One of the best ways to stop thefts has been found to be by simply acting super friendly and accommodating.

“If you’re a legitimate customer, you think, ’This is the friendliest person I’ve met in my life.’ If you’re a bad guy, it scares the lights out of you,” said Drew Ness, a vice president of Bellevue-based First Mutual Bank, who advocates the approach.

AP via MSNBC: How to scare bank robbers? Try smiling
via kottke.org

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