Air Force Veteran foils robbery.. Then fired for it.

[Ruby the Liberal]

23. There is a reason for that policy & you should take your pseudo-macho vigilantism elsewhere

This Rambo-wannabe was fired for GOOD reason.

He could have endangered other employees if this thing went south with this stunt.

Ask anyone who has ever worked in a bank. Attempting to "foil" a robbery attempt is grounds for immediate termination for this very reason, even if it works.

Once, a bank I worked for was robbed in a morning glory and the employees were forced at gunpoint to open and enter the vault. When the police arrived, they found the suspect on the floor of the vault with a teller SITTING on him - he was totally pinned down, and she was beating the shit out of him. Punchline: She was 7 months pregnant at the time. (which makes it all the more hilarious in the mental image)

She was also fired for that the same day.

In another attempt, a black employee who had an MBA and spoke with a slight British accent was approached by a robber and went total out-of-character-ebonics and shook her head from side to side, arguing with dude, in her words "I tried to appear 'ghetto' so he would know I wasn't afraid, hoping he would back off the demand". Dude shot a 70-something year old woman waiting in the teller line as he ran out.

If those aren't enough - think of your fucking paycheck at $x per hour and the family that depends on you for emotional AND financial support.

It isn't worth the risk to you or your coworkers (or patrons) for whats in the cash register ($300? $500? meh).

Give them what they want and invest in some fuckin' security cameras.

Its. Not. Worth. A. Life. If. Things. Go. South.