And the crowd Snickers in amusement.

Sweet justice

Nerds.

And though he was robbing a convenience store, he thought he would make off with $100 Grand. Instead, he got Zero.

Let the Ju Ju Bee.

Mr. Goodbar? Bit of a stretch.

Now that's what I call a sticky situation

I wish people would read articles before just randomly posting. It totally says he IS a Mr. Goodbar.

Noobs.

So the thief got away with Zero? Sweet Baby Ruth! I've heard some Whoppers in my time.

Posting Now & Later I will rta.

And all the robber had to do was ask the clerk nicely with the magic words:

ABBA ZABBA!!!



Well...half of them...

After reading the atricle, I think Mr. Goodbar needs to check his shorts for tootsie rolls.

Should have used the coffee.

penis

oh...this is a candy thread? my bad.

jolly rancher

I never heard of a candy bar called Thow.

That headline gave me a Chuckle.

Mmmm...Bit O' Honey

I wonder if this mars his rap sheet.

TFA: After a few moments, the suspect threw the gun at Padmala and left the store empty-handed.

Methinks he doth do it wrongly.

subby trying too hard, and yet misses the Mr. Goodbar gimme.

I'll bet it was a MARATHON of a day for that Goober.....

A store called Tom Thumb must be all about the bite-sized goodness that melts in your mouth not in your hand.

Mounds of candy everywhere

And he got such a scare
it frighted his hair
Padmala's no fella
to mess with for sure

/OK, lame, I know...

Headline reminds me of all the dumb biatches and jackasses that would use candy bars in this manner while they gave their speech about why they should be elected to the student body government in farking 7th grade.

/The soup that eats like a meal?

I look forward to companies encouraging their employees to get CC permits.

While not official company policy, if employees are in a circumstance in which they might be robbed or killed, it would do wonders for their morale to be able to fight back if they had to.

Even if a company had to defend an employee who ventilated a robber in court, it would be worth it both in employee loyalty and motivation. Any job is a better job if you think your employer cares about you.

Teh internets have failed me, once again. I was looking for the lyrics to a UTFO song with lyrics in this vein, from around '84 or so.

Suffice it to say, had I found them, this thread would have been mine, mine, all mine!

/off my old school hip hop lawn

What about that song 'Shake That Laffy Taffy"

I'm too tired right now, otherwise I'd work in a $100,000 bar pun somehow.

/you get the point

Damn you. And I just left the closest store with beer and without chocolate.

/No Skor anyway, alas
//Heath is omnomnom but still isn't Skor

I snickered...

One day MR. GOODBAR wanted a BIT OF HONEY so he took Miss HERSHY behind the POWERHOUSE OF 5TH AVENUE. He unstrapped her REESE CUPS and started feeling her MOUNDS. This turned out to be pure ALMOND JOY. His BUTTERFINGERS slipped down her MILKY WAY and she screamed OH HENRY and grabbed his NUTTY BUDDY. The results of this was a BABE RUTH.

Tom Thumb owns convenience stores? I did not know that.

Peanuts.

I snickered at your headline.

We tell them not make any sudden moves and give (the robber) whatever they want because our employees' lives are more important than anything in our stores."

We need more managers like this one.

I'm torn between clerks (I used to be one) fighting back during a robbery, and clerks just letting them go.

One hand: Clerks fighting back makes them a less likely target.

Other hand: Thieves are cowards, and will shoot the clerk first instead of asking. Shoot first becomes more commonplace.

If they are just after the money, in and out, give it to them. If they are trying to force you into a back room to do god knows what, fight with everything you have.

I almost hate to say this, but part of what happened on 9/11 was because no one had ever fought against a hijacker, because it always made things worse. Now we know what the potential is.

Tough call. If they are just after money and cigarettes, hand it over. If he wants you to leave the "security" of the counter, fight like hell.

Why didn't he call 3 Musketeers?

whammer

I work a 7-11 and they don't allowing resisting, period. chances are you will get fired if you do..just hand them the money, i think it's viewed as a safety thing for us clerks. you can't bring guns or knives to work..I'm guessing it's more mom and pop places that would allow them though.

/still brings my .40 caliber in my car for the drive to and from work
//fl passed law saying if you have a ccw permit you can bring gun to work as long as it stays in the car (pressumedly for drive to and from work) and there's nothing the company can do about it/
///don't care what you say...I love this state.

subby tried to hard, but the headline did make me krackel.

Baby Rooth

The person who stands to lose the money should be the one to make the decision on fighting back. if it is your store, shoot the robber if you want. Employees should follow the policy. Most robbers will take the money and leave. If they start to attack you, your safety trumps any store policy.

But this place should have made the guy take all the candy corn too, that stuff is nasty.

FTFA

"We tell them not make any sudden moves and give (the robber) whatever they want because our employees' lives are more important than anything in our stores."

That's a first.

Lay off the submitter...it was a good headline. Brought back memories of Kip Addotta's "Wet Dream" and "Life in the Slaw Lane". Good times.

The headline is almost as long as the article.

...What?