Don't turn 'round, that's a gun in your back

Kintarō Hattori · 28-10-2008 9:43pm #1

So there I was today working away in the blanchardstown shopping centre, I normally work in the city centre but was out covering for someone. I was supervising one of the lads with my back to the entrance of the shop when someone stuck something in the my back and uttered the following:

Don't turn 'round, that's a gun in your back. I'm here to rob you. Turn around and I'll fire a shot. If you turn around you're a dead man.

It wasn't a voice I recognised, so I ruled out it being a mate or someone I know having a laugh with me. I was puzzled for a moment or two but decided to turn around and see what the story was. It turns out it was a scumbag kid around 13-14 years or age. Without thinking I grabbed him by the shoulder and marched him out of the shop, closely followed by his mate.

Shortly afterwards I was annoyed with myself that I hadn't held him in the shop and called security. It's just not something you joke about with people, particuarly with someone in a shop. I'd have liked to have made a big deal out of it and perhaps have thought him some kind of lesson. Regardless that didn't happen as I simply reacted without thinking and threw him out.

So do you think I'd have been right to hold him in the shop, call security and perhaps even have gotten the cops involved? I'm not asking would I have been within my right, as I believe it would be, but more do you think it would have been the right thing to do, or would anything/nothing come of it?

4zn76tysfajdxp · 28-10-2008 9:45pm

You should have broken his fingers. He wouldn't do it again then.

Mark200 · 28-10-2008 9:47pm

I think it would have been the right thing to do.......for all you know if you hadn't of turned around and done what he said, it would have been a real robbery.

Stev_o · 28-10-2008 9:50pm

Goddamn knackers where would After Hours be without them.

Did he try and bluff it anyway and go "BANG!"?

Sharpshooter · 28-10-2008 9:55pm

Fernanda Petite Escalator wrote: »

You should have broken his fingers. He wouldn't do it again then.

Snap.
Phoning the police would have got you nowhere , l would have grabbed him and held his hand to the door frame and slammed it as hard as l could , his word against yours that it wasn't an accident.

lf l were a man that is.........:o

Redpunto · 28-10-2008 9:57pm

The only thing that kids like that understand is violence or the threat of it, so you didnt overreact but id say if you had called security they would have found it hilarious.

Kintarō Hattori · 28-10-2008 10:17pm

Stev_o wrote: »

Goddamn knackers where would After Hours be without them.

Did he try and bluff it anyway and go "BANG!"?

Not quite Stev_o, not quite.

dr.bollocko · 28-10-2008 10:24pm

If you had turned around and puked on him you would have solved the miniature crimewave in training with one foul manly swoop of bodily fluid. Now you will have to go back in time and use some sort of cool laser to kill the twinkle in the ex-con's eye. Or go back in time to make your own self puke at the precise moment at which he tells you not to turn around.
Either way dood, I got your back. Kintaro and the Doc's excellent adventure.

Biggins · 28-10-2008 10:49pm

They probably have done this before and at sometime it worked for them.
That said if it was me (and I'm the exception), I would have done some damage.

I had a man stick a gun into my face as part of an attempted robbery. Sadly for him, he, the fool didn't know that I have trained (5/6 days a week) in Martial arts for 15+ years, trained in Close Personal Protection and Krav Maga (an Isralie form of defence and attack).

The fool was unconscious 2 seconds later and disarmed, (handed over to the cops later after I had some time with him).

...But I am the exception. You were brave to turn around. That did take courage. Once you'd seen whom it was, as an ordinary citizen, you would have been in your right to a limited form of self-defence - your life being under threat and all...
...in other words, "I kicked their arses Judge, out of fright and terror!"

Wibbs · 28-10-2008 11:14pm

Biggins wrote: »

You were brave to turn around. That did take courage.

100% agreed. Yes you were and yes it did.

partyatmygaff · 28-10-2008 11:15pm

Biggins wrote: »

They probably have done this before and at sometime it worked for them.
That said if it was me (and I'm the exception), I would have done some damage.

I had a man stick a gun into my face as part of an attempted robbery. Sadly for him, he, the fool didn't know that I have trained (5/6 days a week) in Martial arts for 15+ years, trained in Close Personal Protection and Krav Maga (an Isralie form of defence and attack).

The fool was unconscious 2 seconds later and disarmed, (handed over to the cops later after I had some time with him).

...But I am the exception. You were brave to turn around. That did take courage. Once you'd seen whom it was, as an ordinary citizen, you would have been in your right to a limited form of self-defence - your life being under threat and all...
...in other words, "I kicked their arses Judge, out of fright and terror!"

.....Durrrrrrrrrrrtttyy:D

We all know what chuck norris would do... A swift roundhouse kick to the face

120_Minutes · 28-10-2008 11:21pm

I'd ask Jim to fix it for him to never be able to procreate.

Riddle101 · 28-10-2008 11:45pm

lol the moment i read the sentence on the title, i knew the someone was yanking your chain. Whenever someone tries to describe what they're doing and what will happen if you turn around, you know it's a hoax. Fair play to you for taking the guy on even with the thought that your life was being threatened, i'd have given the kid a bollocking, job or no job i'll not be had like that.

If i where in that situtation i'd proberly have turned around anyway, even if he did have a real gun i'd like to look my killer in the eye before he did it cause the last face i'll see wil be his, and if my beliefs are true and god is real, then i'll hope to come back and haunt that guy into madness, or possibly do a Jason Vohees thing and come back as a zombie psycho killer and hunt him down, but i'm just saying fair play to ya:D

ScumLord · 29-10-2008 12:06am

Beating the crap out of him might have just turned the shop into a target for them but no one would hold it against you if you bet him up and down the street the cheeky little ****er.

Sharpshooter · 29-10-2008 12:11am

OP , now that it has happened to you and you can speak from experience , would you do the same thing again?
Just from the perspective that if there was a next time it just might be a gun.

giggsy664 · 29-10-2008 12:14am

If a colleauge told me it was not a gun, I would have spun round and grabbed his hand and bent it back

Or

Bend my lower right leg backwards at a very high speed. VERY.

Kintarō Hattori · 29-10-2008 12:18am

dr.bollocko wrote: »

If you had turned around and puked on him you would have solved the miniature crimewave in training with one foul manly swoop of bodily fluid. Now you will have to go back in time and use some sort of cool laser to kill the twinkle in the ex-con's eye. Or go back in time to make your own self puke at the precise moment at which he tells you not to turn around.
Either way dood, I got your back. Kintaro and the Doc's excellent adventure.

Excellent dr.bollocko. I'll get onto Dr. Brown and see if he'll let us borrow the DeLorean.

sharpshooterH wrote: »

OP , now that it has happened to you and you can speak from experience , would you do the same thing again?
Just from the perspective that if there was a next time it just might be a gun.

Well to be honest sharpshooter I didn't think too much. I just stood there for a second or two and asked myself was this real, and the only way to find that out was to turn around and make a judgement then.

giggsy664 wrote: »

If a colleauge told me it was not a gun, I would have spun round and grabbed his hand and bent it back

Or

Bend my lower right leg backwards at a very high speed. VERY.

Unfortunately none of my colleagues were looking in my direction. One was out the back doing something and the guy I was supervising was up a ladder taking something down off of a shelf.

Sharpshooter · 29-10-2008 12:30am

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Well to be honest sharpshooter I didn't think too much. I just stood there for a second or two and asked myself was this real, and the only way to find that out was to turn around and make a judgement then.

Then if there is a next time do yourself a favour and think or it might be the last judgement call you get to make.:)

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2008 12:43am

sharpshooterH wrote: »

Then if there is a next time do yourself a favour and think or it might be the last judgement call you get to make.:)

Are you gunning for Kintarō Hattori sharpshooterH?

Sharpshooter · 29-10-2008 12:49am

Fernanda Petite Escalator wrote: »

Are you gunning for Kintarō Hattori sharpshooterH?

Bat's not very nice tbh..............
Arriving into a thread like this wearing a mask...

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2008 12:58am

sharpshooterH wrote: »

Bat's not very nice tbh..............
Arriving into a thread like this wearing a mask...

You're pretty wily, let's hope you don't point that witty finger towards Kintarō Hattori. Of course, we all know what you're capable of behind his back.

The_B_Man · 29-10-2008 1:10am

lol it was a 13 yr old little kid takin the piss outta ya! Why is everyone actin like he had a close call with death?

Sharpshooter · 29-10-2008 1:14am

Fernanda Petite Escalator wrote: »

You're pretty wily, let's hope you don't point that witty finger towards Kintarō Hattori. Of course, we all know what you're capable of behind his back.

So at last Fernanda Petite Escalator admits a woman is capable..............

RoosterIllusion · 29-10-2008 1:15am

dr.bollocko wrote: »

If you had turned around and came on him you would have solved the miniature crimewave in training with one foul manly swoop of bodily fluid.

Fixed :cool:

brendansmith · 29-10-2008 1:18am

You shoulda told them

'im letting you goooooooooooooo, but i wont let you know'

That wouldve should em!

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2008 1:19am

sharpshooterH wrote: »

So at last Frada admits a woman is capable..............

Oh yes, I'm well aware of women of your calibre.

brendansmith · 29-10-2008 1:19am

You shoulda told them

'im letting you goooooooooooooo, but i wont let you know'

That wouldve shown em!

Sharpshooter · 29-10-2008 1:19am

The_B_Man wrote: »

lol it was a 13 yr old little kid takin the piss outta ya! Why is everyone actin like he had a close call with death?

Hey B man ............
Your reply is why you will never B accepted by the A - Team.

The_B_Man · 29-10-2008 1:22am

Wow, my name is an anagram of A Team B H! never realised! Im so proud.

And actually, I'm probably the most qualified person on boards for The A Team coz I'm an old man who smokes a cigar, a good looking bloke who can charm anyone, a crazy escaped mental patient and a big black man who takes pity on the less fortunate, but who can also build a tank from an old bathtub, some fireworks and a tube of bounty.

Sharpshooter · 29-10-2008 1:24am

Fernanda Petite Escalator wrote: »

Oh yes, I'm well aware of women of your calibre.

l accept the apology that is ouzing from your pores, sorry for rubbering you up the wrong way.........

Sharpshooter · 29-10-2008 1:28am

The_B_Man wrote: »

Wow, my name is an anagram of A Team B H! never realised! Im so proud.

And actually, I'm probably the most qualified person on boards for The A Team coz I'm an old man who smokes a cigar, a good looking bloke who can charm anyone, a crazy escaped mental patient and a big black man who takes pity on the less fortunate, but who can also build a tank from an old bathtub, some fireworks and a tube of bounty.

ln other words ............. a schizophrenic..........

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2008 1:30am

The_B_Man wrote: »

Wow, my name is an anagram of A Team B H! never realised! Im so proud.

And actually, I'm probably the most qualified person on boards for The A Team coz I'm an old man who smokes a cigar, a good looking bloke who can charm anyone, a crazy escaped mental patient and a big black man who takes pity on the less fortunate, but who can also build a tank from an old bathtub, some fireworks and a tube of bounty.

Quit your jibber jabber.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2008 1:32am

sharpshooterH wrote: »

l accept the apology that is ouzing from your pores, sorry for rubbering you up the wrong way.........

Ah! You win this match with a mere clip of your puntastic skills. I can no longer go round and round with you until I sharpen my skills.

boobookitty · 29-10-2008 1:36am

Guess I should put random words in italics too!

Pretty brave move but it's not like you could have done much else. Or else you'd be in trouble for harassing "customers" or some crap.

Reganio 2 · 29-10-2008 1:37am

When he said "Turn around" you should have went "Bright eyes"

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2008 1:38am

boobookitty wrote: »

Guess I should put random words in italics too!

Oh! Looks like this kitty's got claws!

boobookitty · 29-10-2008 1:38am

Be thankful it was only his fingers sticking into your back.

"His gun was digging into my back..oh wait"

Oh! Looks like this kitty's got claws!

Oh, boy, it looks like I've been had!

Sharpshooter · 29-10-2008 1:43am

Fernanda Petite Escalator wrote: »

Ah! You win this match with a mere clip of your puntastic skills. I can no longer go round and round with you until I sharpen my skills.

Such a joker.............
Or was that a riddle...........
Cause cat aint no way to treat a woman ...

RoosterIllusion · 29-10-2008 2:00am

Shut up you bastards!

This guy could have been shot!!!111

Clearly, the only thing that saved him was the knowledge he learned since he was 8, otherwise he might have just shot himself in the head.

Fruity scones.

eVeNtInE · 29-10-2008 2:09am

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Sharpshooter · 29-10-2008 2:10am

RoosterIllusion wrote: »

Shut up you bastards!

This guy could have been shot!!!111

Clearly, the only thing that saved him was the knowledge he learned since he was 8, otherwise he might have just shot himself in the head.

Seriously..............
I am trying here?............./ no l give up.

jimmy-jazz · 29-10-2008 2:44am

ScumLord wrote: »

Beating the crap out of him might have just turned the shop into a target for them but no one would hold it against you if you bet him up and down the street the cheeky little ****er.

actually seen that happenin recently on grafton street. was at about 10 o'clock one night. seen some scumbag about 12 tumblin out the door of the shop, dunno what he did, next thing a fella in his 20's from the shop started punchin him in the head.yer man was in tears. he started shoutin racist craic at yer man, he tried walkin back in n' his friend booted him in the arse. funniest part was afer he got hit a few times he ran and hid behind a bin!

Kintarō Hattori · 29-10-2008 3:27am

sharpshooterH wrote: »

l accept the apology that is ouzing from your pores, sorry for rubbering you up the wrong way.........

Quietly backs out of the thread....... weird....

Reganio 2 wrote: »

When he said "Turn around" you should have went "Bright eyes"

Heh heh, I'm sure that'd have been entirely lost on him.

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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Well it just seemed like the right thing to do.

eVeNtInE · 29-10-2008 3:35am

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Kintarō Hattori · 29-10-2008 3:37am

eVeNtInE wrote: »

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Well I did for a moment, but it flashed through my mind that, 'This is a shopping centre, how likely is this to happen'.

Pride Fighter · 29-10-2008 3:38am

You should have given him a puck in the jaw.

eVeNtInE · 29-10-2008 3:40am

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book smarts · 29-10-2008 8:07am

I am sick to death of little scumbags doing whatever they like, hassling innocent people on the street, smacking them, grabbing their phones, spitting on them. I've seen all these things. They are effectively immune from punishment, because people are
1. too afraid to confront them because of the threat of reprisals from the scumbags or their buddies and families
2. not bothered to report it to police because the police are too lazy/scared to go after these punks.

I am also sick of people who dismiss it as irrelevant or minor. These people are often former scumbags. To threaten someone's life as the OP said is a MAJOR crime for which they should go to jail. And that is exactly what they did- they threatened their life.

Don't turn 'round, that's a gun in your back

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