Broward County

Worker keeps mopping as two thieves rob Dania Beach Food Mart

A convenience store employee continues to clean while armed robbers steal from the Express Gas Food Mart in Dania Beach.
A convenience store employee continues to clean while armed robbers steal from the Express Gas Food Mart in Dania Beach. Courtesy of Broward County Sheriff’s Office

As they say in the hourly wage food service industry, if you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean. And the time to clean does not have to stop just because somebody’s committing an armed robbery next to you.

An employee mopping the Express Gas Food Mart at 3401 Griffin Road in Dania Beach demonstrated this during a March 31 robbery. Two men, one armed with a gun, entered the store and demanded money from the cashier. The man on the mop did not stop. He kept doing his mopping even while the thieves came back to check the cabinet beneath the register.

The two robbers are described as 5-10 with slender builds. Obviously, they’re also able to walk on freshly mopped floors without slipping.

David J. Neal: 305-376-3559, @DavidJNeal

This story was originally published April 22, 2016 at 4:13 PM with the headline "Worker keeps mopping as two thieves rob Dania Beach Food Mart."

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