McDonald's Cashier Loses It

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

I agree in a sense that it may have been self defense in the time leading up to where he got both of them on the ground but did the guy really need a metal rod to hold off two women that likely had never been trained in any form of self defense and were without weapons? And furthermore wouldn't the metal rod had been better used as a "get the f back" threat then as an actual weapon?

I agree. Like I said, if I'm going after someone and they use a weapon of any sort and I'm unarmed, I'm immediately backing off. I think this is a case where we're watching someone in the midst of losing his sense of reason. I was a psych / criminal law major so I find the entire clip interesting yet incredibly sad.

[Hog1]

Apparently they are not aquainted with the "Happy Meal".........

[Peter Cohan]

Every one has self respect. I think its a lesson for these ladies.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Peter Cohan

Every one has self respect. I think its a lesson for these ladies.

Welcome to the boards!

[WilbursHomie]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

There's a lesson to be learned here: When keeping it real, always be wary of those keepin' it realer

HA, so true. Especially in this case. There are usually two kind of cashiers at McDonalds. Someone's first job, or some who is extremely unhappy with how life has turned out. I'd honestly rather take my chances throwing hands with Shane Mayweather than piss off a McDonalds cashier. You might be poking a sleeping giant with access to a whipping stick.

[VegasSkinsFan]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

I think initially when the women jumped the counter and came after him, he had every right in the world to defend himself.

After the women fall to the floor and they're obviously injured and are in no way able to harm him, it's changed from self defense to assault. You think they're gonna be stupid enough to come after a dude with a weapon? I don't care who you are, you pull a weapon of any sort on me and I'm out.

And shame on his co-workers. Did absolutely nothing to help him out. You don't wanna jump in front of him, but if he's wielding a weapon and bashing some womens faces in, you'd think SOMEONE would try to grab him, the weapon or the women. Around 45 seconds into the video the dude stops hitting the women, shakes his head up and down in a way that says, "Oh yeah? Now what are you gonna do" and then hits them a few more times. Its at that point I think it went from self defense to assault.

As lame as it sounds, with all the drama that goes on at fast food restaurants, I really think companies should strongly consider hiring security guards.

I want to agree with you. I just don't think any of us can really tell if they were rendered defenseless or not. I understand they were injured however it's possible one or both I them had additional weapons. From the video my first instinct is to say he went to far, that said if I had just been attacked by anyone I would make sure they weren't moving at all.

[SmootSmack]

I like how you just decided to go ahead and throw Wal Mart into this discussion

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I like how you just decided to go ahead and throw Wal Mart into this discussion

It's almost like he has a Walmart vendetta or something.

Cough

http://www.thewarpath.net/parking-lo...s-walmart.html

Cough

[MTK]

I know every time I walk into a McDonald's or Wal-Mart, a beat-down is almost always in progress. Heck that's about the only reason to go to these low life places.

[mlmpetert]

The Walmart close to where i live has a McDonald's in it.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

The Walmart close to where i live has a McDonald's in it.

they must be rapin' everybody up in there

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

they must be rapin' everybody up in there

You could only imagine.....

[mooby]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

The Walmart close to where i live has a McDonald's in it.

Mother of mercy! It must be a breeding ground for crime in there!

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by mooby

Mother of mercy! It must be a breeding ground for crime in there!

Ok I am happy to have everybody laugh at me. I re-read what I posted and I agree with you all, nowhere in there did i intelligently post what I was trying to say, i deserve the heckling. So i'm gonna try to put my thoughts on here in a more educated, controlled manner.

More often than not, the life of a walmart/mcdonalds employee is not very good to begin with. They are payed a very, very low wage, with bad hours, and it is pretty much a dead end job. Most of the time they have very poor health insurance, to the point where i once read that an average worker sometimes as much as 40% of their paycheck is gone each week because of their high health care costs, especially if they have children on the policy.

Couple all this with some of the locations they have to work in, (The McDonalds in that fine upstanding neighborhood where that poor poor woman accidentally lost a moment of self-control is a fine example) and you pretty much have a person already on the brink just waiting for a reason to lose it.

I'm sure this had a lot to do with this story, the man who dished out the beatdown was probably experiencing all of those things, and let's be honest, getting out of jail a convicted felon for a violent crime, there is not a whole lot he can do for a living, fast food or construction is going to be about it.

It is for those reasons alone why people should treat fast food / retail workers with more respect. We as a whole society treat these people like they are scum, like they are beneath us. That is why I always try and be nice to them, because you don't know what kind of day they are having, and how close they could be to completley snapping.

I live 6 miles from Winchester VA, and they have a Wal-Mart with a McDonalds in it. I will go ahead and tell you now, the customer base there and the types of people working in there, I would not mess with them. Their lives have to be miserable. They are also in a not so great area.

Hope this helps. The lesson learned is hopefully one day we can all treat each other how we would want to be treated, i know it sounds hokey but it could have saved these people in the mcdonalds.

[mooby]

You won't ever have a problem with the people who work at McDonalds if you follow the simple philosophy of never messing with people who make your food. Yes I know this mostly applies to the actual sit down restaurant industry and not so much fast food itself, but whose to say if you piss off a McDonalds cashier that he won't go to the person making your food and convincing them to give you a "special order"? Just don't do it. Problem solved.