Me being a mercenary ...

This weekend, a lady was robbed at gunpoint around the corner from where I live. She was making the night deposit for the video store across the street from my house.(*)

The robber must have been casing the area and knew there would be a deposit made. As the cops found indents in the snow where he was crouched waiting.

My first thoughts upon hearing this weren't "I'd better secure my house more."(**) No, my first thoughts were to go talk to the general manager and either suggest he get an in-store safe for the nightly take OR to offer my services as an escort for the girls making the deposits.

* (- ie I go out my front door, turn left and can see the store. -)
** (- Fairly secure already. Which probably goes without saying. -)