I got held up at gunpoint today.

bleg · 07-01-2012 09:42PM #1

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 · 07-01-2012 09:43PM

Just glad you survived to tell the tale

Temptamperu · 07-01-2012 09:43PM

you gave me the wrong sleeping tabs :mad:

ThePower11 · 07-01-2012 09:44PM

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

44leto · 07-01-2012 09:44PM

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

membersonly · 07-01-2012 09:44PM

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 · 07-01-2012 09:45PM

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

Glad you didn't get hurt OP.

Colmo52 · 07-01-2012 09:45PM

Did you tell the gardaí?

Phill Ewinn · 07-01-2012 09:45PM

Pics etc

Kevin Duffy · 07-01-2012 09:46PM

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

dahat · 07-01-2012 09:46PM

Did he have a medical card?

themadchef · 07-01-2012 09:46PM

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

magicianz · 07-01-2012 09:47PM

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

Raging_Ninja · 07-01-2012 09:47PM

good to hear you're alright.

SteelyDanJalapeno · 07-01-2012 09:48PM

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

Ronin247 · 07-01-2012 09:49PM

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

bleg · 07-01-2012 09:49PM

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 · 07-01-2012 09:52PM

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 · 07-01-2012 09:54PM

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 · 07-01-2012 09:54PM

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 · 07-01-2012 09:56PM

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 · 07-01-2012 09:56PM

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 · 07-01-2012 09:57PM

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 · 07-01-2012 09:58PM

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

InkSlinger67 · 07-01-2012 09:58PM

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

BBDBB · 07-01-2012 09:59PM

he only wanted some Nurofen Plus!

Zen65 · 07-01-2012 10:00PM

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 · 07-01-2012 10:01PM

Junkie scum, put them all down!

Hope you're not too shaken up, OP

Agent Smith · 07-01-2012 10:01PM

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!

:pac:

Pace2008 · 07-01-2012 10:01PM

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 · 07-01-2012 10:02PM

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.

I got held up at gunpoint today.

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