Hapless, unemployed and in debt gold shop robber "didn't case the joint"

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on an attempted robbery of a gold shop in Bangkok's Klong Toey district in which plucky staff trapped a would be robber inside a gold shop.

 

Theerawat,51, a salesman at the Hua Hong Long store on Sunthorn Kosa Road said that a man had come in wanting to buy a gold necklace for his girlfriend.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

He looked at many then moved onto a couple of one baht weight items, that's worth about 60,000 baht.

The salesman was distracted but got wise to events as Yonpong, 23, headed for the exit.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

The door was locked automatically and the police were alerted.

 

Yonpong said he had been out of work for many months and was in debt to loan sharks to the tune of tens of thousands of baht.

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

He saw this crime as a way out of his financial woes.

 

Though tellingly he admitted:

"I didn't case the joint".

 

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[sammieuk1]

Can he be a thief if he didn't leave the shop maybe he was just checking how shiny the gold was in daylight ????  

[VinnieK]

IQ 10

[Gaccha]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

I didn't case the joint".

I really want to know the Thai expression for this. I don't even know the British expression for this.

[klauskunkel]

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"didn't case the joint"

Well, he was unemployed therefore he didn't have the lunch break to do the recon...

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He saw this crime as a way out of his financial woes.

Such vision, 

[n00dle]

3 hours ago, VinnieK said:

IQ 10

desperation will do that.

 

one wonders how glib and intelligent you would be under similar adverse circumstances. 

[VinnieK]

57 minutes ago, n00dle said:

desperation will do that.

 

one wonders how glib and intelligent you would be under similar adverse circumstances. 

For starters...I would run like hell.

A (stolen) motorbike could do wonders too.

Heck, even his own with a stolen number plate on..

A 50 baht baseball cap and sunglasses could do wonders too

I could go on.

I don't condone stealing btw, but stupidity and amateurism presses all my buttons at once.

 

[n00dle]

31 minutes ago, VinnieK said:

For starters...I would run like hell.

A (stolen) motorbike could do wonders too.

Heck, even his own with a stolen number plate on..

A 50 baht baseball cap and sunglasses could do wonders too

I could go on.

I don't condone stealing btw, but stupidity and amateurism presses all my buttons at once.

 

how would you run like hell or hop onto your cleverly disguised motorcycle when the door locked behind you preventing you from leaving the shop?   Missing that key detail in the story is, well, amateurish. 

Edited April 10, 2023 by n00dle

[RichardColeman]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Such vision, 

Beats working with the migrants in the hot sun for 3-4 months

[redwood1]

2 hours ago, n00dle said:

how would you run like hell or hop onto your cleverly disguised motorcycle when the door locked behind you preventing you from leaving the shop?   Missing that key detail in the story is, well, amateurish. 

Who in their right mind does not know gold shops doors will lock with the push of a button....

 

Working as a team of 2 the door locking problem can be taken care of with no problem...

But this is a big problem for a single guy doing a grab and run with no gun involved...

 

Waiting until another customer was leaving and running then would be a pretty good solution...

[Lucky Bones]

7 hours ago, VinnieK said:

IQ 10

Or unlucky.????????