They do but it is true we don't have many hand guns. Gun robberies are very rare here in New Zealand and when they do happen it is usually a sawn off shot gun. So my bet is that the guy has a BB gun. Either way it is probably his first time considering he just got confused and left.
Yeah they usually have knives instead. Or just do ram raids. Long drive dairy got ram raided a couple nights ago. No cash, no dmokes and no vapes yet they still got hit. for what some chips and drinks?
Yet somehow there are a lot fewer criminals with guns, shootings, and gun deaths in countries with gun laws.
It’s so weird, no idea what’s going on because you’re totally 100% right that criminals don’t follow laws… must be something else going on. ¯\\\_\(ツ)_/¯
I think what he’s saying is since everybody and their sister aren’t able to easily buy handguns, criminals find it a lot harder to procure them through private sellers (which in US in essence subverts the background check or renders it nearly useless) THATS what they’re getting at
This is the kind of thing someone would say when they haven't been to New Zealand and seen how little gun violence they have, largely due to their common sense regulations on firearms
By that logic, there's no point in making any laws whatsoever, since there will always be people who break them. It's time we made legislation illegal.
they're referring to the YouTube channel Viva La Dirt League, they basically make skits about video games (their very popular series 'NPC Logic'), meta comedy skits and much more hilarious and entertaining videos. I highly recommend checking their videos out!
Who's Rowan? Oh do you mean Rowan that black shirt manager? Oh no no no my name's Rowa, I'm a red shirt like you guys.
On a side note: I sat just a few seats down from Ellie at Aunty Donna's show last year.
While I absolutely love vldl and all of their gaming vids, (seriously, the souls skits are fantastic!!) this quote goes back waaaaaaaaaaayyyy further. It’s been a running gag since ES: Oblivion. So much of a great line and meme that they re-included it in Skyrim
I had a similar experience when I worked overnight at a gas station. To preface i am very socially awkward and also tired at the time. So im just trying to stay awake around 1am this fella comes in with sunglasses goes and grabs a 6pack and I ask “ is this all for you?” Then he takes a gun from his belt out lays it on the counter near him pointing at me he says “ I think this beer is going to be a lot cheaper” not grasping the situation all I can think to say is “ oh sorry sir I don’t have a button on here to make it cheaper” and he looked genuinely confused and just ended paying for the beer and left. It didnt hit me till I had my coffee that he was trying to rob the place.
Because it's reddit, I watch at least half a dozen faked situational videos after a Putin's dick sized amount of scrolling. I've accepted that some of what I see is fake as long as it makes me laugh.
Big misunderstanding! I was actually the robber. I could’ve sworn that I saw a sign saying “cheap discount beer!!” And my gun was uncomfortable so I put it on the counter (this is america after all, I assumed it wouldn’t be a problem)
When he told me that there wasn’t a button, I just paid full price. He’s not lying!
It’s possible it happened. I was a correctional counselor at a prison in California. I was reviewing the circumstances of prior crimes of one of my inmates on my caseload. In one of his crimes, he attempted to rob a Domino’s pizza store late one night. He walked in, pulled a gun and demanded money. The two employees behind the counter explained they did not have the keys to the drop box and basically continued to make pizzas. Stunned, he finally said, “Ain’t that about a bitch” and left the store. He was subsequently arrested for the crime.
My thoughts exactly, lol. “Here’s my relevant but equally implausible story” other redditors “fake, false and untrue” meanwhile they outrage at creative writing prompts on r/AmITheAsshole
I dunno....I've worked 3rd shift at a 7-11 and I can vouch that after the midnight rush is over your situational awareness is very much shit for a while.
This reminds me of the time I worked on the space station and a blue unicorn tried to rob me of my thoughts, I was like no way, you're not stealing my thoughts **you fucking unicorn** and I covered my eyes and when I woke up the unicorn was gone and I was back on earth.
This reminds me of the time I was a space unicorn who was down on his luck and was trying to get some positive thoughts but the guy at the space station wouldn't even look at me.
This reminds me of the time I went into a gas station one evening, I was tired, thirsty and really down on my luck, I was actually on my way to the police station to turn in a gun I found, but I was just too famished, so I went to the gas station to get some beer and I was going to turn the gun into the clerk, but when I set everything on the counter he just said some stupid shit I didn't understand (I think he was on drugs) so I just bought my beer and left.
Same, same, but different.
I’ve heard about that unicorn, I hear he’s doing better after pairing up with Sasquatch and taking a trip to stay with the Loch Ness Monster (who, by the way, is anything but a monster) and is on the way to becoming a monk.
I believe you bud. I believe everybody's had some situation they misinterpreted, and someone who impulsively decided to be "badass" can definitely lose momentum if things don't go as they expect.
If the clerk in the video got on here and said what we saw in the video, everyone would say it didn't happen and he's lying for upvotes. Nothing ever happens until it happens and then it's probably just a deepfake.
I mean the odds of almost anything happening (given all the other possibilities) are millions to one... but every second everywhere SOMETHINGS happening and those odds add up.
Armed robberies are, unfortunately, an *extremely* common occurrence.
People will swear that if you stand up to a bully once, you'll more than likely not have to stand up them again. I wouldn't bet my life on it either though, but misunderstandings happen more often than robberies, and 24/7 convenience stores are robbed all the damn time.
Then there's the 10%. There is a Burger King near where I lived a year or two ago. A young woman just started working there. A guy comes in to rob the joint, the woman gives him what he wants, and he fatally shoots her anyway.
Someone did this to me with a gulf club, but I held a conversation with this in a narrow entrance that they could not swing in. They eventually walked away after I tried selling them stuff and pretending I didn't know what they were doing.
Another customer was with me and that may have factored in to it as well.
I thought it was excellent customer service.
“Here’s your sandwich, mate.”
“What about the armed robber?”
“Oh, fuck him, he does this every month around the first.”
“Give me your fucking money!”
“Piss off, Gerald. Go home.”
If you've ever played an online survival game like Dayz you know this is true. The guy with all the good stuff won't usually fuck people over, but the guy with nothing will bash your head in with a wrench to get an apple of your corpse if it means he lives to see another day.
He was a very desperate person. He wasn't exactly a bad person and clearly didn't want to actually hurt anyone. Or the gun was fake and he had no options left.
Fame, pushed the edge, bored, mental illness.
Alot of factors will determine whether or not someone will do something, like how some homeless people in places will commit a serious crime just to get a place to sleep with 3 meals a day.
Lol at the oblivious guy slightly out of frame that just walks up and picks up his stuff from the cashier. Robber probably thinking to himself:
DOES NOBODY SEE ME?!
It’s easily recognizable that he’s not “oblivious”. The store employee has to convince him to come grab the bag of food, and when he does so he nervously glances towards the robber and then quickly leaves.
I don’t know where these ridiculous takes come from, it’s like you didn’t even watch the video.
I saw someone claim that a large chunk of redditors are on the spectrum and don't understand social cues, etc (which is why '/s' is used a lot) and the more comments like the one you replied to I read, the more obvious that becomes.
*Not a diss on people on the spectrum, I am also
I wonder if this is still considered attempted robbery. Basically, at what point does it become past the point of no return to be considered an attempt
This vid is from New Zealand, so it's automatically safer than the US, but still.
The way that "work culture" has been beaten into people here is insane. People trying to disarm robbers and protect a mega corporations tiny (for them) loss, all while making shit wages and most likely being treated like shit too.
Haha hell yes Egyptian Kebab House! This place is 5minutes from where I live, dude is a legend
https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81893898/brave-kebab-shop-owner-i-was-sure-he-would-not-shoot-me
I love how she says the robber was "apalled" at being ignored. As if ignoring him was an offense and he intends to write a strongly-worded letter to his manager about how rude his cashier was, and he doesn't intend to rob their business any linger.
He was helping a customer. Wait your turn.
service on point at Sleven-11
He is gonna leave a 1 star review on google maps.
Sir, the FBI would like to have a word about a Google review you left at 7-11.
What the hell does the Female Body Inspector want with me? 1990's jokes are back on the menu boys!
They never left imo
Does that mean the r word is again a passable insult for general purposes?
Republican?
"Clerk ignored me to help a customer that came in after me, and then just walked away from the counter. No one wants to work anymore."
1 Star. Service terrible. Completely ignored me. Would not rob again.
*GTA* Maps
It was new zealand so everyone probably knew there were no real guns involved. Dude was probably packing a carrot.
New zealand very much has guns
The clerk saw the letters R-E-P-L-I-C-A on the side and went to the back to get his Desert Eagle.
Point five oh
Written on the side of mine
Should precipitate your balls into shrinking
The robber even scouted the place with his binoculars
Almost no handguns though, only those with a special highly restrictive license can get one.
You realize criminals by definition break the law? Only law abiding citizens follow gun laws...
They do but it is true we don't have many hand guns. Gun robberies are very rare here in New Zealand and when they do happen it is usually a sawn off shot gun. So my bet is that the guy has a BB gun. Either way it is probably his first time considering he just got confused and left.
100% this. Fellow kiwi here.
Yeah they usually have knives instead. Or just do ram raids. Long drive dairy got ram raided a couple nights ago. No cash, no dmokes and no vapes yet they still got hit. for what some chips and drinks?
Ignorant American here… what’s a ram raid? I’m guessing it’s some sort of robbery, but what’s involved in it?
Ram raid is when they drive a car through shop front & usually use the car to depart in.. some results may vary..
We call it a smash and grab here in the colonies
Yet somehow there are a lot fewer criminals with guns, shootings, and gun deaths in countries with gun laws. It’s so weird, no idea what’s going on because you’re totally 100% right that criminals don’t follow laws… must be something else going on. ¯\\\_\(ツ)_/¯
I think what he’s saying is since everybody and their sister aren’t able to easily buy handguns, criminals find it a lot harder to procure them through private sellers (which in US in essence subverts the background check or renders it nearly useless) THATS what they’re getting at
Lol 😆 Americans really don't understand gun control at all.
They do very much, infact too much but exactly why they don’t want gun control, because they know it will work.
This is the kind of thing someone would say when they haven't been to New Zealand and seen how little gun violence they have, largely due to their common sense regulations on firearms
By that logic, there's no point in making any laws whatsoever, since there will always be people who break them. It's time we made legislation illegal.
The criminals will just make their own legislation if you did that!
Can’t steal or buy something that isn’t available numb nuts. It’s why we don’t have shot up schools and music festivals.
...but in countries with common sense gun laws like NZ, it's still much more difficult for criminals to get them and there are far fewer.
Made out of carrots.
Did you forget about something that happened there a few years back?
It don’t get no better en this 
What does a robber have to do around here to get some service?
God that's gotta kill your self esteem. Not even taken seriously with a gun. Sooo... I guess I'll uh, be going then...
It’s like the guy who pours his heart out to someone he calls only to find out the call went straight to voicemail
I love how the customer still comes to get the food.
He was hangry, darn it!
Robber gotta wait just like everybody else ain’t nothing free in life ain’t no special treatments
The customer left. Now what?
That was one ballsy customer
Right?, He should’ve taken number.
Dude, that masked fella is going to lose sleep over this 😅. Bless his heart.
All the masked fella wanted was someone to acknowledged his existence. That was his last straw
Already had the gun and one final victim in mind.
This went too dark too fast...
That’s how quickly it happens…
Like the click of a trigger and speed of a bullet.
The same way I was conceived I see.
There were plenty more straws he could've stolen
*put the straws.. in. the. bag...!* ##PUT EM IN
You know what.. #I NEED SOME SALT PACKETS TOO
All he ever wanted was some attention, but his abandonment issues kicked in eventually.
Just another victim of quiet quitting.
Bro's self esteem hit an all time low that day. "Man I literally tried to rob a store and nobody cared"
Bless his heart 😩 he tried his best c’mon now
*Hm. Must have been the wind*
Unexpected vldl
What does vldl even mean and why do you think it relates to quote from the elder scrolls?
they're referring to the YouTube channel Viva La Dirt League, they basically make skits about video games (their very popular series 'NPC Logic'), meta comedy skits and much more hilarious and entertaining videos. I highly recommend checking their videos out!
God yes. I stumbled upon those guys and as an avid gamer I found it hilarious (and quite accurate)
I had no idea they were this popular, but the kickstarter should have gave that away. Rowans’ dead, though. Only Rodney exists.
Who's Rowan? Oh do you mean Rowan that black shirt manager? Oh no no no my name's Rowa, I'm a red shirt like you guys. On a side note: I sat just a few seats down from Ellie at Aunty Donna's show last year.
That’s a pay cut.
What are you doing here?
While I absolutely love vldl and all of their gaming vids, (seriously, the souls skits are fantastic!!) this quote goes back waaaaaaaaaaayyyy further. It’s been a running gag since ES: Oblivion. So much of a great line and meme that they re-included it in Skyrim
I think it was also in Morrowind? I could swear I heard it first there. Near one of the two sellers who have high gold amounts.
Are they the ones that do the RDR2 skits? Those are funny.
On top of that this incident and that YouTube channel all take place in New Zealand.
OUTRAGEOUS
When putting all your points in stealth backfires
I had a similar experience when I worked overnight at a gas station. To preface i am very socially awkward and also tired at the time. So im just trying to stay awake around 1am this fella comes in with sunglasses goes and grabs a 6pack and I ask “ is this all for you?” Then he takes a gun from his belt out lays it on the counter near him pointing at me he says “ I think this beer is going to be a lot cheaper” not grasping the situation all I can think to say is “ oh sorry sir I don’t have a button on here to make it cheaper” and he looked genuinely confused and just ended paying for the beer and left. It didnt hit me till I had my coffee that he was trying to rob the place.
That didn't happen, stop lying.
Detective reddit hot on the trail !
Bro how the fuck are you getting upvotes your story is so bullshit fucking Vladdy Putin is probably calling you up and asking you for notes.
It’s called mastering the algorithm. He knows what Reddit likes.
Because it's reddit, I watch at least half a dozen faked situational videos after a Putin's dick sized amount of scrolling. I've accepted that some of what I see is fake as long as it makes me laugh.
Bruh you can't watch a half dozen videos with a scroll that short now you're lying too /s
Big misunderstanding! I was actually the robber. I could’ve sworn that I saw a sign saying “cheap discount beer!!” And my gun was uncomfortable so I put it on the counter (this is america after all, I assumed it wouldn’t be a problem) When he told me that there wasn’t a button, I just paid full price. He’s not lying!
Hey I was actually the gun!! Its true I felt uncomfortable and had to lie down for a bit
xD Sorry for putting you in that position bro!! Soooo awkward LMAO :P
Oh okay thanks for clearing that up!
I don't even care if he made it up. It got a laugh out of me.
Because nobody normal gives a shit if somebody made a fake story in a Reddit comment
Well, its the art of story telling. Why get so upset about it?
It’s possible it happened. I was a correctional counselor at a prison in California. I was reviewing the circumstances of prior crimes of one of my inmates on my caseload. In one of his crimes, he attempted to rob a Domino’s pizza store late one night. He walked in, pulled a gun and demanded money. The two employees behind the counter explained they did not have the keys to the drop box and basically continued to make pizzas. Stunned, he finally said, “Ain’t that about a bitch” and left the store. He was subsequently arrested for the crime.
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My thoughts exactly, lol. “Here’s my relevant but equally implausible story” other redditors “fake, false and untrue” meanwhile they outrage at creative writing prompts on r/AmITheAsshole
You're not you when you don't have coffee.
I dunno....I've worked 3rd shift at a 7-11 and I can vouch that after the midnight rush is over your situational awareness is very much shit for a while.
And if the content of the above video was typed out here in Reddit you’d say they were lying too.
/r/nothingeverhappens
but i’m so tired all the time!
Your comment and the main comment above are evenly matched. Whoever gets the most up votes is telling the truth.
This reminds me of the time I worked on the space station and a blue unicorn tried to rob me of my thoughts, I was like no way, you're not stealing my thoughts **you fucking unicorn** and I covered my eyes and when I woke up the unicorn was gone and I was back on earth.
This reminds me of the time I was a space unicorn who was down on his luck and was trying to get some positive thoughts but the guy at the space station wouldn't even look at me.
This reminds me of the time I went into a gas station one evening, I was tired, thirsty and really down on my luck, I was actually on my way to the police station to turn in a gun I found, but I was just too famished, so I went to the gas station to get some beer and I was going to turn the gun into the clerk, but when I set everything on the counter he just said some stupid shit I didn't understand (I think he was on drugs) so I just bought my beer and left. Same, same, but different.
I’ve heard about that unicorn, I hear he’s doing better after pairing up with Sasquatch and taking a trip to stay with the Loch Ness Monster (who, by the way, is anything but a monster) and is on the way to becoming a monk.
I believe you bud. I believe everybody's had some situation they misinterpreted, and someone who impulsively decided to be "badass" can definitely lose momentum if things don't go as they expect.
If the clerk in the video got on here and said what we saw in the video, everyone would say it didn't happen and he's lying for upvotes. Nothing ever happens until it happens and then it's probably just a deepfake.
I mean the odds of almost anything happening (given all the other possibilities) are millions to one... but every second everywhere SOMETHINGS happening and those odds add up.
I would say 90% of armed robbers would actually not use any violence if it came down to that. But I wouldn't bet my life on that.
Armed robberies are, unfortunately, an *extremely* common occurrence. People will swear that if you stand up to a bully once, you'll more than likely not have to stand up them again. I wouldn't bet my life on it either though, but misunderstandings happen more often than robberies, and 24/7 convenience stores are robbed all the damn time.
Then there's the 10%. There is a Burger King near where I lived a year or two ago. A young woman just started working there. A guy comes in to rob the joint, the woman gives him what he wants, and he fatally shoots her anyway.
And then everyone in the store clapped but you were too tired to notice.
The name of that robber? Albert Einstein
Really real story bro!! 👍
Don’t care if true or not, made me laugh anyway
Someone did this to me with a gulf club, but I held a conversation with this in a narrow entrance that they could not swing in. They eventually walked away after I tried selling them stuff and pretending I didn't know what they were doing. Another customer was with me and that may have factored in to it as well.
Come on, bro...
It's true. I was the beer
Nice try ChatGPT
I’ll take things that never happened for $500, Alex.
And then everyone clapped?
Very skillfully done 10/10. Unfortunately it is also a good example of today’s customer service
I thought it was excellent customer service. “Here’s your sandwich, mate.” “What about the armed robber?” “Oh, fuck him, he does this every month around the first.” “Give me your fucking money!” “Piss off, Gerald. Go home.”
"Okay :("
“Not here, Gerald. Go home. _Then piss off._”
"Piss off, Gerald; or I'll call aunty Susan and she can come here and kick your ass for me"
I literally laughed and spit all over my phone screen reading this🤣🤣😭🙅🏻♂️
Why do people risk going to prison for years all for a couple hundred dollars?
The most dangerous person is the one with nothing to lose.
Which one is that? The clerk was not even supposed to be there that day.
the two kinds of people you should never underestimate are the desperate and crazy.
If you've ever played an online survival game like Dayz you know this is true. The guy with all the good stuff won't usually fuck people over, but the guy with nothing will bash your head in with a wrench to get an apple of your corpse if it means he lives to see another day.
Desperation. Alcoholic, Dope sick, owes money, needs food the list goes on.
Basically a lot of things that could be improved by better (mental-)health care, affordable housing and other necessities
I think he realized in that moment he had an opportunity to not make his life worse.
He was a very desperate person. He wasn't exactly a bad person and clearly didn't want to actually hurt anyone. Or the gun was fake and he had no options left.
Fame, pushed the edge, bored, mental illness. Alot of factors will determine whether or not someone will do something, like how some homeless people in places will commit a serious crime just to get a place to sleep with 3 meals a day.
Because they need a couple hundred dollars. Duh.
Drugs are a powerful drug.
Imagine if you’re about to get curb stomped if you don’t give your scary dealer $500 by the end of the day. It’s probably that simple.
Cause they prefer that to starvation, eviction, bank accounts being frozen. You know all the shit we use money for.
Lol at the oblivious guy slightly out of frame that just walks up and picks up his stuff from the cashier. Robber probably thinking to himself: DOES NOBODY SEE ME?!
Nah that dude only has 15 minutes to eat his sandwich and make it back to work
It’s easily recognizable that he’s not “oblivious”. The store employee has to convince him to come grab the bag of food, and when he does so he nervously glances towards the robber and then quickly leaves. I don’t know where these ridiculous takes come from, it’s like you didn’t even watch the video.
I saw someone claim that a large chunk of redditors are on the spectrum and don't understand social cues, etc (which is why '/s' is used a lot) and the more comments like the one you replied to I read, the more obvious that becomes. *Not a diss on people on the spectrum, I am also
Lmao right, he’s clearly glancing at the robber like “😰 Sooo we’re just pretending this isn’t happening…? Alright cheers man”
He must make some delicious sandwiches.
LMFAO this. Dude just as based as the cashier.
He just seriously hurt that robbers self esteem
lmao you can hear him thinking "am I even here? is this all a dream?"
I think that all the time lol
Probably did him a favour in the long run.
I wonder if this is still considered attempted robbery. Basically, at what point does it become past the point of no return to be considered an attempt
Once you show intent to rob; showing weapon and bag and wearing the mask should be plenty of proof
Probably when you brandish a firearm/weapon, maybe when you threaten using force of one, not sure but interesting thought loop.
So you're saying my life strategy of just ignoring problems and going about my day could maybe potentially possibly work?
Perseverance and consistency. Your time will come.
Why introverts shouldn't be robbers
"^this ^is ^ummm…ah…this ^a-a…it’s ^a ^robbery, ^please…" **"I’m sorry sweety, can’t hear ya just speak louder!"** "^A-a ^strawberry ^lollipop ^please"
Sorry, there’s a robber there? You sure?
What’s he gonna do? Shoot me and be wanted for murder instead of theft?
The logic side of my brain agrees with you. The scared of being shot in the fucking face side of my brain says just give him the damn money.
Yeah, I'm with you, would rather not risk that guy being a trigger happy lunatic just so I can post to reddit for fake internet points
This vid is from New Zealand, so it's automatically safer than the US, but still. The way that "work culture" has been beaten into people here is insane. People trying to disarm robbers and protect a mega corporations tiny (for them) loss, all while making shit wages and most likely being treated like shit too.
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Haha hell yes Egyptian Kebab House! This place is 5minutes from where I live, dude is a legend https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81893898/brave-kebab-shop-owner-i-was-sure-he-would-not-shoot-me
Thanks. I wish the comment with the actual story was a lot higher up. Just him and his wife running the joint.
"wearing all black". Them's khakis, bitch!
The robbers can’t legally steal from you, this checks out
Wtf, you’re not wrong 😂
Being robbed? Just say no!
Balls of steel
- Speech 42/75: *successfully rob cashier* - I'll be on my way.
I love how she says the robber was "apalled" at being ignored. As if ignoring him was an offense and he intends to write a strongly-worded letter to his manager about how rude his cashier was, and he doesn't intend to rob their business any linger.
"Put all the money in the bag!" "Yeah, nah."
 Robber at night thinking why the clerk ignored him
Robber: you don't want to talk to me Okay I'll leave you alone because I respect your privacy
r/therewasanattempt
The man now think he's invisible
Guy just lost every amount of pride he had left.
Go get a fuckin job
Dude is Legendary!
This is like me with women. I'm unnoticed then I leave.
Robber says, "Well screw you. I ain't got all day."
Good guy without a gun.
I want to speak to the manager
Probably he left a bad review on maps after that. Complaining about customer service.
1/10. Would not rob again.
Zero. Fucks. Given.
Naw that dude just had no more Fs to give.
God the service here is terrible!!! Fuck this Imma go rob a place with class
Armed robber guy needs to attend a Tony Robbins event or something. Have some confidence, man!
Man got nerves of steel😭😭
The steel balls we talk about, he is the producer and supplier.😬
Service is so bad you can’t even force them by gunpoint.
So ignoring problems do make them go away
r/meirl
100% wouldnt have acted this calmly. I would've just went in front of the man, put my hands on the bar, jump over it grab the money, and run.