Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

[Brandwin]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30966626/?gt1=43001

FORT SMITH, Ark. - A convenience store clerk wouldn't open the register for a robber but gave the man $40 from his own pocket after the robber told him he needed the money for insulin.
Police were called Monday night to the E-Z Mart, where the clerk explained that a man he didn't know entered the store and lifted his shirt to display a pistol tucked in his waistband.
The clerk said the man told him, "I hate to do this," and told him he needed $40 from the register.

The clerk said money in the register wasn't his to give. It was then the robber said the money was for insulin. The robber accepted the money from the clerk's wallet, thanked him and shook his hand.
Police are searching for the robber.

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

If it's true, it's pathetic that a person has to go to that extent for something that should be given to him for free.

[~LiverpoolRed~]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

The robber doesn't have any family or friends that could lend him 40 bucks? Now you have a criminal record all over a measly 40 bucks!

[JBH3]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

Off topic but just saw this on CNN. A man who robbed a convenience store w/ a sword.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw....21efb7a4.html

[N51_rob]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

Off topic but just saw this on CNN. A man who robbed a convenience store w/ a sword.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw....21efb7a4.html

WTF was he a highlander?

[CWSapp757]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

WTF was he a highlander?

LMAO. That is the first thing that came to my mind when I read that. Hilarious.

[bowdown2shadi]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

Very, VERY familiar story right here. Seen it on TV, and thought of this thread.

Heres the story -

A Long Island convenience store owner confronted by a bat-wielding would-be robber said Tuesday he decided to show mercy on the man after he collapsed in tears claiming he was only committing the crime to support his starving family.

Instead of getting loot from a stickup, the store owner provided the man with $40 and a loaf of bread, but only if he promised never to rob again.

"This was a grown man, crying like a baby," Mohammad Sohail, owner of the Shirley Express convenience store about 65 miles east of New York City, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

The man dropped the bread, picked up the bat and tucked the $40 into his waistband before fleeing, said Suffolk County Police Sgt. John Best.

Sohail, who moved to the United States from Pakistan about 20 years ago, said he was getting ready to close his store shortly after midnight on May 21 when the man in his 40s entered with a bat in his hand. Sohail said he tried to stall for a moment and then grabbed a rifle he keeps behind the counter and ordered the assailant to drop the bat.

The would-be thief dropped to his knees and begged for forgiveness, Sohail said.

"He started crying that he was out of work and was trying to feed his hungry family," he said. "I felt bad for him. I mean, this wasn't some kid."

He said he tossed $40 to the man, who then stood up and told Sohail he wanted to become a fellow Muslim. Sohail said he then pretended to swear the man into the Muslim faith and two ended up shaking hands.

Sohail said he went to the back of the store to get some milk to give to the man, but when he returned the man had fled. He said he called police and reported the attempted robbery, but doesn't want to press charges if the man is ever caught.

Best said detectives have reviewed a store surveillance video of the attempted holdup, but said it would be difficult for anyone to identify the suspect because he was wearing a mask.

Sohail, who said he had never been the victim of a robbery attempt, said he didn't expect any accolades for what he had done.

"I'm a very little man. I just did a good job," said the married father of one. "I have a good feeling in my heart. I feel very good."

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[bowdown2shadi]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

Come to think of it, the only similar part is the $40.

[deaduck]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

You know what I find strange...

I can't remember the last time I even had 40 actual dollars in my wallet. Do everything with a debit card nowadays.

Is it normal to have 40 in your wallet?

[pfunk880]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

You know what I find strange...

I can't remember the last time I even had 40 actual dollars in my wallet. Do everything with a debit card nowadays.

Is it normal to have 40 in your wallet?

I do, more often then not.

Don't mug me!

[J0nnD0ugh]

Re: Clerk gives robber $40 of his own for insulin

Unfortunately, people hear stories like this & might try to rob a store expecting sympathy.

People do not despise a thief just because he commits thievery to fill his soul when he is hungry. But, when found, he will make it good with seven times as much; all the valuables of his house he will give.

I sympathize, I really do. But there are alot of programs the government has that can help. Family that can help. Charities that can help. Robbery ain't the answer.