“It’s not a knife, that’s it a knife.”

A man wielding the knife who appeared to be trying to rob a store Argentine it was quite a shock after the employee he was allegedly threatening pulled out an even bigger knife.

Security footage shared from inside El Estribo Fiambreria in Cipolletti on Oct. 31 showed a man wearing a backpack, cap and scarf entering the store and approaching the counter.

The man then slowly pulls out a knife and appears to make his way behind the cashier, before slowly backing away and putting the knife back in his waistband.

The man then leaves the store as a store employee appears on screen wielding an even larger knife.

Once the man left, the store employee holding the larger knife smiled as she appeared to show her colleague why the would-be thief left in such a hurry.

A store representative told Storyful that the employee with a knife was in the middle of cutting a sandwich when the would-be robber entered.

No one was injured during the incident.