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Violet_Crumble

(35,954 posts)
43. It was a dog leash...
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 03:36 PM
Feb 2013

It was about 5am and he was taking his dog for an early morning walk off the leash. In the full version of the clip you see him walk past the door, do a double take, push the look-out of the way, and then charge in. His dog ran off, but turned up later that day.

He earned the nickname of Dogman from locals for that one. He was awesome...

Where I live, that can't happen. MADem Feb 2013 #1
Where I live, there's no pre-pay... Violet_Crumble Feb 2013 #26
Is he whipping the robber with his own belt? Recursion Feb 2013 #36
It was a dog leash... Violet_Crumble Feb 2013 #43
what state? i haven't been to a gas station where you can pump before paying for years. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #2
Wisconsin. Archae Feb 2013 #4
are there still lots of stations where you don't have to pre-pay there? HiPointDem Feb 2013 #5
Oregon: You can't pump your own gas... KansDem Feb 2013 #9
but you still have to pay before they'll pump it. (i live on the wa/ore border). HiPointDem Feb 2013 #10
Don't remember when I paid... KansDem Feb 2013 #13
That also seems reasonable with the increased usage of cell phones and other electrical equipment. TexasTowelie Feb 2013 #12
Actually the cell phone one is a myth. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #24
Still true in N J,. hollysmom Feb 2013 #14
That's the way it should be everywhere. AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #17
I Live in OR and find this law really stupid and annoying. dballance Feb 2013 #18
I lived in Oregon the majority of my life davidpdx Feb 2013 #20
Why would a 12-year-old pump gas? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #22
Because my mom told me to. dballance Feb 2013 #29
They are so smart in Oregon...and NJ Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #27
You could really cut unemployment by requiring one attendant to pump and another to open the gascap Recursion Feb 2013 #37
"-Exposure to toxic fumes is a health hazard" RC Feb 2013 #38
Crazy logic, there... MADem Feb 2013 #41
I love having gas pumped when I travel through NJ--and I always tip. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #42
There are better jobs than that. defacto7 Feb 2013 #3
That can't possibly be legal Matariki Feb 2013 #6
that employer needs to be reported Skittles Feb 2013 #7
Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2013 #8
Retail gas companies in the mid-west safeinOhio Feb 2013 #11
Couldn't afford it = didn't want to spend the money to do it AngryOldDem Feb 2013 #19
Back in the early 1990s.... zabet Feb 2013 #15
What's he expect them to do. Notafraidtoo Feb 2013 #16
I think it would have been better if the owner had fired the person davidpdx Feb 2013 #21
Uh....no. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #23
No, on which one davidpdx Feb 2013 #30
Depending on the state, you can receive U/C if you quit for cause Mopar151 Feb 2013 #33
As long as it doesn't put the employee below minimum wage, Morning Dew Feb 2013 #25
Sounds like a con game Shankapotomus Feb 2013 #28
I tend to agree davidpdx Feb 2013 #31
A long time ago, here in Florida, before pre-pay gas, djean111 Feb 2013 #32
Tell her to contact local TV stations. Sometimes they'll investigate things like that and expose raccoon Feb 2013 #34
I worked at a gas station/convenience store OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #35
Tell the assclown owner to staff the store properly. Of course not having enough people there is Safetykitten Feb 2013 #39
how could the clerk possibly stop someone from stealing ThomThom Feb 2013 #40
I think it's illegal in a lot of places to make workers pay for theft by Cleita Feb 2013 #44
Hey I would have done the same thing. Initech Feb 2013 #45
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