Good Luck Taking On Chuck-Noris Prevents Bakery Robbery!
Updated : May 6, 2009
Talking to a shop owner just last week VeryHappyPig discovered that security was one of the major retail expenses.
There is security staff, intricate camera set ups, complex alarm systems and so fort.
Today however, VeryHappyPig can not only reveal news of a more cost effective security system, but can also tell you of a much more effective one.
Store bosses have seen off burglars by placing a life-sized photo of Hollywood action star Chuck Norris in the window.
The posh bakery shop in Split, Croatia, had been broken into almost every week until they put up the poster of the karate champ with a sign saying: "This shop is under the protection of Chuck Norris."
Now the bakery hasn't had a single burglary for more than a month.
Sales assistant Mirna Kovac said: "To be honest we just started it as a joke but it really has worked. Thieves haven't been anywhere near us for ages. People seem to respect him.
"Everyone around here has seen his films and he's quite a popular character, perhaps even among criminals, so they've decided to leave us alone."
She added though: "We have had a few customers come in and ask us whether they can get Chuck's autograph. They really believe he is sitting in our storeroom out the back ready to pounce on any burglars."
VeryHappyPig told you how a picture of Dolph Lundgren scared burglars last week, and since, we have been told this action man picture security trend is catching on.
In fact last week when VeryHappyPig was in the local bank there were more posters on the walls than a teenage girls bedroom. They were not posters of the boy band kind though, but pictures of the muscle bursting action hero ilk.
Stallone, Arnie, Noris and Segal all decorated the walls and not a security camera in sight.
