Fast-food "holdup" was actually training scenario, St. Joe cops say

In St. Joe, the manager of a Sonic decided to teach his staff how to handle an armed robbery. He did this by having someone with a realistic-looking toy gun pretend to rob the joint and hold the toy gun to an employee's head, police told the News-Press. The situation escalated because customers were around, thought it was real and called the po-po. (Tsk -- this actually happened a couple of weeks ago, but I missed it.)

Comments

[cripjak]

Lucky they didn't get a Sonic "boom" from someone with a CCW and somebody gets hurt. The drug store owner that tried the same idea a couple of months ago is now being sued by an employee and customer.

[Raven]

It sounds like the employees at least knew this was just a training scenario. In the case of the drug store that's being sued, they didn't let the employees know ahead of time - so the employee is suing for PTSD. Still, doing it with customer's around who don't know what's going on is just stupid (maybe the customers could sue?)

[the little guy]

Not a bad idea. Kinda of like practicing a fire drill. However, maybe not properly executed. cripjak is right, they are lucky no one tried to help out. You don't need a permit to carry a weapon in your car and that's where everyone is at Sonic.

[I Know]

This has to be one of the most stupid exercises in management, if this was conducted while unknowing employees or citizens were allowed to be in the area.

As a person who carries nearly all the time, its unsettling to think some idiot(s) could have shot for a "training" exercise.

The "robber" is stupid for not thinking their situation through. The manager is criminally stupid for even thinking about it, much less putting it into action.

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I just want to see one of those endearing commercials where the couple of guys are ad libbing and somebody runs up to their window, sticks a gun in their ear, and demands they a.) STFU, and b.) hand over their wallets.

[kpop]

"step away from the brown bag special or ......." Imagine the thought process the manager goes through to pull this off. Stoopid.

In fact, I am going to have a training session tonight with my wife and 2 young children (don't tell them). I am going to break in the back door tonight with a mask on and scream and yell and see if they have the presence of mind to call 911 or shoot me. This is gonna be fun.

[inetmail2003]

Very luck, very stupid. Missouri CCW holders can use their firearm if they witness a felony. I carry and hope I never need to use my weapon. A manager who would subject himself, employees and customers to an uncontrolled situation like this is an idiot.