Posted on 01/26/2025 6:14:22 AM PST by TigerClaws
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Employees at Pho 21 restaurant in South San Jose had an unexpected showdown last weekend with what could be considered an attempted "robot kidnapper."
Surveillance footage from the restaurant captured the bizarre incident at around 7:40 a.m. last Saturday. A man entered the restaurant, asked to use the restroom and then emerged with a much stranger plan. He can be seen on surveillance talking with an employee and then, instead of leaving the shop, grabbing one of the restaurant's three robot servers and trying to haul it out the front door toward his car, which was parked right outside. The man appears to struggle slightly, at the weight of the device.
The scene turned chaotic as employees scrambled to intervene, yelling and struggling to wrestle the robot back. Eventually, they get the man to release the robot before calling the police.
According to the restaurant's owner, the robot is valued at approximately $18,000 but would have been worthless to the would-be thief. Owner of Pho 21, Tony Ngo says the device requires specialized programming to function, making it unusable outside of the restaurant.
No injuries were reported, and the robot server was not injured and is back on the clock - delivering bowls of pho to hungry customers.
It wasn’t Woody Allen, was it?
No, but it did know the way to San Jose.
Was the robber John Connor?
Pho shore!
OMG what a funny video. The dude didn’t even have the hatchback open ready to load. LOL.
a real asian who was good at math could remote-hack the server to make it kidnap itself
a robotnapping gone awry because of bad planning.
Now, Twiki is back on the job - a little bruised, but working, again.
Man tries to steal a robot at Pho 21 San Jose in California
They really will steal anything.
The article does not give any sort of ID for the robber.
Another article says the restaurant owner did not bother having the police out — that’s how much he values the City’s “police protection”. If said police were worth diddly they would run down this likely gang member/repeat offender via the license plate number.
Soros DA?
It is California.
Asians have a distrust of authorities in general. Operate on a cash basis (pay cash for big ticket items as they don’t pay taxes.). Perhaps not THIS bunch but those I know where I live.
Smells a bit like a self-help repossession.
The back of the dude’s was so full of crap Twiki wouldn’t have fit anyway. Wish there had been audio
I thought the headline was saying The Robot was trying to kidnap one of the customers!
The manager would need to flip a switch or two, and disable that naughty Robot!
🤣
It’s not a robot; it’s a phobot! 😜
“No injuries were reported, and the robot server was not injured and is back on the clock”
Even so, I wouldn’t be surprised if the robot files a lawsuit. It is California after all.
We need the rooftop Koreans again.
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