7/1: Taking Out Drive-Thru Workers, Mohammad Mouse, Capt. America
8:30 p.m.
• Holy crap. I'm glad I don't work drive-thru anymore. I'd probably be killed. And Penn Hills is not that far from where I live.
A man who thought the clerk at a fast-food drive-through was rude for not saying "please" and "thank you" punched her in the face, police said. Duane L. Williams, angered by what he felt was the clerk's rudeness, walked into the store to complain just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, Penn Hills police Chief Howard Burton said Friday.
Before the manager could meet with Williams, he walked back outside, pushed open the drive-through window and punched the 19-year-old woman in the face. The clerk was bruised, but not badly hurt, Burton said.
"He didn't like the girl's attitude because she didn't say 'please' and 'thank you,'" Burton said.
The store manager ran outside to get Williams' license plate number and called police.
Williams, 46, told police he had "anger-management issues" when he turned himself in later that night, Burton said.
"He was unable to tell the officer why he did that. He said he remembered opening the drive-through window, but could not remember if he punched the victim or not," Burton said. "I guess he just had a bad day."
It’s kinda funny because the reason young chicks work cashier jobs is to put a pretty face out there so men won’t be as likely to bitch about their order. And forget about saying “thank you,” just get my order right and I’m good.
10 a.m.
• So last night there was supposed to be some big “walk out” at the Pirates game to protest the fact that this team is bad. And what happened?
An estimated 1,000 fans answered the call. Several hundred left after the second inning when the Pirates scored six runs, but the majority made for the concourses after the third inning as planned. Most of the 26,959 in attendance stayed in their seats. Some of them chanted "Let's Go Bucs" and booed the gesture.
Still, organizers considered the night a victory for calling out the organization on its operations.
"It's more than symbolism. This is the wake-up call. This sends a message," said Andy Chomos, who led the exit after organizing the grass roots protest on the Internet last month. "I'm ticked off. We want to see meaningful baseball in August and September again."
Participants were asked to wear green, as in the color of money, to encourage management to spend its dollars on a better product. A few wore bags over their heads. One popular T-shirt -- selling for $5 -- carried the message "I Support The Third Inning Walkout." One of those walking out wrote on his shirt that Kevin McClatchy should be paying him to attend games.
Prior to the game, several hundred supporters of Fans For Change rallied outside Hi-Tops on Federal Street. Police were on hand to shoo the crowd back onto the sidewalk after it spilled into the street. A bobblehead doll was smashed in the street as a way of telling management that real baseball fans were tired of giveaways and want to see quality baseball again.
You want to send a real message to management? DON’T GO TO THE FUCKING GAMES! Hell, I bet a number of these protestors probably bought snacks from the refreshment stands. I feel for you people because putting your heart into a team with 14 consecutive years of losing must feel pretty bad, but the funny thing is despite all this suck the Pirates still make a profit. In a way, you got to respect that.
Pirates management. It’s a lot like Hitler.
Protesters Brieann McGavitt, 22, and Matt Klima, 22, of California, Pa., both wore T-shirts bearing likenesses of (owners) Bob Nutting, Kevin McClatchy and general manager Dave Littlefield above the words: "Axis Of Evil."
Remember, the Steelers pretty much did jack shit for 40 years before winning four Super Bowls during the 1970s. Only 26 more years to go, Bucco fans.
9:45 a.m.
• A final update on Mohammad Mouse. Now this is how a series finale should be done.
Here's the video.
Farfour, the Mickey Mouse look-alike who preached the Islamist philosophy of Hamas on a weekly TV show, was beaten to death yesterday by an actor playing an Israeli official during the show's finale.
"Farfour was martyred while defending his land," Sara, the teenage presenter, says during the final episode, according to the Associated Press. He was killed "by the killers of children," she adds.
• You know, I actually think this isn’t such a bad idea.
Comer Wilson hasn't had to show his ID to buy beer in a while. Maybe it's the 66-year-old man's long white beard. Starting Sunday, gray hair won't be good enough. Wilson and everyone else will be required to show identification before buying beer in Tennessee stores—no matter how old the buyer appears.
"It's the stupidest law I ever heard of," Wilson said. "You can see I'm over 21."
Tennessee is the first state to make universal carding mandatory, says the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association. However, the law does not apply to beer sales in bars and restaurants, and it does not cover wine and liquor.
Supporters say it keeps grocery store and convenience store clerks from having to guess a customer's age. Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen said it's a good way to address the problems of underage drinking.
When I worked at the Quickie Mart, it was about that time when we had to really start carding people or else the Anti-Tobacco Gestapo would be hitting us well-to-do cashiers with fines and shit. We were told that we had to card anyone that looked younger than 27. But you have to be only 18 to purchase tobacco? Didn’t matter. Our magic number was 27. And you can imagine how great this went over with our customers. My usual answer to the responses below were something like, “Because I was told to card anyone that didn’t look 27 because Joe Camel is making our kids smoke.”
“OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS?”
“DO I LOOK 18?”
“THIS IS SO STUPID!”
“WHY DO I HAVE TO SHOW YOU MY ID?!”
Now seriously, I ask you: What is so difficult about pulling out your driver’s license? I’ve done it before with no problem. Hell, whenever I go to purchase alcohol, I have my ID out by the time I get to the register, and I’m older than the big 2-7. If it’s the LAW that EVERYONE has to whip out ID in order to purchase booze, and it makes the lives of the many cashiers in the great state of Tennessee easier, then I say why not.
9:30 a.m.
• Remember that shit a while back about OMG Captian America is dead? Peep the final paragraph.
t's a funeral fit for a superhero. In the drizzling rain at Arlington National Cemetery, thousands of grieving patriots solemnly watch as the pallbearers—Iron Man, the Black Panther, Ben Grimm and Ms. Marvel—carry a casket draped with an American flag.
Yes, folks, Captain America is dead and buried in the latest issue of Marvel Comics' "Fallen Son," due on newsstands the morning after Independence Day. After 66 years of battling villains from Adolf Hitler to the Red Skull, the red, white and blue leader of the Avengers was felled by an assassin's bullet on the steps of a New York federal courthouse.
He was headed to court after refusing to sign the government's Superhero Registration Act, a move that would have revealed his true identity. A sniper who fired from a rooftop was captured as police and Captain America's military escort were left to cope with chaos in the streets.
But the sniper didn't act alone, and didn't even fire the shot that killed the captain...
... Marvel says you never know what will happen. He may make it back from the dead after all, although Loeb says that question isn't really important right now.
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