goodbye 2009...

so i was really excited about ringing in the new year... we weren't too sure what we were going to do, but we both had to work and we were going to talk about it when i got home about 5:30... yeah that didn't happen the way we planned. please let me tell you about how my new year's eve unfolded...

8:30 - arrive at work, open bank with the other tellers and bankers

10:00 - make a quick run to QT across the street with chelsea for a hot chocolate/taquito/corn nuts run

10:45 - get robbed... WHAT?!?! you all may be thinking? yep, i got robbed. let me break this down for you.

this guy walks in the bank and i was the only teller available at that moment.

-karly- "hello, welcome to wachovia. what may i assist you with today?"

-bank robber (BR)- "oh i just have a check to cash."

-karly- "oh no problem, i can assist you right over here."

-BR- *walks up to my station fishing in his pocket for something... which i assume is that

check he needs cashing*

-karly- "do you have an account with us?"

-BR- "no"

-karly- "oh no problem, i'll just need to look at the check" [and i'm thinking... cool,

maybe i can get him to open an account and i can get referral credit!]

-BR- *tosses plastic grocery bag over the counter*

-karly- [think to myself, 'i know this a-hole did not just throw a piece of trash over the

counter at me to throw away'] *looks at man and smiles* "oh, would you like me

to throw that away for you?"

-BR- *looks at me like i'm crazy* "no, fill it up"

-karly- *looks at BR like he's crazy* ...long two seconds of silence... "what?"

-BR- *gets very menacing look on his face* "you have ten seconds to fill that up before i start unloading" [which i take to mean he is threatening to shoot me and my friends]

"10,9,8,7..."

-karly- *staying very calm and going into the zone* "oh sure, i can do that for you" *opens

drawer, puts in money... starts to give BR the plastic bag of money*

-BR- *glaring* "there better be some 50s and 100s in there" [there wasn't... i didn't give

him my big money]

-karly- *getting more and more scared, puts in more money, hands bag over*

-BR- *turns and walks away*

-karly- "thank you, have a nice day" [yes i did actually say that]

-BR- *out the door, starts running, runs into street, drops money bag, almost gets creamed

by a car, picks up money bag, runs away*

-karly and girls- *yell to bankers that we got robbed, punch alarms, call 911, lock down bank

(poor customer that got stuck inside), follow all protocol, do everything right*

-girls to karly (who is standing very still in shock)- "are you ok?"

-karly- ..."no" *immediately bursts into tears and starts shaking*

so then i was in isolation for an hour and a half. i was interviewed by a police detective and then an FBI agent. they dusted for prints and started a manhunt. i still don't think they caught him... homeboy had a good day at the bank.

i still replay it every few minutes, i cry every once in awhile, i won't let JJ out of my sight, and i had a nightmare about it last night in which i kicked my husband... twice!

needless to say i was not up for a rockin new year's eve. i needed something more low-key, so we got to meet up with miles and kendra at the temple. we walked around, took some pictures, and then made our way back to miles parents' home. we played a rousing round of rock band, ate some food, and i promptly crashed. i was so tired so we made our way home, and we were asleep by 11:30. :)

so... i am happy that 2009 is over, and i look forward to a new year... and i will make my way out of banking because i never want to experience that again!