# Did I (Almost) Witness A Robbery Attempt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950 "2011-01-25T19:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/1 "2011-01-25T19:27:39Z")
A few weeks nago, I was in North Miami Beach. I went (in the evening) to a local McDonalds, to use the WiFi service. I bought a cup of coffee and plaugged in my notebook PC, and went to work. About 30 minutes later, a bunch of teenage/young adult males entered…they appeared to be bouisterous, but waited in line at the counter to place their orders. all of a sudden, a “fight” broke out-one kid started throwing punches at another, while the rest started shouting. The manager started yelling at them to quiet down-but this continued for about 5 minutes-then the manager shouted “I’m calling the police!”-immediately, the bunch broke up and ran out the front door-I looked out, and they all piled into a waiting (getaway?) car. the whole thing was over so quickly that i didn’t realize what was going on. I thought there might be two possibilities: -this was planned to be a “grab and run” robbery-I don’t know how McDonald’s handles cash-but i assume they would have a fair amount at 5:00 PM -it was a personal injury lawsuit inthe making-somebody would claim an injury and sue McDonalds What is you conclusion? ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/2 "2011-01-25T19:52:54Z")
I read this > [@](#): > > Dis I (Almost) Witness A Robbery Attempt? > A few weeks nago, I was in North Miami Beach. And my first thought was, “Yes. You were in N Beach. You probably did just witness a robbery attempt.” When I lived in downtown Ft. Lauderdale, I was driving to work one day, on a side street that’s a block or two from the Broward County Courthouse and I witnessed this car speeding down the street, coming right at me in my lane. I pulled over to a sidewalk parking spot to get the hell outta the way. The car sped past me, screeched to a halt behind some building, and two guys flung the doors open and started running. A couple seconds later, three FTL PD cars come screaming down the street, stop at the abandoned car, and somewhere around that point, I put my car back in gear and went on to work. I figured, I’d seen enough for one morning. Another morning, I noticed this dude walking down the street and a car pulled up to him. He reached in for a second, looked like something exchanged hands, and the car pulled away and the guy kept walking. Pretty sure that was a drug deal I saw on my way to work. I loved living in South Florida. Always lots of action! ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/3 "2011-01-25T20:49:27Z")
Or maybe it was just a bunch of kids. I work in a boys’ school. This is how boys behave. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/4 "2011-01-25T20:55:45Z")
Yeah, I can’t be the only one who read the OP and thought, “Option 3: You saw a bunch of jackasses behaving like, well, jackasses.” obligatory: - waves to Opal \* ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/5 "2011-01-26T00:17:00Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > A couple seconds later, three FTL PD cars come screaming down the street Wow, FTL huh? I’m surprised it took them so long to get there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/6 "2011-01-26T00:42:05Z")
Sounds like kids acting like retards until they were threatened with the police. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/7 "2011-01-30T16:37:38Z")
You witnessed some teenage dorks. Did anybody mention money? Did anybody lunge for a register? Did they do anything other than be idiots fighting in a MacDonalds? Did somebody scare them off just by mentioning the police? You witnessed some teenage dorks. Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/8 "2011-01-30T23:11:45Z")
Well, as i say, it all happened so quickly-it looked like kids horsing around-but the “getaway car” seemed suspicious to me-that isn’t kids "horsing around’-it implies a plan of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/9 "2011-01-30T23:19:47Z")
Better call the cops and report them just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/10 "2011-01-30T23:26:28Z")
What makes it a getaway car? Couldn’t it have just been the car the group arrived in, intending to get some food before the ruckus broke out? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/11 "2011-01-31T02:21:51Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Yeah, I can’t be the only one who read the OP and thought, “Option 3: You saw a bunch of jackasses behaving like, well, jackasses.” > > obligatory: > > - waves to Opal \* Came in to read the thread and get waved at! Gave me a smile 🙂 ::waves:: ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/12 "2011-01-31T02:28:46Z")
“See something, say something.” You should have Secretary Napolitano on speed dial, don’t you know that? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-almost-witness-a-robbery-attempt/568950/13 "2011-01-31T10:47:13Z")
Sounds like teenage jackasses to me too.