Robbery at a kitchenware store

A couple of crooks are about to rob a kitchenware store. It’s a pretty important bust, and they’ve been writing up a list of specific items for a while now. Yeah, they’ve got a guy a couple counties over that pays big money for kitchen utensils and the like. This time, the items that are first on their list consist of a top-of-the-line blender model, some slotted spoons, and some baking materials. Easily their best asset, though, is a celebrity-endorsed whisk, exclusive to their target store. Their contact has offered $5500 for it alone, and it’s the only one in the store judging from the store’s inventory records.

Beginning the job, the robbers enter the store with little trouble by suspending the security system for thirty minutes, enough to complete the job. They grab the spoons first, along with an armload of salad forks, and proceed to the appliance section, where they grab a microwave and the target blender. Relieved that everything is going smoothly, the crooks head to the side entrance, where baking utensils are shelved.

There it is. $5500 in bended metal perched on a plastic holder in a shiny glass case, its endorser’s face smiling down from the large sign hanging above. To the robbers’ dismay, they can see that the glass case, when broken, will set off a second alarm. They pause to discuss.

“How much time would it take for the cops to get here?” the crook holding the microwave and blender asks.

“With its own system like that, I’ll bet this thing is high-priority. Five, ten minutes, maybe?” replies the other.

“Fuck. Shit! We’ll never make it. What if they catch us?”

The man shifts his armload of forks and spoons as he considers, but with $5500 within reach it’s not a difficult decision. He turns to his comrade, expression grim.

“It’s a whisk I’m willing to take.”