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The nerve of some ATM users ...

August 29, 2013

Imagine — you're a common criminal just going about your everyday thievery at an ATM, and what happens? Some woman has the brazen effrontery to punch you in the head.

This was the case in an attempted robbery at an ATM in London, according to a recent report by London 24. A man on a bicycle pulled up behind two sisters, aged 25 and 27, who were getting cash at an ATM and, as the notes were dispensed, lunged forward to grab them.

The ladies were having none of it. As one sister took the money, the other took the man by the head and gave him a smack.

The outraged thief spat at the woman, who retaliated by pushing him off his bike before walking to her mother's car. 

Determined not to let it go at that, the thwarted thief rode past the car on his bicycle and yelled at the mother, "Your kids need to learn some manners!"

You don't say.

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