Christmas Eve 2000
true story - this happened to me

i had the best job you could want during my A-levels, well upper 6th anyway. i used to work in the local off licence and as i grew up in the middle of nowhere i knew everyone. so no yobby kids would try to get stuff underage and also i got a lot of freebies and a lot of 'wasted/damaged goods'.

so come Christmas Eve, its the busiest day of the year as everyone panic buys wine, sherry and port.

now over the months leading up to the xmas rush we had invented a rugby style game in the stock room.

the buzzer goes, ah we think just another customer.

so the guy i work with goes out front to serve i hear some shouting so i go out front to see what was going on. in front of me i see my work buddy pale white and in tears as there are two men stood there waving bread knives at him.

i couldnt believe this is actually happening so i spluttered to myself, before i was asked to open the safe.

'errrrrr.....its already open'

panicing they ask us to stand in the corner.

'ummmmm.......we're already stood in the corner'

as they grab the money and run out, they tell us to get out to the stockroom so they cant see them leave.

i just shrug my shoulders and say, 'fine'

and walk out laughing.

they stole £500 in float money, rather than steal all expensive drink or fags. i pressed the alarm button and waited 40 minutes for the police to turn up and laugh at them as im telling them whats happened.

im not trying to make out im some sort of hard nut, i just couldnt believe it was happening.


so thats me watching crime being committed and not being a have a go hero
(TheFallGuy doesn't it?!, Thu 14 Feb 2008, 23:06, Reply)