Hello from a Barista! (That's my other part-time job). They must have been extremely drunk to try to rob an establishment like Starbucks - they have some of the most serious cash-controlling policies I've ever seen. There is NO way for me to open my register unless I'm giving someone change and forget about getting larger amounts of cash. So what would I have done from behind the counter? If I was calm enough (which is doubtful) I would have told them that I can't get to it either and they better just grab the 3 bucks in the tip jar and start running because the cops woud probably be already on their way.
I think that was part of the dilemma that the staff were facing where I was Roze. They knew the cash was stored away, but I don't think they had to nerve to tell that to the drunks. So...what did I do? I took the stupid path and tried to be a hero lol. I called the cops on my cell phone and they immediately noticed and started screaming at me to hang up, but I just kept talking. After about 5 seconds two of them came charging towards me and lets just say a mini brawl followed. Luckily I know how to handle myself (20 years of martial arts training, yeah baby! lol). I stayed out of their reach long enough for the cops to get here and arrest them. The manager for the starbucks was called in and told what happened and they caught it on security tape from the nearby bank (it has one of those panning cameras at the front door which happened to pan into the starbucks windows). Nobody was hurt, but the starbucks is a mess. The guys knocked over all the product shelfs and threw chairs and stuff. On the plus side, the manager was very thankful and gave me a dozen of those free drink coupon things It was a very interesting night to say the least
Nice Van Damage on your part. Did you get to use any props like the mop or a coffee pot as he would have?
Nah. It was a trick just to keep enough distance while trying to tell the operator what was going on lol. She didn't want me to hangup lol. I saw the security tape, it looked like I was doing ballet with these guys chasing me lol. Cops got a good laugh out of it too
I would have stuck my finger in my coat pocket and poked it out like I had a gun, then told the hooligans to get up against the wall and to kick their wallets over to me. Then I would have asked for a double mochicina with a triple shot of espresso, and I would have stuck a dollar in the tip jar, picked up my coffee, and walked out the door.
aeiouy, what if they would have said that's not a gun and to show it to them? you would have said you don't want to show them your gun. Then they would have just said that's your finger and you're pretending it's a gun.
20 years of martial arts training and you just ran around the table from 3 drunk guys. That's the weakest martial art ever. After 20 years aren't you suppossed to be able to punch through a guy or push his nose up into his brain?
yo-yo wrote: I would manouvre myself as close to the exit and throw a chair or a table towards them and call them whoresons and telling them to F their fucking whore mothers and shout as loud as i could ''YOU BUNCH OF PUSSIES'' And then wait till they came after me and i would run like hell since i am not drunk i will outrun them anytime...hell i would outrun most people even if they are sober Then they could lock up and situation is solved but to start a fight with three guys with knives? hell no! That would be the stupidest thing to do in my oppinion for a stranger. For my own life if i can't run? or defending a loved one or someone i care a great deal about i would risk my life! But to risk my life for a stranger? ehrm, NO. And to think you could just whack 3 guys out of a store with a metal chair is just foolish but i would admire you for trying and saving the cashiers life with your own life and kudos to you...plus it would look nice on your tombstone that you died as a hero for a stranger......but is this the most inteligent thing you could do?
I would pull out my Uzi and spray the place then walk over and finish the job with my automatic pistol. Oh wait, that was Grand Theft Auto San Andreas ...
Been robbed when I worked in a jewelry store. That one was a gunpoint, and the witness we were most grateful to was the guy who watched the whole thing outside, but didn't call the police because he knew the risk of a hostage situation. He knew a lot more about what the robbers looked like than I did.
That's the kind of mentality that gives martial arts bad reputations. Yes I could have attacked them, but that would have made the situation worse. Yes I quite possibly could have punched through them (my current record is 4 bricks). Yes, I could have easily knocked them on their ass, pummelled the snot out of them, and probably wouldn't have broken a sweat doing it. But again, that's not what martial arts are about. If you have to resort to attacking people who cannot touch you to start with, then you're just a street figher. A martial artist THINK before they act. If I had actually attacked, it would have been considered mutual combat by the law. Which means they would walk once bail was made. But rather, I let them do the best they could, and now they're up on charges of aggrevated assault and battery with intention to do harm, armed robbery, and public indecency. Aggrevatted assault will actually get you more jail time in Canada than robbery does (our laws are messed). If I had engaged them, they wouldn't have that charge being laid against them. Just because you can lay the smack down on somebody doesn't mean you should. EDIT: Aside from that, if I did engage them there is always the change that one of those knives would have been stuck into me. I don't know about you, but I'm not the kinda guy that likes sharp objects sticking into me.
[Insert some crap about the most powerful force being able to change someones mind] 3:30 at the flag pole, I teach you proper (for all you ninjas, this is sarcasm)