World's Most Apathetic Robber Evokes Fond Literary Memories

“[T]he man walked into Eskimix and ordered a blueberry, raspberry and banana smoothie. ‘I kept thinking about how he looked like the author William S. Burroughs,’ the employee, Andrew Smith, 22, said.

Then the customer pulled out a handgun, pointed it at Mr. Smith and calmly told him to empty the cash register….

The most recent robbery occurred Friday night, when the same man ducked inside Rainbows and Triangles, a gift store on Eighth Avenue that caters to gay men. He pulled out his gun and demanded money. The clerk said there was none in the register, and the man left.”
-It’s a quiet time in the West Village, finds A.G. Sulzberger, as the William Burroughs look-a-like robber is passively floating from store to store, never becoming irate when local businesses have no money at all, ordering yogurt drinks (just like he did in Morocco!), then just drifting off….