Massive cigarette robbery, and I did nothing.
I used to work near a Tesco convenience store, and use to pop down far too often for a bottle of Coke, or a packet of cheese and onion. One day, I came in and there were about four burly blokes, unmasked, loading all cigarettes from the display behind the counter in to plastic carrier bags.

As soon as the one doing the loading filled a bag, he casually tossed to his mate, who was standing in front of the door to the till area. The other two were just standing there. One said something about robbing the place, and was quite jokey about it, but the Tesco employee behind the till looked sweaty and harassed.

I assumed they were being robbed, had hidden weapons and were not worried about their faces being recognised. Furthermore, the were, for some reason, forcing the poor till-jockey to continue serving.

I waited in line, not making any sudden movements (because the guys had to be armed), paid for my Diet Coke and left back to work. I didn't call the police, and when I went back to the shop a few hours later, I discovered that they were not robbing the place, but were just replacing the display unit. Just as well I didn't do anything, or I would have felt a right fool.
(lardaholics anonymous, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 14:30, Reply)