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Readers thought I was unfair for calling the clerk a dummy (especially for giving up his own car!) Read the story, from the 21 September 2003 issue, and then look at the security camera photo. And you be the judge!

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Joseph Gonzalez, 38, was working at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Dania Beach, Fla., when a man came up to the counter and told him "not to be a hero". Gonzalez looked up to see a man holding him up -- using a paper soft drink cup over his hand as a weapon. Gonzales gave the man money out of the cash register, as well as the keys to his own car. The robber escaped. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel) ...Joe, "Don't be a hero" doesn't mean "Do be an idiot".

The photo: