Cherry Northcutt
Hi - thanks so much. That's a great question!
Some time ago I was working as a store manager for Blockbuster Video. (That should give you an idea of how long ago this was) I was eight months pregnant at the time. My assistant manager and I were working on a very quiet Monday morning. It was about 10:30 a.m. and there were zero customers. Mondays were typically slow.
I was checking a list against the movies on the shelves, part of my daily routine, when two young men in ski masks approached and showed me a handgun. If I recall they said something like, "Okay lady, we're going to the safe."
I nodded my head as if this were just any ordinary customer request and began walking back to the office. My heart was racing.
I opened the safe and gave them the money. My assistant gave one of the men the money in the registers.
They had brought rope and said they were going to tie us up. I don't know why, but I suggested that they lock us in the bathroom instead because I was pregnant. The robbers thought this was a good idea. I was relieved because the bathroom locked from the inside.
These guys went on to rob several more stores but I never knew who they were. I've always wondered.
Some time ago I was working as a store manager for Blockbuster Video. (That should give you an idea of how long ago this was) I was eight months pregnant at the time. My assistant manager and I were working on a very quiet Monday morning. It was about 10:30 a.m. and there were zero customers. Mondays were typically slow.
I was checking a list against the movies on the shelves, part of my daily routine, when two young men in ski masks approached and showed me a handgun. If I recall they said something like, "Okay lady, we're going to the safe."
I nodded my head as if this were just any ordinary customer request and began walking back to the office. My heart was racing.
I opened the safe and gave them the money. My assistant gave one of the men the money in the registers.
They had brought rope and said they were going to tie us up. I don't know why, but I suggested that they lock us in the bathroom instead because I was pregnant. The robbers thought this was a good idea. I was relieved because the bathroom locked from the inside.
These guys went on to rob several more stores but I never knew who they were. I've always wondered.
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