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Funny/Strange Thing Happened At Work (long)

18 years ago

I work at a large car dealership in Edmonton. Today a guy comes to the used car department and wants to go for a test drive. The salesman goes with the fellow and the guy wants to stop at the bank to get some money so he can buy the truck he is test driving. The salesman waits for him while he is in the bank and then he comes out and says now he wants to take the truck to Sherwood Park to show his wife. The guy is driving very fast and the salesman tells him to slow it down. While they are driving, the salesman notices a large lump in the guys stomach and figures something is not right. For some reason, the guy decides to stop at a convience store and while he is in there the salesman takes the keys out of the ignition and gets out of the truck and walks around the corner and calls 911 to see if a bank had just being robbed. The operator wouldn't tell him, so he said, look I might be involved and tells him the story. Finally they say yes that certain bank had just being robbed and they were sending the cops to where the robber is. I guess the robber figured something was up when he noticed the salesperson wasn't in the truck anymore and took off on foot. Police arrived about 15 minutes later, and had the truck towed so they could check for fingerprints. Thankfully the salesperson is okay, who knows what could have happen to him, and I must say the robber had guts to pull a stunt like that.

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carol_in_california
18 years ago
Good grief! I am so glad the salesman was OK....hope they catch the bank robber.
glenda_al
18 years ago
Wow, and a bummer!
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msmarion
18 years ago
LOL I worked in dealerships for 25 years. Nothing that happens at a dealership would surprise me, I could write a book. LOL So glad the salesman was unharmed and had the sense to pull the keys and call 911.
nodakgal
18 years ago
Smart guy! (the salesman)
I'm glad he wasn't hurt!
Geeeze louise now I've heard it all! lol
jenni_ca
18 years ago
Liira I'm glad the salesman got away. It just never surprises me anymore what some people will do.
Many years ago a friend of ours was shot and killed while test driving a car. He was a salesman for the Cadillac store and a guy came in and wanted to take a test drive in a new car.
About 5 miles from the dealership the guy shot Chuck 3 times and robbed him. Left him in the car and escaped on foot.
It was so sad.
Like msmarion, the stories I could tell about some of the things that have happened in DH's dealerships.
sjarz
18 years ago
That is wild - and yes thank goodness the car salesman was able to keep his wits about him.
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gadgets
18 years ago
This sounds like something that would only happen on a tv show!!

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jannie
18 years ago
Let us know if they catch the bank robber.
liira
Original Author
18 years ago
as of this afternoon they still haven't gotten the robber. All the tv stations and newspaper reporters were at the dealership interviewing the salesman today.
perdita
18 years ago
crazy. No one ever said that criminals were the smartest group.
joyfulguy
18 years ago
Smartest?

He's still at large!

Question: How many unsolved murders are there?

Answer: No one knows.

There are a large number that are known to the police, but they haven't found the perpetrator. Statistics on that.

But ... how many that got away with murder ... and it was considered just another regular death?

No - one - knows - that - one!

How many perfect crimes have there been?

Same answer.

o j
liz
18 years ago
WHOA!! How lucky for the salesman he had the good sense to make that phone call!!
jannie
18 years ago
That salesman is very smart, he deserves a pat on the back for quick thinking!
kayjones
18 years ago
I have heard it said that one can't be too smart if he works as car salesmen - sounds as if this guy had his PhD in 'Street Smarts' - good on him - thank GOD he listened to his gut, which doesn't lie, and that he got away safely!!!
liira
Original Author
18 years ago
they caught the guy on Thursday.

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