It’s nearly midnight and business at McDonald’s is slowing down. The shift is looking forward to cleaning up and going home after a hard day’s work.

Suddenly a guy wearing black jeans, a black leather jacket, and a Lone Ranger style mask shows up demanding money. He’s got a gun. He also seems to know exactly where everything is. He goes straight for the money.

During the robbery, the Lone Ranger mask slips a tiny bit. But it’s enough to show the gunman’s eyebrows and part of his forehead. Jenny, a cashier, picks right up on that little slip, but she remains quiet. Although she says nothing, she’s probably thinking: "If he knows I can identify him, he might panic and start shooting."

Within minutes the gunman goes out the door with a plastic bag filled with McDonald’s money. Seconds later, employees lock up and call the cops.

Jenny tells the other employees, "Don’t touch anything—you might destroy evidence." Boy, is she ever management material.

As soon as the cops arrive, Jenny tells a detective what she saw. "When the mask slipped I saw his eyebrows," she says. "He knew where everything was — no wonder he knew — he’s a manager at one of our other stores — his name is Toby."

Police copy pictures of Toby from McDonald’s employee files and circulate the photos among the late night patrol. Next, they check the suspect’s residence, but there’s nobody at home. The district manager tells police that Toby is scheduled to report for work early the next morning.

The suspect arrives for work right on time. What he doesn’t know is that two of the customers sipping coffee inside are plainclothes cops. Two more are outside in unmarked cars, just in case Toby decides to run. He does not. That was Toby’s first brush with the law. Hopefully, it’ll be his last, but he’ll have to serve some time in prison before we know the ending to that.