Having worked at a bank for years there are a couple of interesting things MOST people do not know.
At an FDIC insured bank, the bank employees are prevented from taking any action against a robber. They are instructed in how to comply with orders. There are so many things in the bank that will either prevent the perp from getting far, or will provide a lot of visual information about them.
The second thing, and this is hardly known by many people, is that unless the robber is a repeat offended OR they are a complete idiot, they will get away with the robbery if they act alone and have never been in the bank before. AND, if they do hurt anyone or fire a shot.
Or...if they get shot by a customer. (And I will bet none of the robbers saw THAT coming! ha ha....)
Bait money and the die bomb.
Or...if they get shot by a customer.
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I don’t know if the bank I ‘service’ has a rule or not but the Mgrs know I carry and I have told them that don’t count on me unless someones life is in grave danger.
I also told them that at my age, a ‘heart attack’ is not unheard of - if not expected - so if I am rolling on the floor, screaming, crying etc don’t worry as I am just getting into the best position to intervene.
I think of that story in NYC where the COPS had a dude somewhat surrounded and ended up hitting 4 or 5 bystanders when they opened fire.
With them it is just an ‘OOPS sorry about that’
If WE were to do that they would be out of the woodwork (and rightfully so) to put us away...
I drop deposits at the bank so I guess I would be considered an
UNDOCUMENTED WORKER
for the bank -—as I am a ‘self owned company’ contracting for the company the bank contracts...