Almost, yes, and yes. First, I was eighteen and in the wrong place. I was approached by three individuals who were threatening me. I reached inside my jacket and said that the first one who touched me would be shot. One of the guys said "show us the gun". I responded that he would see it as I shot him. They backed off, and I took off. I was unarmed at the time, but the thought that I might have a weapon was a good enough deterrent.
The first "yes", I was head teller in a bank. It was at the end of the day, and only myself and a new (her first week) girl were open. I saw a man come in and start filling out a deposit ticket. In two years of working at the bank I had never felt that we were going to be robbed. However, I KNEW this guy was going to rob us. To this day I still don't know why. I rushed to finish with my customer so he would come to my window instead of the new girls. Sure enough, he had a revolver and said "give me all you big bills". I gave him my "bait" money, then I put a $50 on a stack of ones, and a $20 on another stack of ones. He took off with less than $300, and was captured a week later robbing another bank.
The second "yes", was when I was a night auditor/front desk manager at a hotel. Our ex security officer came behind the counter with a knife and demanded the money from the register. I had known this guy for over a year, and he even lived in the hotel. I was sure it was a joke. He said that he had written so many bad checks that he was going to go to jail anyway. Like an idiot, I even allowed him to tie me up in the back. When I got untied, I called 911. I told the responding officer who the thief was, and he told me that all the thief would have needed to do was to slit my throat after he tied me up, and there would have been no witnesses. I hadn't thought about that, but now know that there is NO WAY I would let myself get tied up again.
The first "yes", I was head teller in a bank. It was at the end of the day, and only myself and a new (her first week) girl were open. I saw a man come in and start filling out a deposit ticket. In two years of working at the bank I had never felt that we were going to be robbed. However, I KNEW this guy was going to rob us. To this day I still don't know why. I rushed to finish with my customer so he would come to my window instead of the new girls. Sure enough, he had a revolver and said "give me all you big bills". I gave him my "bait" money, then I put a $50 on a stack of ones, and a $20 on another stack of ones. He took off with less than $300, and was captured a week later robbing another bank.
The second "yes", was when I was a night auditor/front desk manager at a hotel. Our ex security officer came behind the counter with a knife and demanded the money from the register. I had known this guy for over a year, and he even lived in the hotel. I was sure it was a joke. He said that he had written so many bad checks that he was going to go to jail anyway. Like an idiot, I even allowed him to tie me up in the back. When I got untied, I called 911. I told the responding officer who the thief was, and he told me that all the thief would have needed to do was to slit my throat after he tied me up, and there would have been no witnesses. I hadn't thought about that, but now know that there is NO WAY I would let myself get tied up again.
