You are in a bank - it is being robbed - what do you do?
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I pull out my machine gun that is cleverly hidden in my shoe and threaten them menacingly......
by "machine gun", I mean "cock" and by "shoe", I mean "pants".
by "machine gun", I mean "cock" and by "shoe", I mean "pants".
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
if i was alone, id be a hero. if i was unsure about the weapon being there, it means it would be concealed and be slow to take out. even with a weapon out, id go for it.
if i was with my wife, her safety would be my #1 priority, and since we are together pretty much 24/7 she'd be there with me. my first call of action would be to get her out of the way of the robbers and possible cross fire. most likely i would stay in front of her and hide her and shield her from any weapons.
if there was 1 guy id probably take him if i was within distance of him. if i was far away i dont think id do anything but protect my wife.
if i was with my wife, her safety would be my #1 priority, and since we are together pretty much 24/7 she'd be there with me. my first call of action would be to get her out of the way of the robbers and possible cross fire. most likely i would stay in front of her and hide her and shield her from any weapons.
if there was 1 guy id probably take him if i was within distance of him. if i was far away i dont think id do anything but protect my wife.
If they weren't armed I'd try and beat the shit out of them and hope for others to help me. Them taking insured money - not my problem, insuring innocent people... I would rather try to help, than feel guilty for not doing so for the rest of my life. But who would rob a bank unarmed anyway....
dave_rhino
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DrMotorcity
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start whistling the mission impossible theme tune or any other situation related theme tune and see if anyone gets it...
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Unless I felt my life, or everyone elses lives were in danger... I wouldn't be doing a damn thing. I'd stay down and out of site, and let them do what they came to do and be on their way. Let the people who get paid to be heroes be the heroes.
Now if they were some assholes that had a death wish and were gonna shoot everyone in the bank one by one, then you'd better believe I'd think of something to take them out. Im not gonna sit by and let a massacre happen.
Now if they were some assholes that had a death wish and were gonna shoot everyone in the bank one by one, then you'd better believe I'd think of something to take them out. Im not gonna sit by and let a massacre happen.
I'd hide behind the big sofa in the corner. And if it's one of those cheapskate banks that doesn't have a big sofa in the corner then I'd hide behind something else that's big.
How 'bout hiding in the safe. I mean, it is called a "safe"...
I don't have enough information on the situation. If I was unarmed, which regular people are never allowed to be in a financial institution as far as I know, and it seemed very likely they weren't going to hurt anybody, I would probably have no choice but to do nothing as death is a likely possibility if I did. The risk of dying compared to the reward of stopping them from taking a minor amount of money doesn't seem worth it. If I did think they were going to hurt somebody else or me I would have to act. I would sit there and wait to die.
This all reminds me of a cool left wing T-shirt I saw in a catalog once which had on it "Who are the real criminals people who rob banks or people who own them" lol.Otherwise I would be behind the couch like someone said earlier.Its only money which the bank is insured for and also trying any silly heroics puts the employees and other customers in all kind of risks and I don't think any law enforcement would suggest any resistance.People are lucky that banks aren't robbed the style they were in the early 30's.Baby Face Nelson who was reportly an expert with a Thompson machine gun is reported to have said "I've got my own way of taking banks. I come in shooting, I kill everyone inside and I grab the dough."He said this method made for less witnesses lol.
Ax3C
Banned
Heh, good one, BNF. :hatsoff:
Given that I HAVE been in a bank while a robbery was in progress (TWICE, I might add), my answer is now what it was then ...
~ Do nothing but what they ask.
~ Don't delude yourself into thinking that you're some sort of Chuck Norris or Bruce Willis-wannabe and try to kick their asses while disarming them and saving the day. They're desperate and they're nervous and they're not going to hesitate when it comes to saving their own asses and putting some rounds into your thick, dumb-ass skull.
~ Say nothing more to them than the situation calls for. A chatty or belligerent person makes an unstable person that much more nervous and jittery.
~ Don't look them in the eye or stare; they WILL see it as a sign of aggression.
~ Be mindful of all that is happening. Observe everything ... if you can. Remember their movements, what they looked like (general appearance, body size, hair color, eye color, etc.) how they are dressed, their voices, and how many there are. You will need this information when you are being interviewed by the detectives.
Trust me. Back when I was a store manager of a Blockbuster Video (many years ago), I was involved (victim-wise) in TWO (2) bank robbery attempts ... plus my store was robbed two consecutive Christmases. I've stared down a sawed-off shotgun and I don't care to EVER repeat that experience again in my life. :eek:
Given that I HAVE been in a bank while a robbery was in progress (TWICE, I might add), my answer is now what it was then ...
~ Do nothing but what they ask.
~ Don't delude yourself into thinking that you're some sort of Chuck Norris or Bruce Willis-wannabe and try to kick their asses while disarming them and saving the day. They're desperate and they're nervous and they're not going to hesitate when it comes to saving their own asses and putting some rounds into your thick, dumb-ass skull.
~ Say nothing more to them than the situation calls for. A chatty or belligerent person makes an unstable person that much more nervous and jittery.
~ Don't look them in the eye or stare; they WILL see it as a sign of aggression.
~ Be mindful of all that is happening. Observe everything ... if you can. Remember their movements, what they looked like (general appearance, body size, hair color, eye color, etc.) how they are dressed, their voices, and how many there are. You will need this information when you are being interviewed by the detectives.
Trust me. Back when I was a store manager of a Blockbuster Video (many years ago), I was involved (victim-wise) in TWO (2) bank robbery attempts ... plus my store was robbed two consecutive Christmases. I've stared down a sawed-off shotgun and I don't care to EVER repeat that experience again in my life. :eek:
bigbadbrody
Banned
I'd get the fuck outta the bank
What are you doing now that numerous governments ignore people's rights or prevent them from being? Governments, neighbours, uncle Ronny (with this one I mean every uncle Ronny).
The bank being robbed is of least importance, but the "television" insists that this incident is outrageous, it's against the law and common sense, those people involved are unethical.
However, I keep feeling that I'm the most unethical of them, I ignore all others, I just ramble about their rights like a saviour and a prophet. I really don't know what we are leaving for, the same way Freddie Mercury asks himself on "The show must go on".
The show goes on and I do nothing, cause I don't care, I don't have a reason to, maybe sometimes for some strange reasons (things that seem illogical) I tend to want to help -for a moment-, "and the moment's gone" (from another song).
Isn't that right?
Good post and good advice too.
When I have attended 'Conduct under capture' briefs, and something they always tell us is "survive with honour". The same rules can be applied here to a point.
This doesn't mean you have to be a hero, but its vitally important to be able to live with yourself once the situation has passed.
If innocent people were killed and their was something you felt you could have done to prevent it from happening for instance trying to defuse the tension, create time, or any opputuinity that may arise and still survive then you need to take that opputunity or you can do nothing and hope you survive.
It may be that their is nothing to be done except reassure the other victims around you, what ever it is, the aim is to survive and do it with honour.
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