Threatening moments for solo practice

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A friend told me he had a stickup incident by some druggy demanding money and gangster trying to blackmail him to give him some monthly cash behind the scene to get "special protection" at his early practice office. He caved in. The blackmail eventually stop after a few months on its own for some unknown reason and those gangsters never came back. He was guessing someone reported or they got into somekind of gang fights? He eventually sold that old office and setup a new one in a better location.

I know small pharmacy gets "stickup" quite frequently demanding drugs or so as I hear from family member but not sure about dentistry business.

Anyone else has something similar? How often does this happen in dentist office?

If this happen to you guys later on, considering they know where you are daily and can not just pack up and go or knows martial arts, how would you react?
 
In ER, a guy put a gun to one of the docs' heads and demanded Demerol, so one of the nurses shot him up with enough that he barely made it to the door before passing out senseless. 😀

So offer to jam the painkillers down their throat yourself!

In all seriousness though, I was the receptionist at an office in a very bad part of a city. A few businesses right next to us were robbed at gunpoint in the middle of the day, and I was terrified that it would dawn on someone that we had a cash box and drugs. And, of course, who would the gun point at first....? :scared:
 
It happens often in cities that have more than 1,000 people. It appears that if you know any kind of martial art moves; especially an arm-bar or the Mr. Spock grip they will stay away from your business. Sometimes you can offer them a "free" cleaning with nitrous and they'll refer their gangster friends and you can build a big cleaning business. Although the word "cleaning" has a different meaning to them--- so ask---just so everyone is on the same page. Also keeping an outside light on at night sometimes confuses them that you're there, when actually you're not, and they'll knock for ever.
 
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It happens often in cities that have more than 1,000 people. It appears that if you know any kind of martial art moves; especially an arm-bar or the Mr. Spock grip they will stay away from your business. Sometimes you can offer them a "free" cleaning with nitrous and they'll refer their gangster friends and you can build a big cleaning business. Although the word "cleaning" has a different meaning to them--- so ask---just so everyone is on the same page. Also keeping an outside light on at night sometimes confuses them that you're there, when actually you're not, and they'll knock for ever.
I like...you funny. No substitute for good sarcasm😉
 
It happens often in cities that have more than 1,000 people. It appears that if you know any kind of martial art moves; especially an arm-bar or the Mr. Spock grip they will stay away from your business. Sometimes you can offer them a "free" cleaning with nitrous and they'll refer their gangster friends and you can build a big cleaning business. Although the word "cleaning" has a different meaning to them--- so ask---just so everyone is on the same page. Also keeping an outside light on at night sometimes confuses them that you're there, when actually you're not, and they'll knock for ever.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
When anyone messes with my office, I go into a karate kid Crane Kick position. Works every time.
 
In ER, a guy put a gun to one of the docs' heads and demanded Demerol, so one of the nurses shot him up with enough that he barely made it to the door before passing out senseless. 😀
LOL. That's a good solution.

In all seriousness though, I was the receptionist at an office in a very bad part of a city. A few businesses right next to us were robbed at gunpoint in the middle of the day, and I was terrified that it would dawn on someone that we had a cash box and drugs. And, of course, who would the gun point at first....? :scared:
At the wealthy rich receptionist? j/k So what did you offer him?

PS: I take it you are a female? Are you prepared to deal with it again when you run your own practice?
 
It happens often in cities that have more than 1,000 people. It appears that if you know any kind of martial art moves; especially an arm-bar or the Mr. Spock grip they will stay away from your business. Sometimes you can offer them a "free" cleaning with nitrous and they'll refer their gangster friends and you can build a big cleaning business. Although the word "cleaning" has a different meaning to them--- so ask---just so everyone is on the same page. Also keeping an outside light on at night sometimes confuses them that you're there, when actually you're not, and they'll knock for ever.

LOL

When anyone messes with my office, I go into a karate kid Crane Kick position. Works every time.

I'm hoping I don't have to confront it, because I probably react differently since I do know martial arts. But I'm not so sure if it'll be smart move since the thing is even if you disable him, he might have misfired and hit someone else in the office, would we be still liable for it? Also, if you break his jaw, adams apple, ribs, sternum, his face, or his nuts, are you liable while he is in your office? Next thing is these messed up psychopaths have one track mind and too much time on their hand. Even if you get him one time, likely they'll be released later or his homies could come back snooping and waits for you to get to parking lot and do sniper retaliation...probably play dumb and offer him so that he can not get to the door is better than to react back.
 
LOL. That's a good solution.


At the wealthy rich receptionist? j/k So what did you offer him?

PS: I take it you are a female? Are you prepared to deal with it again when you run your own practice?

Well, depending on the area and how my practice is set up, I'm sure it would vary. It'd probably be a little worry in the back of my head, though I'm quite an anxious person, so I'd also worry about lots of things. The back of my head can get crowded. 😳
 
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In my country in 90s it was a normal practice for every business. People were paying 10-20% of their income, but the mafia was closing all businessés problems, legal and illegal. Noone could sue you or damage your property or take your license away. They were taking care about your personal problems too.
 
In my country in 90s it was a normal practice for every business. People were paying 10-20% of their income, but the mafia was closing all businessés problems, legal and illegal. Noone could sue you or damage your property or take your license away. They were taking care about your personal problems too.

You gotta be kiddin me! If someone walked into my office demanding protection money, the next thought that would go through their head would be the bullet from my 9mm. If something were to happen to me, then so be it, at least I would have died with my honor and integrity intact.
 
I can't even tell if this is serious anymore. Note to self: Learn martial arts. 🙄

Hey, I was answering seriously, but forgot that boys watch too many martial arts films. 😀 Guess I shoulda known better!

Honestly, as a small girl with the one year of karate I took at age 9, I would have no freaking idea what to do.

...blind them with the curing light?



..and yes, "boys" was intentional 🙄
 
You gotta be kiddin me! If someone walked into my office demanding protection money, the next thought that would go through their head would be the bullet from my 9mm. If something were to happen to me, then so be it, at least I would have died with my honor and integrity intact.

Well taxmen rob you way more than any of those crooks could possibly dream.
It is absolutely the same thing, the only differencies that you will get back much less, and that they are more succesful crooks than those who make the story, but they also charge you significantly more.
 
You gotta be kiddin me! If someone walked into my office demanding protection money, the next thought that would go through their head would be the bullet from my 9mm. If something were to happen to me, then so be it, at least I would have died with my honor and integrity intact.

What if you have a family depending on you?

PS: I'm tempted to play guerilla war gun too only if I'm still single...if there are kids depending on me...that's a dif story.
 
Yes, and what about all those years in school, new equipment, mortgage, aston martin you've never bought and Mauritius you've never visited?
 
Hey, I was answering seriously, but forgot that boys watch too many martial arts films. 😀 Guess I shoulda known better!

Honestly, as a small girl with the one year of karate I took at age 9, I would have no freaking idea what to do.

...blind them with the curing light?



..and yes, "boys" was intentional 🙄

It's in our gene since caveman period. It's Fixed-Action-Pattern. 😀

Hey isn't camel a good pet to defend their master? That antimidating sexy teeth and pheremonic freshmint breath should do something to the crooks.
 
Yes, and what about all those years in school, new equipment, mortgage, aston martin you've never bought and Mauritius you've never visited?

Oh yea, the remaining family members would be stuck paying your loans right? Or maybe just file bankruptcy.
 
Hey isn't camel a good pet to defend their master? That antimidating sexy teeth and pheremonic freshmint breath should do something to the crooks.

And you thought the avatar was just for pure aesthetics!!
 
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Oh yea, the remaining family members would be stuck paying your loans right? Or maybe just file bankruptcy.

Nope, when you're gone you take your loans with you. That’s a comforting thought isn't it?

By the way, I actually have 4 kids and yes I would still defend myself and my practice. Evil cannot be allowed to take root. Once it starts, it grows and infects everything that it can. A couple of reasons why the U.S. is a great place to be is that the majority of the people still stand for what’s right and they will stand up for their freedoms and for justice. Russia is a prime example of a country which has been completely overrun with crime because the people allowed it to take root.

They way I see it; when the deviant mind first conceives to deprive some other person of life or possessions, the criminal takes little thought for the consequences or effects of those actions except that they are consumed with thoughts and desires for self-gratification. The criminal is so selfish and cares so little for others, that they will undertake to deprive someone of that which they have worked so hard for and they will risk harm and damage to others to gratify their selfishness desires, despite the obvious fact that they have done nothing (like put forth hard work and effort) to earn the rewards and possessions that they covet. Once the thought takes hold in the criminals mind to rob another person, and the criminal puts those thoughts into action, the die is cast, the consequences then cannot be completely foreseen or controlled.

But naturally enough, when the criminal is willing to deprive you of your life in order to unjustly enrich themselves with that which they have neither earned nor even expended the least amount of legitimate effort to obtain, they also have at the same time forfeited their lives, for their selfish decision is actually the last one that they will independently make. From then on, they have thrust themselves into a situation whose timeline or events they cannot completely plan for or control. It is completely legitimate then that the individual who has suddenly been forced into this position in which the criminal was willing to deprive you of your life in order to obtain the things that you had worked so hard for…. that then being thrust into this situation which was not of your choosing but was forced on you because of the selfishness of another, you would justly defend yourself unto death?. The criminal was willing to take your life because of his selfishness.

If life is lost, it will not have been my decision to make, because my actions will be already determined. I decided a long time ago that I will not permit evil to flourish and injustice to take place, I will summarily execute judgment and administer justice. The decision to kill was not mine but the criminals. If I die or the criminal, either way the decision was made the second the criminal determined his course of action. My actions were predetermined. When the criminal made the decision to kill (when life is threatened the decision to kill has been made) he also decreed his own execution.
 
When Nerds Attack III. Seriously, this whole thread reminds me why I don't hang out with many people in my class.
 
When Nerds Attack III. Seriously, this whole thread reminds me why I don't hang out with many people in my class.


and thats cause your so cool. You sure that its you not hanging out with them? Maybe they have better things to do.
 
When Nerds Attack III. Seriously, this whole thread reminds me why I don't hang out with many people in my class.

On second read it does sound kinda rambling and nerdy but dude, sometimes a man's just gotta rant about something. Its therapuetic.
 
Nope, when you're gone you take your loans with you. That’s a comforting thought isn't it?
Yea. that is comforting to know. In this case, then so be it. Mortal Kombat it is!!!!

By the way, I actually have 4 kids and yes I would still defend myself and my practice. Evil cannot be allowed to take root. Once it starts, it grows and infects everything that it can. A couple of reasons why the U.S. is a great place to be is that the majority of the people still stand for what’s right and they will stand up for their freedoms and for justice. Russia is a prime example of a country which has been completely overrun with crime because the people allowed it to take root.

They way I see it; when the deviant mind first conceives to deprive some other person of life or possessions, the criminal takes little thought for the consequences or effects of those actions except that they are consumed with thoughts and desires for self-gratification. The criminal is so selfish and cares so little for others, that they will undertake to deprive someone of that which they have worked so hard for and they will risk harm and damage to others to gratify their selfishness desires, despite the obvious fact that they have done nothing (like put forth hard work and effort) to earn the rewards and possessions that they covet. Once the thought takes hold in the criminals mind to rob another person, and the criminal puts those thoughts into action, the die is cast, the consequences then cannot be completely foreseen or controlled.

But naturally enough, when the criminal is willing to deprive you of your life in order to unjustly enrich themselves with that which they have neither earned nor even expended the least amount of legitimate effort to obtain, they also have at the same time forfeited their lives, for their selfish decision is actually the last one that they will independently make. From then on, they have thrust themselves into a situation whose timeline or events they cannot completely plan for or control. It is completely legitimate then that the individual who has suddenly been forced into this position in which the criminal was willing to deprive you of your life in order to obtain the things that you had worked so hard for…. that then being thrust into this situation which was not of your choosing but was forced on you because of the selfishness of another, you would justly defend yourself unto death?. The criminal was willing to take your life because of his selfishness.

If life is lost, it will not have been my decision to make, because my actions will be already determined. I decided a long time ago that I will not permit evil to flourish and injustice to take place, I will summarily execute judgment and administer justice. The decision to kill was not mine but the criminals. If I die or the criminal, either way the decision was made the second the criminal determined his course of action. My actions were predetermined. When the criminal made the decision to kill (when life is threatened the decision to kill has been made) he also decreed his own execution.

I agree with ya that they are selfish and lazy bastards robbing other people hard earnings. Who are they to play god on others?
 
When Nerds Attack III. Seriously, this whole thread reminds me why I don't hang out with many people in my class.

I don't get what you are saying. What does crooks, gangs, or mafia have to do with people in your class?
 
Not to change the topic, but my Dentist had a funny story for me along the lines of weird moments in practice. One day he kept hearing this "tap, tap, tap" sound coming from the back of his office. He was practicing in South Phoenix at the time which is a pretty unsavory part of town. He had been held up already and so he was a little nervous about it. Anyways, he went back there at the end of the day and lo and behold a bum was nailing boards to make a shack ON his office.

He has since moved his practice and is doing pretty well.
 
Ah, so a real episode at last! How did he deal with the hold-up?


great story, btw :laugh:

I actually don't remember what he did, I think he just ended giving the dude some money. I think he had the philosophy of people who live in small towns next to big prisons: when someone escapes, just gas up the car and leave the keys in the ignition, it aint worth getting shot over.