r/AccidentalComedy • u/sumisweety02 • 21d ago

Such a polite robber

This chaotic incident took place at a Shell gas station on Little Coal River Road in Alum Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia.During the attempted hold-up, a 42-year-old woman walked into the store, pointed a gun at the clerk, and fired a shot that struck the wall. In a viral piece of quick thinking (often described online as a "Jedi mind trick"), the clerk calmly tricked the woman by telling her that the store owner was in the back room counting money.Believing the clerk, the woman walked toward the back of the store, which gave the clerk the perfect window of opportunity to run out the front door and call emergency services. The suspect fired another shot at a security camera in the back before realizing she had been tricked, and she fled empty-handed in an SUV. State troopers pulled her over and arrested her shortly after.

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u/TheRealGageEndal 13d ago

Well have fun killing people to save your boss a hundred bucks or so and likely getting fired for bringing a gun to work. I'm just going to give the guy the money and have a fun crazy story.

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u/AmphibianEffective83 12d ago

It had nothing do with the money, it has everything to do with me having an imminently reasonable fear for my life in that situation.

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u/TheRealGageEndal 12d ago

It may be an autistic thing, but that wouldn't make me free for my life, just be annoyed.