DakRalter comments on Passengers thought mass train attack 'was a joke'

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[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I was held at gunpoint when I was 19 and worked in a post office. It doesn't really sink in until after. In the moment, it does appear pretty calm. You don't really expect someone to start waving a gun in your face. So I just got up and did what they said. If you were on the other side of the shop, it would only be the alarms blaring that would tip you off.

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[–] cman6@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 child)

Whoa, that is incredible. So you felt calm as it all unfolded? Did it feel surreal?

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[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 1 point 5 days ago*

Yeah, I can't process things in the moment at the best of times 😅 I don't know about calm.

The only shouting came from the assailants, as far as I remember. I don't remember anyone shouting or running about in panic. The other staff were just cowering behind the counter after setting off the alarm, I don't remember what the customers were doing.

You don't really expect someone to grab you and hold a gun to your head. I was just on autopilot, I suppose. I didn't get upset until after. But it gave me the perfect excuse to quit that job and I got enough pity points to get offered a paid position at the place I was volunteering at haha.

But tbh it was one of the less traumatising things I've been through 😅

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