Posted on 05/26/2018 2:28:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
One New York man is accused of slapping a Dennys waitress on the bottom while his wife was in the bathroom. The 65-year-old may now spend up to a year in jail.
On May 22, Clarence H. Locke Jr. arrived at Denny's in Rome with his wife around noon, sat down at one of staffer Jayme Adairs tables, and ordered beverages, Newshub reports.
"The customer and his wife came in together. I didn't recognize him by his face, but when he walked in he said, Hello Jayme," the 23-year-old waitress recalled. As Lockes wife soon left the table to user the restroom, the shocking incident unfolded.
"I get their drink order, I turn to walk away and he reaches out of the booth, almost falls out of the booth and tries, and hits my butt, Adair told WKTV . And I was just in shock. I never had something like that happen to me.
She immediately informed her manager, who told the man to leave.....
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some guys are just born idiots.
Unbelievable! Punish an old guy with a year in prison (I’m older). Some states really are people’s republics.
Better to have let his wife see to his punishment. Mine would.
Jail time for a butt slap seems like a bridge too far. Maybe he’s got dementia or something.
A year in jail may be a bit extreme, but this action just cannot be tolerated in a civilized society.
Not a good idea these days no matter how innocuous the intention. Doubt he’ll get any real time unless he has priors. Probation and community service with mandatory counseling is more appropriate.
What a complete idiot! What possesses people to do stuff like this? Was he drunk? He’s going to be spending a ton on attorney fees, may lose his marriage, and could well spend time in prison. He should have just ordered a patty melt and shut up. The waitress should have clocked him.
“....civilized society.” Chicago?
Well, when in Rome...don’t slap the waitresses butt.
CC
Was that wrong?
I believe a conviction would carry with it a lifetime designation as a sex offender, and having to register periodicaly and every time they moved. Big jail time for failing to do so. Helluva way to spend one’s retirement.
My immediate thought when I saw the headline was, “How drunk or old was he?”
There was a time when this behavior was common and women were expected to take it. That was gone sometime in the ‘70s, however, and 50 years later any such perp knows that what he is doing is unacceptable.
no tact at all. All he had to do was ask for her phone number and called later when wifey wasn’t around...
H.W. would be in the Texas Electric-Chair Drive-Thru by now.
I think it’s horrible that this article would assume the waitperson is a woman.
If that waitress was my daughter (and I've got two), I'd be the one going to jail.
Was she wearing her name tag?
But yeah, unless he has some provable Asperger's-like maladay, he's got no excuse.
Yeah I’m sure a young waitress is going to give a gray-bearded 65 year old man her phone number. Maybe in Penthouse Letters, but in real life?
I believe a conviction would carry with it a lifetime designation as a sex offender, and having to register periodicaly and every time they moved. Big jail time for failing to do so. Helluva way to spend ones retirement
I'm gonna guess you didn't click through and read the article.
Locke was charged with forcible touching, a Class A misdemeanor punishable with up to a year in jail or three years probation. Upon conviction, the violation does not require a person to register as a sex offender, unless the victim is younger than 18 or it is not the attackers first sex-related conviction, WKTV reports.
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