The Christchurch kebab shop owner dubbed the 'chillest chip shop operator' on social media for ignoring an armed robber says he told himself: "try to be cool as much as you can".
"I don't know how I did it," admits Said Ahmed.
The incident, which took place on 28 May at around 11pm, was the first of its kind in the 15 years that Mr Ahmed has owned Egyptian Kebab House.
"Sometimes teenagers try to scare me, throwing eggs," but nothing major had happened previously, he says.
Police released CCTV footage of the would-be holdup on Facebook this week, asking members of the public to help identify the robber. The video has now been viewed 77,000 times.