# This Guy Needs to Try another Line of Work

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-needs-to-try-another-line-of-work/359053>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 1, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-needs-to-try-another-line-of-work/359053 "2006-06-01T19:36:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-needs-to-try-another-line-of-work/359053/1 "2006-06-01T19:36:46Z")

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> Would-be robber asks bank how to do it  
> TOKYO (Reuters) - A would-be Japanese bank robber asked staff how he should carry out the crime before meekly obeying a request to leave and then accidentally stabbing himself in the leg with a knife he was carrying.

[http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060601/od\_nm/japan\_robber\_dc;\_ylt=AuvgB2M1Llc3W6qqpWdD6zOs0NUE;\_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060601/od_nm/japan_robber_dc;_ylt=AuvgB2M1Llc3W6qqpWdD6zOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-)

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-needs-to-try-another-line-of-work/359053/2 "2006-06-01T20:11:54Z")

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Ya know, for some careers, it’s just a little more imperative that a person be a self-starter and able to work without supervision. This would seem to be one of them.

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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-needs-to-try-another-line-of-work/359053/3 "2006-06-01T20:24:36Z")

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“Ok, fine, I’ll just go then. Let me just put this knife aw…OWWWW!”

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-needs-to-try-another-line-of-work/359053/4 "2006-06-01T20:31:16Z")

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Life just isn’t fair.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-needs-to-try-another-line-of-work/359053/5 "2006-06-01T20:57:20Z")

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Andy Dufresne might have some words of wisdom for this guy.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-guy-needs-to-try-another-line-of-work/359053/6 "2006-06-01T21:01:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Mr Bus Guy]  
“Ok, fine, I’ll just go then. Let me just put this knife aw…OWWWW!”  
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Send a telegram to the main office. Tell 'em I said . . . “Ow!”