Careful,it might be loaded.....
taranaki
01-19-2004, 02:54 PM
Stapler stymies knife-wielding robber
By TOM ALEX
Register Staff Writer
01/17/2004
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DeAnna Rankins has heard the old saying about death and taxes.
She worried for moment that it might be true.
The Des Moines tax preparer was accosted at work Thursday night by a knife-wielding man who tried to rob her.
Rankins backed him down with a stapler.
"I felt the power of the Lord," she said Friday.
Police continued the search for a man who walked into Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, 2714 Douglas Ave., about 8:30 p.m. and demanded cash.
"I was in a zone, working on taxes," Rankins, 32, said. "It didn't occur to me at first that he meant he wanted to rob me. We don't have any money here. We have checks."
The man wanted money. Now.
"I finally realized he was not asking about our 'Money Now' program," which lets customers get cash up front on their anticipated tax refunds, said Rankins, who works drawing blood at a local hospital and picks up extra income as a supervisor at Jackson Hewitt.
Rankins scanned her desk for something she could use as a weapon; something that might trump the pocket knife. She opted for the stapler. It flip-flopped in her hand, she said, but it had a good, solid feel.
She stood up: "I've got no money, and you better get out of here."
She stepped toward him. He stepped toward her.
She raised the stapler and warned: "I will fight you."
The man hesitated, then hurried out of the office.
"I would have stapled him," Rankins said.
A police report said, "The robber had second thoughts and apparently wanted no part of this."
He was last was seen running east.
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4788993/23284746.html
By TOM ALEX
Register Staff Writer
01/17/2004
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DeAnna Rankins has heard the old saying about death and taxes.
She worried for moment that it might be true.
The Des Moines tax preparer was accosted at work Thursday night by a knife-wielding man who tried to rob her.
Rankins backed him down with a stapler.
"I felt the power of the Lord," she said Friday.
Police continued the search for a man who walked into Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, 2714 Douglas Ave., about 8:30 p.m. and demanded cash.
"I was in a zone, working on taxes," Rankins, 32, said. "It didn't occur to me at first that he meant he wanted to rob me. We don't have any money here. We have checks."
The man wanted money. Now.
"I finally realized he was not asking about our 'Money Now' program," which lets customers get cash up front on their anticipated tax refunds, said Rankins, who works drawing blood at a local hospital and picks up extra income as a supervisor at Jackson Hewitt.
Rankins scanned her desk for something she could use as a weapon; something that might trump the pocket knife. She opted for the stapler. It flip-flopped in her hand, she said, but it had a good, solid feel.
She stood up: "I've got no money, and you better get out of here."
She stepped toward him. He stepped toward her.
She raised the stapler and warned: "I will fight you."
The man hesitated, then hurried out of the office.
"I would have stapled him," Rankins said.
A police report said, "The robber had second thoughts and apparently wanted no part of this."
He was last was seen running east.
http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4788993/23284746.html
Spec2 Girl
01-19-2004, 03:10 PM
hahaha is that for real?
If it is it's hilarious!! :lol: :lol2:
If it is it's hilarious!! :lol: :lol2:
YogsVR4
01-19-2004, 03:38 PM
Ha! Thats funny. :rofl:
SilverLotus340R
01-19-2004, 03:52 PM
some big beasty robber he was..altho a staple in the eye could prolly hurt...hmm...
Polygon
01-19-2004, 04:55 PM
It must have been one of those trusty Swingline staplers.
What a wuss! :grinno:
What a wuss! :grinno:
Jay!
01-19-2004, 05:25 PM
Oz
01-19-2004, 06:20 PM
:lol2: Only in...
lordvektra
01-19-2004, 10:20 PM
HAHAHA love the picture, thats great
slave
01-20-2004, 02:20 AM
Ha ha, and if he got too hurt, they'd staple his cuts closed.
Toksin
01-20-2004, 02:37 AM
Bahahahahaha!
matada
01-20-2004, 04:03 AM
Can you imagine what he told his friends? "dude, like, I was going to get the money, but she pulled a stapler on me man."
Like running from a bottle of White-Out
Like running from a bottle of White-Out
Toksin
01-20-2004, 04:13 AM
Can you imagine what he told his friends? "dude, like, I was going to get the money, but she pulled a stapler on me man."
Like running from a bottle of White-Out
Hey man, don't even joke. That shit is LETHAL OKAY?! LETHAL! SHE HAD IT AIMED RIGHT AT ME! I COULD HAVE DIED!!!
Wait, how'd you know?
Like running from a bottle of White-Out
Hey man, don't even joke. That shit is LETHAL OKAY?! LETHAL! SHE HAD IT AIMED RIGHT AT ME! I COULD HAVE DIED!!!
Wait, how'd you know?
Polygon
01-20-2004, 02:18 PM
LOL!!
http://www.virtualstapler.com/office_space/images/milton_grab_2.jpg
Exactly what I was thinking. :iceslolan
It's my stapler, you said I could have it.
http://www.virtualstapler.com/office_space/images/milton_grab_2.jpg
Exactly what I was thinking. :iceslolan
It's my stapler, you said I could have it.
v10_viper
01-20-2004, 04:34 PM
:lol2: Only in...Iowa, yes I know, such a beatiful state I live in, but we're not all afraid of staplers ok??
Toksin
01-20-2004, 06:37 PM
Squirrels, I used to watch the squirrels until they took away my window, my window hmm gonna burn this place to the ground...
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