Bank Robbery - False Alarm

[thegriz]

I was at the local credit union in Abilene TX when the manager came out to the teller line and said in a hushed voice, "somebody hit the alarm".

I looked around but didn't see anybody suspicious. All I had was my itty bitty Kel Tec 380. Within 45 seconds a police officer was standing in front the building with an AR questioning the manager.

He had backup with another car pulling up as I walked out.

Wow. His rifle was beautiful, too.

It was just a teller who bumped the alarm by accident. Hardly anybody even noticed inside the building.

 

[Rickstir]

Happened to me about 30 years ago. Before ATMs. I was in a bank on a Saturday morning getting some cash for a business trip. No one knew the silent alarm had been triggered. I was the only customer in the bank. In comes the detectives with shotguns aimed at me I froze, naturally. The manager said there was no problem but they searched the bank anyway. I was a little jumpy the rest of the day.