Or, What The Heck Is The Matter With People?
So, over in my pseudo neighborhood of E.Nashville, a rapidly gentrifying area (read rich yuppies moving in displacing the old trash), one of my neighbors built himself and his wife a new bakery. The bakery has done well as a little neighborhood place and everyone likes it. When they were renovating a guy walked in and mugged two workmen who were there. Oh well.
Last week I found out that some guy (not the same one) came in during business hours with a hood on his head, jumped the register, told them he had a gun, and proceeded to chase the owner before making off with the cash receipts. (How much money can you get from a bakery? I dunno. Maybe it was the dough).
So the other day I went in to talk to the guy because we're friendly and sort of neighbors and he's a fellow MOT. And I said, you know, criminals are like cats: if you feed them they'll come back again. He said, yeah he knew something like that but hoped it was an isolated incident. I said, y'know, Mr Weiss who owns the liquor store had one hold up attempt. The robber found himself staring at the wrong end of Mr. Weiss's 12ga pump and he hasmt had any problems since them. A liquor store is a different business, my friend says.
I have a shotgun I really have no use for, I tell him. I didnt pay much for it and it doesnt work real well but it would work well enough to protect you if something like this happened again. I'd be happy to give it to you and even teach you how to use it. No, he says. Honestly I hate guns and they scare me.
So this guy, who works there alone with his wife, is more afraid of a shotgun in his hands than a bad guy who has already had one succesful hit on his store. What is wrong with people??? :banghead:
So, over in my pseudo neighborhood of E.Nashville, a rapidly gentrifying area (read rich yuppies moving in displacing the old trash), one of my neighbors built himself and his wife a new bakery. The bakery has done well as a little neighborhood place and everyone likes it. When they were renovating a guy walked in and mugged two workmen who were there. Oh well.
Last week I found out that some guy (not the same one) came in during business hours with a hood on his head, jumped the register, told them he had a gun, and proceeded to chase the owner before making off with the cash receipts. (How much money can you get from a bakery? I dunno. Maybe it was the dough).
So the other day I went in to talk to the guy because we're friendly and sort of neighbors and he's a fellow MOT. And I said, you know, criminals are like cats: if you feed them they'll come back again. He said, yeah he knew something like that but hoped it was an isolated incident. I said, y'know, Mr Weiss who owns the liquor store had one hold up attempt. The robber found himself staring at the wrong end of Mr. Weiss's 12ga pump and he hasmt had any problems since them. A liquor store is a different business, my friend says.
I have a shotgun I really have no use for, I tell him. I didnt pay much for it and it doesnt work real well but it would work well enough to protect you if something like this happened again. I'd be happy to give it to you and even teach you how to use it. No, he says. Honestly I hate guns and they scare me.
So this guy, who works there alone with his wife, is more afraid of a shotgun in his hands than a bad guy who has already had one succesful hit on his store. What is wrong with people??? :banghead:
