Upset woman runs into customers at McDonald's (SUV Involved)

Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | 8/14/2006 | AP Staff

[colrpfournier]

ATHENS — Athens-Clarke County police are looking for a disgruntled McDonald's customer who ran into two other customers with her car after a dispute over who was next in line to order breakfast.

Police say 34-year-old Melinda Ann Thomas and 51-year-old Linda Ann Thomas were standing in a crowded line about 8:30 a.m. Saturday as they waited to order breakfast. A cashier opened a new line and they stepped to the front of it — a move that angered at least one customer waiting for her chance to order.

Witnesses told police the woman left the restaurant before the Thomases and stayed in the parking lot, sitting in her dark blue Jeep Cherokee.

As the Thomases made their way to their car, witnesses said the woman pulled out of her parking space, backed up and then sped toward the ladies — striking them both with the passenger side of the Jeep. The report says neither woman was injured severely.

Police are looking for the woman on charges of aggravated assault.

[colrpfournier]

...in her dark blue Jeep Cherokee.

See? Democrats drive SUVs too and, of course, they have no patience.

[mvpel]

If McDonald's would simply build single-file queues like Wendy's has, they wouldn't have any of these problems. It's been scientifically proven that that queueing method is more efficient, and boy was I wishing for it waiting in a packed crowd of indistinguishable lines at the Moscow McDonald's.

[goldstategop]

Breakfast Rage Alert

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[vladimir998]

When will people realize that SUVs are dangerous? They are a threat to our society, the environment, a very way of life. My gosh, people! Wake up! We are under attack!


Yes, I am being sarcastic.

[GreenAccord]

I ran into a friend of mine this weekend. Why isn't that news? Was it because I don't have an SUV?

[eyespysomething]

Athens Clarke County ping

[conservativehusker]

While I would never condone hitting anyone with a car..in the words of Chris Rock.."I understand"..

I find it very upsetting to be in a line, behind a person who seems to not know whats on the menu at McDonalds..it's pretty much the same menu in Omaha as in Richmond...then you get folks who wait until they get to the front of the line to even look a the menu.

Just about the time you have spent what seems like an hour in this line you get near the front and someone opens a new line...all the folks behind you that haven't waited jump right over there...although they want to help, the employee seems oblivious to the ones waiting the longest...

[patriot_wes]

Hell hath no fury......

[ChildOfThe60s]

Headline should read:

"SUV runs over two people, angry over cutting in line"

[SteveMcKing]

There is probably a patent on queueing. They just call it-

"Unique method of prompting linearly arranged elements to be taken one-by-one for ordered processing in a restaurant environment."

[Michael Goldsberry]

FIFO

[colrpfournier]

All a nitwit has to do is get behind the steering wheel of an SUV. It will do the damage itself!

[wolfcreek]

Fighting over a place in line at Micky D's........the lowest depths of Pathetic!

[colrpfournier]

I've been to one of those grease pits once in ten years and that was to get a glass of their watered-down orange juice.

But then I'm a hypocrite. I own their stock.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Good thing she left early, she'd be twice as mean if she'd actually had their coffee.

[NRA1995]

I personally don't think there's anything on McDonald's menu that's worth waiting for, much less getting angry about the wait.

[Bazooka]

She wanted fast food, and she wanted it fast.