Store worker 'Amy,' seen in the video with long blonde hair, said she was certain the firearm in the thug's hands was a toy gun.
Store worker 'Amy,' seen in the video with long blonde hair, said she was certain the firearm in the thug's hands was a toy gun.
An armed would-be robber walked into an erotica shop in California this week deeming it a soft target, but fearless store employees quickly taught him a hard lesson.
The incident took place just before closing time Wednesday night at the Lotions & Lace store in San Bernardino and was caughton surveillance video.
The grainy footage shows a man in a hooded sweatshirt sauntering into the adult store and pulling what appears to be a handgun on two female clerks manning the counter, the Daily Mail reports.
Store worker 'Amy,' seen in the video with long blonde hair, said she was certain the firearm in the thug's hands was a toy gun.
Speaking to KABC later, Amy said of the suspect: 'I just thought he was trying to be funny, to scare us. But then I saw the gun and it was like, really? I don't have time for this.'
Instead of handing the intruder cash from the register, Amy started yelling at him and pounding her fist on the counter.
At one point in the video, the armed man is seen grabbing Amy. That is when her valiant co-worker jumps into action, pelting the perpetrator with adult sex toys.
Facing a barrage of naughty projectiles, the man is forced to beat a heist retreat and flee the store empty-handed.
'I think he was a coward,' said the worker seen in the video lobbing the store's phallic merchandise at the criminal. 'Coming in and trying to get over on two females and not realizing that were pretty feisty.'
The San Bernardino Police Department has released the CCTV footage of the attempted robbery, along with a screenshot depicting the suspect standing outside the store prior to the failed robbery.
As of Friday morning, the suspect has not been identified and no arrests have been made.
