+1, and since most phones have a video camera built in, you can gather some good evidence while you're sitting there watching.bzo311 wrote:I think that if you witness something like the OP did, with that first customer getting into a shoving match with the bum, and continued to watch as more innocent people get taken by surprise and don't call 911, you're wrong. Especially when you have the unique option of being totally anonymous to the offender and removed from any threat while you make the call. A simple call to 911 doesn't hurt anyone even if they inform you it is not an emergency.
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- Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:40 pm
- Forum: Never Again!!
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- Sun Mar 14, 2010 3:03 am
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Around here, they call those "employees." Why they don't put an employee smoking area around back by the loading docks, I don't know, but it's creepy having a half-dozen or more shady-looking types hanging out and chain smoking just outside the doors at 2AM for no apparent reason, then later spot several of them stocking shelves.randomoutburst wrote:They were watching everyone as they entered the store and made me immediately uncomfortable. I told the greeter when I walked in and he said he'd get security to tell them to move on.
- Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:30 pm
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If the intent was to cause you to feel threatened so you'd give him money, then it's robbery, regardless of your veiled personal attacks.gigag04 wrote:Depending on what exactly constitutes acting in an aggressive manner, feeling threatened doesn't justify the threat of deadly force, despite what professional internet experts will say.