A gas station clerk is upset that he was fired after he was robbed.
Nick, who didn’t want his last name used, was working at the Phillips 66 station on 69th Street just west of Interstate 35 in Merriam.
Surveillance tape from Saturday morning showed an armed robber entering the store and demanding money.
“I gave the guy the money. I didn’t want to get shot,” Nick told KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney.
The store’s policy is to never have more than $50 in the open register. Bills larger than $20 are supposed to be immediately placed into another vault.
“I mean, there was a lady who came in to fill up two vehicles — $100 altogether. That’s two $50s right there,” Nick said.
Nick said that when the robber approached, he was in the process of dropping those big bills into the other vault. He said he thinks the robber saw the bills and demanded those, too.
“I didn’t have the time to put the money in the bill acceptor,” Nick said.
The robber fled the store with $200, which is $150 more than the company rules allow to be in the till.
“So, basically, I got fired because a billion-dollar company loses $200,” Nick said.
Conoco Phillips won’t comment on the specifics, but it said safety is the No. 1 priority. A company representative said there are established guidelines that must be followed to ensure safe practices on the job.
Nick said he is trying to find another job.
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