[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by lovesports

Let me apologize for other's posts. I have followed this board since 2007 and it seems to be a forum of three types a people. One group thinks everything is perfect in the Villages. Next group think they know it all. The third group is great people who try to answer newbies questions.
So don't take what anybody says on here too seriously. I'm so glad your fiance wasn't hurt but I'm sure it will have lingering negative effects. I also hope they get the guy. It's scary. Plus if they catch the guy, your fiance will probably have to be a witness against him.
So please don't be upset by what anybody says on this forum.

Hope you fiancee is doing well. I know that I did not report several crimes in MN and NV because of how I expected to be treated by police and others. The victims often have to go through more than some defendants.

[gerryann]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Hope you fiancee is doing well. I know that I did not report several crimes in MN and NV because of how I expected to be treated by police and others. The victims often have to go through more than some defendants.

I hope he is doing ok. Unfortunately, he will be questioned, because that's just what the police have to do. Even in murders, the family and the ones who report it are often the first accused. Maybe the poster who assumes that your fiancé is behind it all, comes from a background that concludes guilt immedietly.

[USSGompers]

I am so sorry to hear about the robbery. I got robbed in Orlando when I was the asst mgr at Pizza Hut. Two guys came running in at 10PM on a Sunday night. One put a gun to my head and demanded I open the register. I was too slow (from fear) so he cocked it back.

Then they proceeded to rob the customers. When my server was asked for his money, he acted like an ASS and threw all the $$ from his tips all over the floor. One guy got on the floor while his partner held the gun to my head to pick up all the $$.

My 19 yr old cook/dishwasher was deaf from birth and came around to corner carrying glasses (which he dropped).

They finally left and after I called the police, I called my regional mgr, who did a cash count and I was written up for having had $105 in the register, $5 more than allowed.

I still remember that night in 1994 like yesterday. You never get over it.

[gomoho]

Originally Posted by lovesports

Let me apologize for other's posts. I have followed this board since 2007 and it seems to be a forum of three types a people. One group thinks everything is perfect in the Villages. Next group think they know it all. The third group is great people who try to answer newbies questions.
So don't take what anybody says on here too seriously. I'm so glad your fiance wasn't hurt but I'm sure it will have lingering negative effects. I also hope they get the guy. It's scary. Plus if they catch the guy, your fiance will probably have to be a witness against him.
So please don't be upset by what anybody says on this forum.

Wow - who died and made you God? Why is everyone so judgemental of everyone else on here - people are entitled to their own thoughts and opinions without someone degrading them for those thought and opinions. Just saying.

[lovesports]

Originally Posted by gomoho

Wow - who died and made you God? Why is everyone so judgemental of everyone else on here - people are entitled to their own thoughts and opinions without someone degrading them for those thought and opinions. Just saying.

LOL
God here. gomoho everything you said to me applies to YOUR post to me. Just saying.
I feel sorry for any victim who people start saying is in on the crime. If you read the posts following, you see others agree with me. I also feel very sorry for the Pizza Hut victim and I think he made a really good case for what victims go through. It has changed his whole life and 20 years later it still haunts him.
When the victim's fiance posted and was clearly upset with the comments, I was trying to give her support. It would be very hurtful to hear your fiance accused ( with all he had and has to already go through), to hear people think he did it.
You don't have to agree with me but you can keep calling me God. LOL

[gerryann]

Originally Posted by lovesports

LOL
God here. gomoho everything you said to me applies to YOUR post to me. Just saying.
I feel sorry for any victim who people start saying is in on the crime. If you read the posts following, you see others agree with me. I also feel very sorry for the Pizza Hut victim and I think he made a really good case for what victims go through. It has changed his whole life and 20 years later it still haunts him.
When the victim's fiance posted and was clearly upset with the comments, I was trying to give her support. It would be very hurtful to hear your fiance accused ( with all he had and has to already go through), to hear people think he did it.
You don't have to agree with me but you can keep calling me God. LOL

Good post....umm God

[lovesports]

Originally Posted by USSGompers

I am so sorry to hear about the robbery. I got robbed in Orlando when I was the asst mgr at Pizza Hut. Two guys came running in at 10PM on a Sunday night. One put a gun to my head and demanded I open the register. I was too slow (from fear) so he cocked it back.

Then they proceeded to rob the customers. When my server was asked for his money, he acted like an ASS and threw all the $$ from his tips all over the floor. One guy got on the floor while his partner held the gun to my head to pick up all the $$.

My 19 yr old cook/dishwasher was deaf from birth and came around to corner carrying glasses (which he dropped).

They finally left and after I called the police, I called my regional mgr, who did a cash count and I was written up for having had $105 in the register, $5 more than allowed.

I still remember that night in 1994 like yesterday. You never get over it.

Thanks for sharing. It gives me a little better understanding of what it means to be a victim. But so sorry it happened to you.

[USSGompers]

Thank you Lovesports. By the way, I am a woman. Not that has anything to do with the situation- just sayin'.

I have a concealed weapons license now. I don't want to be a victim again.

[redwitch]

Being a victim stinks. It stays with you forever and, yes, the police do assume you are somehow at fault at least in the beginning. So, you're traumatized, frightened, afraid to take out the trash and then find out police are checking you and your friends out. Yes, they have their reasons but that doesn't make it any easier when it's you and you're innocent.

So, someone has a bandana over their face. That means you may get the eye color, depending on whether a baseball cap was worn and how low it was and if you were brave enough to look at something other than the gun. You may get skin color, again depending on how much skin is actually showing. You will be able to see clothing worn. A black t-shirt with a rhinestone cross may actually be all you notice. Gee, the thief carried a Saturday-night special? I know, silver-plated (think bling, not bang) pistols are only used on TV ... NOT! A few of us might be able to identify a gun, but I bet not many. We probably will notice that it was a handgun, the color and, regardless of caliber, call it "big."

In this case, it may or may not be an inside job -- possibly the employee robbed, possibly someone else who worked there. It could just as easily be someone who knew no one at DD but decided it was a good place to rob. Hopefully, law enforcement officers will find the robber and clear up the entire mess. I sincerely hope the employee robbed is innocent and that he finds a way to get over the trauma of this event as quickly as possible.

[paulandjean]

Still think this one is strange.The person says she is engaged to the person who was robbed. Very first posting? Why? Why come on board now?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by gomoho

Wow - who died and made you God? Why is everyone so judgemental of everyone else on here - people are entitled to their own thoughts and opinions without someone degrading them for those thought and opinions. Just saying.

On this discussion, I don't have an opinion. Gosh, don't you all faint. But as usual there are very strong opinions, and that doesn't mean it is wrong to respectfully disagree. That to me, isn't being judgmental, it is just looking at something from a different perspective and with the life experiences that make all of us different.

I get all het up when someone says the other is being judgmental. We ALL are being judgmental. We all have different ways of judging stuff.

And only God, (the other ONE) knows for sure.

[philnpat]

Originally Posted by paulandjean

Still think this one is strange.The person says she is engaged to the person who was robbed. Very first posting? Why? Why come on board now?

Do you think it's possible that someone who knew the fiance informed her of the posting...and that she never heard of TOTV...and that she signed on to refute what was said. Hence the reason for her 1st posting? Just maybe?

[USSGompers]

Originally Posted by philnpat

Do you think it's possible that someone who knew the fiance informed her of the posting...and that she never heard of TOTV...and that she signed on to refute what was said. Hence the reason for her 1st posting? Just maybe?

Yes, I totally believe that is what happened. She was sick of her boyfriend being looked at like it was all his idea, when instead he was the victim here.

She just wanted everyone to know the truth. probably someone who works at Dunkin Donuts (a Villager) told her about the site.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by philnpat

Do you think it's possible that someone who knew the fiance informed her of the posting...and that she never heard of TOTV...and that she signed on to refute what was said. Hence the reason for her 1st posting? Just maybe?

That sounds likely. Many people I have talked to here in the Villages have never heard about TOTV before I mention it about something or other. Last time I felt I should mention it was with the picture of the FL black bear near Winifred because I never saw this covered in the Villages Daily Sun.

I remember when I was managing (sort of as I was really babysitting teen age girls who were daughters of girlfriends of the business owner) a concession stand at a softball field in a public park in Reno, NV. A white man came up to the stand and opened up his shirt so that I could see a pistol. He bought a snow cone or something like that and then asked for his change. I could not tell if he intended me to see the gun and wanted more change or he was just someone with a gun at the park. I just gave him his exact change. Kind of stupid I know but he never said anything to imply he was robbing the concession stand.

I gave him his change and then notified authorities about seeing the pistol.

My boss had been chatting with a uniformed cop right behind the concession stand about something or other; so, I did not have far to go to notify them. I knew the cop was there as could anyone else approaching the concession stand from most directions. I had thought the guy with the pistol tucked in his pants was a detective but there were no other cops at the softball diamond that night. The cop called the thing in right after I mentioned it to see if there was another law enforcement officer at the park.

Cops often stopped by the park which was near downtown Reno to watch the softball games which were from teams that once in a while had cops on them.

[EdV]

Figmo’s suspicions may seem insensitive, but think about this:

When I was a teenager I got a job in a popular restaurant right on the main street of my home town. I started out as a dishwasher but was getting trained as a waiter by the assistant manager. A week or so into the job, the owner came into the back room and asked me why I took the money. With a surprised look I replied “what money?”. Apparently the place had been robbed earlier. He stared at me for a long time and then walked out.

I don’t remember all the details, but within a few hours, the detectives on the case had the thief. It was the assistant manager who was supposed to be training me and they had his confession as was later reported in the papers.

The whole thing weirded me out and a couple of weeks later I quit the job.