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I don't want to put my f after nearly four years, Caitlin Parsons won't be a manager at Bigfoot Java for much longer. I love people and I Earlier in the week, Parsons stand was robbed two nights in a row during the overnight shift. He put his hand in his jacket and said I'm gonna shoot this place up and she saw the gun in his hand. So she opened the window and he grabbed the entire tail and took it. And so when did you? I don't know. Turn in your two weeks that day. Overnight Thursday, eight stands were targeted, spanning Pierce and King County. According to the CFO of Bigfoot Java, two attempted robberies were in Puyallup. The suspects were not only similar in our robberies, but robbers throughout the county. Operations manager for Bigfoot Java, Andrea Merriman says the company works with local enforcement agencies to create safety policies and talks about them monthly. The only thing that we can do is just listen to the employees, make sure that they're safe. Listen to the employees make sure that A separate barista anonymously sent these chats to King 5 showing employees expressing concern to the CFO and Merriman, who says the company acknowledges concerns and tries to make shift switches. Do you think there will be any safety changes because of the string of robberies? They're most We're going to be meeting with all of the stand managers and getting the details back from all of the employees. Parsons says she has to consider her safety and fears what will happen if these crimes continue. I could come in or customer could come through and see someone injured on the ground or. And have no clue what happened. Now the Puyallup Police Department says it is currently looking for the suspects and describes them as a man and a woman. Bigfoot Java's policy is to have the breeze to hand over the till to deescalate the situation live here in C. Tack. I'm Pristine Goodwillie, King 5 News.