EST December 12, 2007
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- When a thief started taking cash from his register over the weekend, Dunkin' Donuts employee Dustin Hoffmann fought back by clobbering the man with a ceramic mug.
Caught On Tape: Clerk Fights Robber With Cup
But Hoffmann admits he was less worried about the stolen cash than how he might look on the video-sharing site YouTube.
"What was going through my mind at that point was that the security tape is either going to show me run away and hide in the office or whack this guy in the head, so I just grabbed the cup and clocked the guy pretty hard," Hoffmann told The Record of Bergen County.
The man came into the shop and ordered a pastry Sunday night, according to Elmwood Park Police Chief Donald Ingrasselino.
Once Hoffmann opened the register, the man jumped over the counter and started taking cash.
Police said Hoffmann grabbed the man's wrists while hitting him with the mug, which is used to hold tips.
Hoffmann managed to scare away the man, who made out with just $90 and left behind a baseball cap police are holding to test for DNA evidence.
No arrests have been made. Hoffman plans to post the surveillance video when he can.
"There are only a few videos like that on YouTube now, so mine's going to be the best," he said. "That'll teach this guy."
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome!
Couldn't you do better than a coffee mug?
Ok, if the clerk gets whacked I guess he’d qualify, especially since he could from now on actually use the correct tool for the job and arm himself.
Worker fights off robber Donut clerk doesn't spoil his cameoDon’t (censored) with Ratso Rizzo!
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