Viral post: Gold shop owner in south appears with shotgun saying: "We're open for business"

[webfact]

Come on, Make My Day!

 

It was a Facebook post reminiscent of Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry.

 

This lady was taking no prisoners, in fact you could make her day by trying to rob her!

 

A gold shop owner in Songkhla in the south of Thailand appeared in front of her jewelry with a large shotgun saying:

 

"Sawatdee kha...today we're open for business".

 

 

Daily News said this followed an attempted robbery in Muang district of Tak, NE Thailand, when a gold shop owner fired at four would-be robbers hitting and seriously injuring one. 

 

Comment was rife after the post under the name Ploykanok Kunchamnan with most comments falling into the category of gentle teasing.

 

Comments such as "In that case, we won't try and bargain the price down" abounded. 

 

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[lujanit]

From a recent post about a person who tried to steal ganga from his neighbour and subsequently died and the BIB would not lay charges it would seem she is within her rights to protect her property.  Good for her for going public with a warning to would be thieves.  If you come here with robbery on your mind you will get a blast of this shotgun up your @rse or worse.

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, lujanit said:

If you come here with robbery on your mind you will get a blast of this shotgun up your @rse or worse.

Nice idea, but unless she's holding it when customers come in, or there's someone out the back with it peeking out, anyone who robs the place can just tell her not to move, bonk her on the head, or go for it themselves.

[jacko45k]

18 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Nice idea, but unless she's holding it when customers come in, or there's someone out the back with it peeking out, anyone who robs the place can just tell her not to move, bonk her on the head, or go for it themselves.

I would like to think she keeps it and herself behind the counter!

[BangkokReady]

11 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I would like to think she keeps it and herself behind the counter!

It would be interesting to see who could get to it first, but not something I would want to try.  Someone with a gun of their own and nothing to lose though...

[Pla Simon]

With a show of intelligence like that, I doubt I'd be giving her any pump-action.

[RichardColeman]

Having a gun for show and having bullets in it are 2 different things

[Regyai]

Good theatre no doubt

 

Downside is it advertises to any prospective robbers & they in turn might tweak their plans to simply execute her as a preliminary measure

[Heng]

9 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

It would be interesting to see who could get to it first, but not something I would want to try.  Someone with a gun of their own and nothing to lose though...

If it's our family, there's another 2-3 grandma's and grandpa's you don't see.

[Heng]

18 minutes ago, Regyai said:

Good theatre no doubt

 

Downside is it advertises to any prospective robbers & they in turn might tweak their plans to simply execute her as a preliminary measure

At this point of our criminal evolution here, thieves are still not looking for a fight.  They just want to get their loan sharks off their backs.  We'll eventually get to first world liquor store type hold ups/shootouts, Walmart shopping cart walk outs, and home invasions though, that's surely down the road somewhere.

Edited December 10, 2022 by Heng

[Phnom Penh Trader]

That should pack 'em in,said no-one,ever?

[Scott]

Inflammatory post removed.

 

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

"Sawatdee kha...today we're open for business".

Robbers stay away.. 

[Gsxrnz]

 

[Gknrd]

Well impressive show, but in the south if they don't like you the just drop a bomb and drive away.  She is setting herself up for some serious trouble IMO.

[NE1]

I think this is her......

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46mnv5migtY

 

[brianthainess]

11 minutes ago, NE1 said:

I think this is her......

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46mnv5migtY

 

No it's not. 

[TKDfella]

1 hour ago, Gsxrnz said:

 

And again...again...????

 

[metisdead]

28 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

No it's not. 

 

Yes it is, go to the robbery link that was posted in the OP:

 

 

Daily News said this followed an attempted robbery in Muang district of Tak, NE Thailand, when a gold shop owner fired at four would-be robbers hitting and seriously injuring one. 

[Regyai]

But if you read the OP she's in Songkhla (an 18 hour drive from the quoted robbery in Muang Tak). I think the copy is meant to infer that following publicity of the Tak debacle she's copycatting the shotgun response.

[Pattaya Spotter]

"Gold shop owner in south appears with shotgun saying: "We're open for business"

 

The south of Thailand is just like the southern U.S. ????