What makes the news isn’t always the event itself, but rather some unusual aspect of it that makes us all wonder how WE would react in a similar situation.
When a pistol-wielding thug walked into a Kansas City, Missouri Jimmy John’s demanding money last Wednesday, the part of the story that made it go viral wasn’t so much the robbery – sadly, those are all too common – but instead the calm, cool, and collected cashier who complied with the robber’s demands in a way that kept him alive.
CCTV footage shows Jimmy John's​ sandwich shop employee calmly reacting to being robbed at gunpoint in Kansas City. https://t.co/O0pXTKVqV6 pic.twitter.com/dQNYeu8E0X
— ABC News (@ABC) April 28, 2017
Or did it?
While the robber would have doubtless tried to pull the trigger if things weren’t going his way, many people on social media noticed that it wouldn’t have done any good – because the gun was jammed.
Apparently, along with civility and basic human decency, a baseline of robber competence is out the window too!
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/858062471868887046
@cxcope @ABC The gun is jammed he probably knows guns well
— Cameron McEnturff (@CMcEnturff) April 28, 2017
@ABC How many of you caught the fact the gun obviously jammed when he tried to rack the slide, & the employee sees it?
— Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) April 29, 2017
@ABC the gun is “jammed” failure to feed. FWIW
— Joseph (@jjoefuji) April 28, 2017
@ABC the gun was jammed the whole time
— Lucid Hurricane™✘ (@Forever_Lucid) April 28, 2017
@Forever_Lucid @ABC 1. “Would you like a sack, sir?”
2. “How ’bout crackers for that jamb?”
3. “Your gun is not an equalizer right now, dude.”
4. ?”Me, too!”— Rick (aka Winner) (@Barackoboehner) April 28, 2017
@ABC When you realize the guy trynna rob you using a HiPoint pic.twitter.com/p5f2X1zk2W
— ss. (@skscott_) April 28, 2017
Regardless of the gun’s fireability, most people did admire the clerk’s reaction.
@ABC Cashier’s expression when he sees a guy risking years of his life for a couple hundred bucks… pic.twitter.com/oeJqPg2v9j
— Ryan Riess (@RyanRiess1) April 28, 2017
@ABC The sarcastic handing over the entire draw is so epic. “You done?” Handles himself well pic.twitter.com/kuK2kbugfr
— Ms Andrea (@DreaMissLady) April 28, 2017
Of course, there could be another reason for the clerk’s calm reaction, but it’s hard to say for sure.
@ABC @OMNIREX18 His white privilege is shielding him from the bullshit… pic.twitter.com/shI5HWxXuX
— Boost Lanister (@billy_326) April 28, 2017
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