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I'd gone over to ye local pawn shop to sell off a couple of things I didn't need anymore that the salvos wouldn't take for various reasons.
As I rock up, there's a guy at the counter selling off a few small items-an axe among them. All of a sudden I hear "OI YOU DICKHEAD" and the guy at the counter bolts for the door towards his car. I see a group of teenagers also by the car and the guy getting angry and shoving the kids. I'm wondering what the hell is going on...
A woman who was nearby wandered in and explained to us that the teenagers were trying to steal stuff from Guy At Counter's car. By this point, the Pawn Shop Employee has gone out to try and defuse the situation, while another employee sprints out to see what's going on and to take the counter.
Eventually it turns out that the teenagers were trying to steal whatever was valuable from Guy At Counter's car and were in the process of breaking in when Guy At Counter spotted them.
Eventually it looks like things are going to get ugly, so the police are called. The teenagers then bolt off elsewhere.
While Guy At Counter's stuff was being processed, as was mine, it turned out that the teenagers had been in earlier for various reasons, so if they had come back, their details would've been on file. And because Pawn Shop is part of a larger chain, their details are shared with ALL the pawn shops.
I considered myself lucky that I had parked some distance away and walked over instead.
As I rock up, there's a guy at the counter selling off a few small items-an axe among them. All of a sudden I hear "OI YOU DICKHEAD" and the guy at the counter bolts for the door towards his car. I see a group of teenagers also by the car and the guy getting angry and shoving the kids. I'm wondering what the hell is going on...
A woman who was nearby wandered in and explained to us that the teenagers were trying to steal stuff from Guy At Counter's car. By this point, the Pawn Shop Employee has gone out to try and defuse the situation, while another employee sprints out to see what's going on and to take the counter.
Eventually it turns out that the teenagers were trying to steal whatever was valuable from Guy At Counter's car and were in the process of breaking in when Guy At Counter spotted them.
Eventually it looks like things are going to get ugly, so the police are called. The teenagers then bolt off elsewhere.
While Guy At Counter's stuff was being processed, as was mine, it turned out that the teenagers had been in earlier for various reasons, so if they had come back, their details would've been on file. And because Pawn Shop is part of a larger chain, their details are shared with ALL the pawn shops.
I considered myself lucky that I had parked some distance away and walked over instead.
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