I got held up at gunpoint today.

bleg

At around 1630 today I was working in a pharmacy in clanbrassil st. Guy walks in with a scarf over his face I think "here we go." Next thing I know I have a gun in my face and the scumbag is demanding drugs, sleeping tablets. I nearly **** myself but stay calm and just give him what he wants. The whole thing is over in 4 minutes I'd say. Absolute scumbag. Anyway I'll be back, that ****ing junkie isn't going to stop me doing my job.

Saying that though I cannot describe the pure terror of having a gun pointed in your face.

kfallon

Just glad you survived to tell the tale

Temptamperu

you gave me the wrong sleeping tabs :mad:

ThePower11

Maybe he just didn't want to fill out the forms?

44leto

You did the right thing thing and you felt the way anyone would. You're OK and that is the main thing.

membersonly

bleg wrote: »

At around 1630 today I was working in a pharmacy in clanbrassil st. Guy walks in with a scarf over his face I think "here we go." Next thing I know I have a gun in my face and the scumbag is demanding drugs, sleeping tablets. I nearly **** myself but stay calm and just give him what he wants. The whole thing is over in 4 minutes I'd say. Absolute scumbag. Anyway I'll be back, that ****ing junkie isn't going to stop me doing my job.

Saying that though I cannot describe the pure terror of having a gun pointed in your face.

That's the stuff.

Did he get much? Were the Gardaí any use?

westendgirlie

How many drugs did you take for yourself? Y'know, to calm your nerves.


Glad you didn't get hurt OP.

Colmo52

Did you tell the gardaí?

Phill Ewinn

Pics etc

Kevin Duffy

He only wanted condoms, but he was nervous and bottled out. He robbed you to cover his shame.

dahat

Did he have a medical card?

themadchef

Hope ya gave him a dose of the shíts. Theiving bastid.

magicianz

You should have just given him a pile of laxatives.....

Raging_Ninja

good to hear you're alright.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Off to the doctor with ya now and get a dose of relaxers, take 2 weeks paid off work.

Ronin247

With the recession you should be glad to have a job,gun in the face or not.I blame the civil service.

bleg

Have done all the gardai stuff. Pressed the panic button and they were there within 3-4 mins. Not really sure. After he left there was a customer with her young daughter so I was making sure they were ok til the guards arrived.

eyeball kid

Armed with a gun and only asked for drugs. Why not ask for the money in the
till as well??? Don't understand the logic there.

Anyway, glad you're ok bleg. Can't have been a fun experience.

WindSock

Jaysus, you can get all sorts of things with a gun, why just stop at the sleepy pills. It's like robbing a bank for spare some spare change. In for a penny and all that...

Glad you are ok though, not a nice thing to happen. Make sure you nick plenty of Xanax for yourself.

Doc Ruby

eyeball kid wrote: »

Don't understand the logic there.

Junkies dont think much past the next fix.

Well done OP, you came out of it in one piece so you did everything the right way.

bleg

He looked for the money but I was only in the pharmacy for the day and didn't know where it was kept. The girl I was working with was in the bathroom. I also didn't know how to open the till without a sale and while I was fiddling with it he ran off.

Trader1991

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Off to the doctor with ya now and get a dose of relaxers, take 2 weeks paid off work.

two weeks, where do i sign up

James__10

bleg wrote: »

At around 1630 today I was working in a pharmacy in clanbrassil st. Guy walks in with a scarf over his face I think "here we go." Next thing I know I have a gun in my face and the scumbag is demanding drugs, sleeping tablets. I nearly **** myself but stay calm and just give him what he wants. The whole thing is over in 4 minutes I'd say. Absolute scumbag. Anyway I'll be back, that ****ing junkie isn't going to stop me doing my job.

Saying that though I cannot describe the pure terror of having a gun pointed in your face.

Dundalk?

chin_grin

Fair play to ya OP for keeping cool. I would've shat myself!

InkSlinger67

Good on ya OP. Hope your co-workers dealt with it as well as you did.

BBDBB

he only wanted some Nurofen Plus!

Zen65

bleg wrote: »

Saying that though I cannot describe the pure terror of having a gun pointed in your face.

You did the right thing by remaining calm and handing over the drugs. I hope you can maintain this strong philosophical approach to dealing with the event, because anyone who has been through what you have experienced is likely to suffer some anxiety after the event, no matter how well you played the part on the day. You should not be embarrassed or afraid to seek some emotional counselling to deal with this.

Ultimately it sounds as though you have already decided that you won this encounter (and you did!). I applaud and admire you for that. Don't let the experience lead you to curtail your life in any way - other than the normal sensible precautions that everybody should take.

Well done!

Z

theteal

Junkie scum, put them all down!

Hope you're not too shaken up, OP

Agent Smith

bleg wrote: »

At around 1630 today I was working in a pharmacy in clanbrassil st. Guy walks in with a scarf over his face I think "here we go." Next thing I know I have a gun in my face and the scumbag is demanding drugs, sleeping tablets. I nearly **** myself but stay calm and just give him what he wants. The whole thing is over in 4 minutes I'd say. Absolute scumbag. Anyway I'll be back, that ****ing junkie isn't going to stop me doing my job.

Saying that though I cannot describe the pure terror of having a gun pointed in your face.

I TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK!



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Pace2008

eyeball kid wrote: »

Armed with a gun and only asked for drugs. Why not ask for the money in the
till as well??? Don't understand the logic there.

I don't think a junkie desperate enough to hold up a pharmacy for benzos is going to be too hot on the whole "logic" side of things.

Sorry to hear about it OP, how are you feeling now? Something similar happened to some lads I know though they were actually tied up by the robbers. They had to get a counselling session, though some of them didn't really need. Not sure if this is a legal requirement or company policy?

stovelid

Worked in a petrol station years ago and got held up at gunpoint. When the police had gone, the manager made me finish the shift and lock up by myself.

In fairness, I thought I would be freaked out working there after that but it was grand so hopefully you will be ok, OP.

Inbox

You deserve and award mr pharmacy worker.

4zn76tysfajdxp

stovelid wrote: »

Worked in a petrol station years ago and got held up at gunpoint. When the police had gone, the manager made me finish the shift and lock up by myself.

What a cunt.

andy3695

lets think of this in a logical way. it was cold out today, he was wearing a scarf, probably a toy gun and he was dying with the flu. this can also make you very confused when your out of your warm bed. i'd say he got mixed up with his words and all he really wanted was uniflu tablets. just a thought.:rolleyes:

cocoshovel

If he had a gun in your face for something as pathetic as sleeping tablets then Id say it wasnt real. I would even go as far to say that most robbers just use realistic looking pellet guns. I had one myself. Big heavy metal one, looked like a real handgun.

But I suppose you can't take that chance as you just dont know if it is real or not. Maybe you should prepare and keep a stash of fake goods. Like boxes filled with dud tablets or laxatives or something just incase it happens again, then you can dish those out to him.

ScumLord

bleg wrote: »

and while I was fiddling with it he ran off.

Nothing like inappropriate masturbation to scare people off.

Katgurl

What a total scumbag.

I'm really sorry to hear that OP. Many years ago I used work in Xtravision and there were a spate of hold-ups. Literally every few nights. The b@$yards still put us on shifts alone around the place telling us to do regular cash 'drops' obviously figuring the potential money stolen was cheaper. Luckily when my branch was held up it was my scheduled night off but the robber walked my colleague around the till with a knife to his neck. At the time I found the story kind of exciting / entertaining as he downplayed it quite a bit. I met him recently and we were catching up and he told me it was beyond horrific, he didn't admit it at the time but the terror was unimaginable. He said it passed over the next while and he was back to normal but don't understimate how cr@ppy the experience can be.

RachaelVO

Holy **** OP! I'd have had several shades of brown pooling grotesquely around me shoes!

Fair play to ya for keeping calm, and for wanting to go back in, not too sure I'd be that brave... what did the gardai say?

watch out for any shock to kick in later OP
keep the option open of getting some counselling as well just in case!

anhedonia

surley he also stole all the opioid narcotic painkillers along with the benzodiazepines?

padd b1975

ScumLord wrote: »

Nothing like inappropriate masturbation to scare people off.

Danger ****.

mickydoomsux

Should have given him cyanide capsules OP.

Thin the herd a bit.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Well done OP you handled it very well, no point in trying to be a hero for the sake of a few pills, hope the scumbag is apprehended and brought to justice.

RachaelVO

bluewolf wrote: »

watch out for any shock to kick in later OP
keep the option open of getting some counselling as well just in case!

+1

Once the adrenaline rush fades the shock could well kick in.

Mr. CooL ICE

Well done OP. You did the right thing. Not worth trying to be a superhero.

My own mother was working in a bank for two separate robberies (had gun pointed in face for just one of them). Although she did her best not to let it get to her, she still had the odd anxiety attack for a few years after the 2nd one.

bleg

Zen65 wrote: »

You did the right thing by remaining calm and handing over the drugs. I hope you can maintain this strong philosophical approach to dealing with the event, because anyone who has been through what you have experienced is likely to suffer some anxiety after the event, no matter how well you played the part on the day. You should not be embarrassed or afraid to seek some emotional counselling to deal with this.

Yea, I don't want to end up with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder so will be making arrangements on Monday.

Micky Dolenz

Yeah bleg, just to echo others. Keep an eye on how you feel and don't be afraid to get it off your chest with a pro.

What kinda junkie gets high on sleepy pills though? A dozy one I suppose :P

spurious

Getting very teary at what might seem to you an inappropriate time is entirely normal after a shock such as this or an accident.

Just watch out for men in cardigans asking you do you enjoy jokes.

Seriously though, you will have had a bad shock and your head will be full of what ifs over the next few days - be mindful of yourself.

bleg

anhedonia wrote: »

surley he also stole all the opioid narcotic painkillers along with the benzodiazepines?

He just shouted "Zimovane!" with a gun in my face. I wasn't going to argue.

Actually at the start I couldn't see the Zimovane but I saw Stilnoct... something similar so I said "Stilnoct are the same!! Will they do?!"

And I don't care if it was a toy gun or not, he got about €50 quids worth of stuff today. I'm not taking that chance with my life at 24 years of age.

WindSock

bleg wrote: »

He just shouted "Zimovane!" with a gun in my face. I wasn't going to argue.

Actually at the start I couldn't see the Zimovane but I saw Stilnoct... something similar so I said "Stilnoct are the same!! Will they do?!"

And I don't care if it was a toy gun or not, he got about €50 quids worth of stuff today. I'm not taking that chance with my life at 24 years of age.

Ah yeah there really is no point in trying to act a hero and save the store some cash, sure they are insured anyway. What's the point in taking such a risk for yourself. Handing over what is demanded when there is a gun (or anything else) in your face under calm is really the best course of action.

wandatowell

Jesus thats a nasty story.