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Man Punches Elderly Man Over Nutella Waffle Samples
NBC Bay Area ^ | Jason Kandel

Posted on 09/24/2015 10:57:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A man allegedly hit another man at a tasting table at Costco in Burbank on Sunday

A 24-year-old man has been charged in connection with punching a 78-year-old shopper in the face after the victim protested about how many samples the man had taken at a Nutella waffle tasting station at a Costco in Burbank, police said.

Derrick Gharabighi, of Burbank, has been charged with felony elder abuse and personal infliction of great bodily injury against a person over 70 years of age, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

The suspect is accused of striking a man in the face Sunday morning when the man told him he shouldn't take so many waffles after the alleged assailant took multiple samples off the table at the Costco at 1051 West Burbank Boulevard, officials said.

The victim suffered a cut above his left eye and swelling around his face and was hospitalized, officials said.

Gharabighi was booked into jail with bail set at $50,000.

It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney.


TOPICS: Food; Local News; Weird Stuff
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1 posted on 09/24/2015 10:57:09 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Slings and Arrows

This guy sounds like a real hazel nut.


2 posted on 09/24/2015 10:57:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway (Trump is to conservatism as Caitlyn Jenner is to female.)
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To: nickcarraway

which one


3 posted on 09/24/2015 11:00:27 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: CGASMIA68

Both, I guess. Would this have happened at a vegenmite samples table?


4 posted on 09/24/2015 11:01:14 AM PDT by nickcarraway (Trump is to conservatism as Caitlyn Jenner is to female.)
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To: nickcarraway
Found the little punk:


5 posted on 09/24/2015 11:03:51 AM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: nickcarraway
Gharabighi???

Sounds Amish..

6 posted on 09/24/2015 11:04:12 AM PDT by ken5050
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To: TexasCajun

I guess him mommy didn’t fix his breakfast that day.


7 posted on 09/24/2015 11:04:49 AM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: nickcarraway

certain things some older folk need to kinda clam up on..especially now a day


8 posted on 09/24/2015 11:05:17 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: nickcarraway
Leggo my Eggo photo: Leggo my eggo, DAMMIT!!! WAFFLES.png
9 posted on 09/24/2015 11:05:27 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: TexasCajun

Maybe he should have had a Snicker’s?


10 posted on 09/24/2015 11:05:30 AM PDT by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: nickcarraway

Those sample tables get in the way of carts. Now they are causing assaults. Costco needs to get rid of them now!


11 posted on 09/24/2015 11:08:21 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: CGASMIA68

No, they don’t need to clam up. The young hipster is in desperate need on an appointment for an attitude re-adjustment with a well-applied Louisville Slugger or 2x4.


12 posted on 09/24/2015 11:12:18 AM PDT by LaRueLaDue
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To: nickcarraway
Saw it on the local news. The frail victim had a cut on his temple and a black eye. What is wrong with a 24 year old in-shape man to do such a thing? Gang member trying for his initiation or just an overly macho punk? Whatever, it's a symptom of what's going wrong in America.

As a biker dipshit at 24 (before Navy), I would never have even thought of punching out an old man. Nor did I know even the worse of the biker community think of doing such. It shows them as cowards. Hate how basic decency is all but gone.

13 posted on 09/24/2015 11:15:23 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: TexasCajun
Chicks around 20-30 years old do that self picture taking don't they? - for the Facebook website?

What a fag - I would have buried my K-Bar in his ear

14 posted on 09/24/2015 11:16:36 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: nickcarraway
According to the author of this article on Costco:

"There is no limit on samples. I repeat, there is no limit on samples."

15 posted on 09/24/2015 11:16:42 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: nickcarraway

I’m 76...recently a correctional officer at a max security juvie enter...tons of bad asses....had he attacked me, he would have been the recipient of some very special training that we received from the state and he wouldn’t have liked it at all....


16 posted on 09/24/2015 11:16:43 AM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL)
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To: A Navy Vet

He’s an Armo, not an American anyway


17 posted on 09/24/2015 11:18:01 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: nickcarraway

This policy is unconstitutional via the ruling of Los Angeles v. Patel. They shouldn’t fold.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-court-motel-registry-20150623-story.html


18 posted on 09/24/2015 11:19:25 AM PDT by grigz27 (New Larger Size!)
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To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows

I have never hit another person in my life. If this guy had hit my father I would have gone medieval on him. I wouldn’t care if I wound up in jail,

You do not hit an elderly person

You do not hit another person ever. You are supposed to learn that lesson at two or three years of age.

Bet you he’s hit his girlfriends too. It’s not a big stretch of the imagination.


19 posted on 09/24/2015 11:20:46 AM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: nickcarraway

Someone was giving out hot roast beef samples at the local Costco. I walked up to get one, there were five left on the tray, when some jerk guy walked up and snatched up all five. 20 minutes until the next batch. I told him he was rude and he got very angry and defensive.


20 posted on 09/24/2015 11:21:09 AM PDT by sportutegrl (CoC)
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