2ch netizens have been in stitches over a story about an attempted robbery in Osaka Prefecture today, when a gutsy store manager simply told the criminal the price of the knife he was attempting to threaten her with.
While it is possible the store manager misheard the man, netizens insist that the older ladies in Osaka are simply made of tougher stuff.
From Mainichi Shimbun:
Convenience Story Robbery Attempt: Man Threatens Clerk With Knife From Store, Escapes When He Is Told Price Of Knife
At around 5:40am on May 7, a man forced his way into “Seven-Eleven Izumi-Odacho” in Odacho, Izumi, Osaka, and placed a craft knife on the counter as he threatened the clerk “Give me the money”. When the store’s female manager (54), who was at the register, scanned the barcode of the knife, and told the man the price of the product, the man said “I’ll go get some cash” and escaped by car without taking anything from the store. The Izumi branch of the prefectural police force are investigating the incident as an attempted robbery.
According to police, there were no customers in the store at the time, and no one was injured. The man is around 170cm tall. He was wearing black trainers and a jersey, and his mouth was covered with a bandana.
Comments from 2ch.net:
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
Yoshimoto shinkigeki. [A well established comedy theater in Osaka]
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
Best way to repel an attack.
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
The manager is amaaaaazing.
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
WTF.
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
This is the kind of over-the-top gags they have in Osaka [NB Osaka is famous for its comedy].
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
Right now, a brilliant comedy sketch was born.
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
Old ladies in Osaka are the strongest.
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
Just what we expect from olde ladies in Osaka, they’re used to robberies and stuff!
The calm, cool, and collected way she treated him made the criminal’s mind go blank → only thing he could do was escape.
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
Laughed so hard at this.
That manager is just too strong.
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
Wonder if she didn’t just mishear him? w
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
I guess she didn’t hear him properly when he said “Give me the money”.
He put the product down on the counter, so she just responded, right? w
Now that I think of it, I bet she was like “Huh?…Is this a robbery?”
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
I bet the store clerk got it wrong. She probably thought give me money meant scan the product and give me the price.
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
The guy probably just came in to buy a craft knife and forgot his wallet.
名無しさん＠１３周年＠＼(^o^)／:
LMFAO.
I’d love to see the footage from the security camera.
