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burley road another robery

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What a suprise...

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At what point will the management in there realise that running a shop stocking booze with only one member of staff is not a great idea? Or do we have to wait until someone gets hurt or worse? :eek:

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Another one????

Im gonna ask for extra money "hazard pay".

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Can't actually think it would make any difference how many staff work in these shops lindsay, these people don't give two figs for anybody except their own selfish selves, or who gets hurt if they get in the way:mad:

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Yet another one!!

The poor lady was threatened with a hammer this time
They got money, fags and spirits... tried to make her open the safe

The management will never realise enough is enough cos it aint their wife/children/family that do the job

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Same as when the ossy shop got robbed.

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Yeah... the menber of staff that told me thought it might be the same people

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hope she is alright.... they would not need to ask me twice to open the safe....

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The lady in question is fine, thanks for all your concern. I'm sure you will all join me in sending her our best regards.

The guy came in wearing a mask and hoody, and came behind the counter with a hammer. He demanded she open the till where he took money and also cigarettes and money.

He then forced her into the back where he ordered she open the safe, but we don't hold the key for the safe.

He then rifled through her handbag and took her mobile phone. He tried to take her purse but relented and gave it her back.

The police have been around of course, he is on CCTV and forensics have been taken so there is every chance he will be caught.

Booze Busters will not normally put two members of staff on mainly due to the budget, but maybe this will make them sit up and take notice. A couple of us will now not work on our own, but again will this make much difference when all said and done? If the shop is going to get robbed, it will do no matter how many staff are on.

Many will say why work on your own - the simple fact is the majority of us have families and the hours make it easier to work around, and after all we all go to work for money no other reason.

Anyway I shall post an update as and when I know anything. I just wanted you all to hear it from the horses mouth as it were.

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Is cheap booze really worth putting someones life at risk for? A question for the management and for the customers I think

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Its shocking whats going on in and around this town lately, no wonder i dont like going out in the dark :rolleyes:

I hope they find the scum who did this, but in saying that if they do, i doubt very much he will get what he deserves

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[quote=emzy;671082]Its shocking whats going on in and around this town lately, no wonder i dont like going out in the dark :rolleyes:

Here here .... I don't walk about anymore in the dark and in some areas I would not in the daytime either....

In fact if I am honest, I don't even feel safe in my own home: all these incidents get you feeling like this::mad:

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I am appalled that a company the size of Boozebuster thinks so little of it's employees safety, I have been in a situation at a workplace before where I was expected to lock up on my own, the company ruling on it soon changed when I stood my ground and refused to do it because it was unsafe, I would suggest the folk at Boozebuster do the same, the scum will think twice if they see extra bodies in there.

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Spoken like a true mountie:D

It's the same all over. In the US, the job at which you are most likely to be murdered is convenience store clerk; and the second is taxi driver ... the police don't even make it into the top ten, and those suckers are armed to the teeth. In Kingston, the clerks at the convenice stores give free coffe and snacks to cabbies who park in their lot between calls .... the mere presence of a car with a two way radio in it is a big detterent.

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Do what they do in Glasgow, keep all stock and staff behind a plastic casing.

A sad country we live in.

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Its very true

Maybe this is the only way to go, if they are not prepared to have 2 staff in the store at one time then the only other way it to offer the staff some from of protection whilst they are at work, its not like they can get away with keeping a baseball bat or shotgun under the counter, they need to feel safe at work, it will get to the point where they will have no one who wants to work there

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I think that in today's climate lindsay, there are those who would put up with this because they need the job, that is why unscrupulus employers can get away with it

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Thats the thing... people will put up with it

And if there is one that will put up with it then the company will carry on doing it

Where as if they all say no... not a chance and stand firm on the decision
The company will either give in... or replace the whole team

Which is what some members of staff are obviously gonna be bothered about... will they just replace them.... but more than likely not

Can you be fired on the grounds that you want to work in a safe environment?

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You would be surprised what i sometimes have under the counter when im working:p:D.

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It all depends on what the young lady looks like that you're serving???