Armed robber called off his own holdup, after been shamed by a pair of children holding piggy banks

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http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,798372,00.html

11/17/2011

This Is a ... Oh, Never Mind

Kids Thwart Robbery With Piggy Banks

<snip>At around 6:25 p.m. on Monday evening, an armed robber wearing a ski mask and a long black coat forced his way into a private home in the town of Schwanewede after a babysitter answered the door, police reported Wednesday.

Hearing the commotion, two small children in the house came downstairs -- holding their piggy banks.

They approached the gunman, who had been holding his weapon under the babysitter's nose, and offered him their life savings.

The man lowered his weapon and left without a word.

[hobbit709]

1. Obviously he doesn't work for Wall St.

Otherwise he would have took them and demanded any loose teeth the kids had.

[rfranklin]

2. I had exactly the same thought as I read the headline...

but we probably shouldn't be too hard on the "job creators."