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A confronting armed robbery

Staff at newsXpress Silver Sands in Western Australia were challenged in an armed robbery earlier this week. Here is the story of the confronting attack:

I was talking to a local butcher last week. They went cashless around three years ago. They commented that one reason they did this was to reduce the risk of robbery. It is an interesting discussion for retailers to have.

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  1. Jim

    Sounds like a contender for the Darwin award.

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  2. Factory Worker

    Very unprofessional drinking coffee behind the counter

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  3. Wilson Pickett

    FW

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  4. Graeme Day

    Both missing the point -Wilson got it right.

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  5. ken

    Give a break factory worker, its not a crime to drink a coffee dehind the counter.

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  6. Lance

    Very unprofessional of Factory Worker to continue acting like a FW………… but to be expected…

    You’re just here to add a bit of humour aren’t you FW……..there’s no other obvious reason for your presence here. 😉

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  7. Andrew T

    Lance, what’s wrong with a dose of humour in anotherwise humourless environment

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  8. Graeme Day

    Nothing, Bad taste however is not humour and being robbed isn’t funny. Something constructive or even sympathetic would have been appropriate.

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  9. PAT. E

    Settle kids!
    Anway ,good job to the blokes that bailed the clown up.Hope the girl behind the counter got plenty of support and is ok.
    I only wish someone would have the balls to try and rob me face to face ,the grubs who do the robbing around my way prefer the cover of darkness gutless grubs!

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