Posted on 08/14/2006 7:43:36 PM PDT by markomalley
Police have been 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.
Melinda Ann Thomas, 34, and Linda Ann Thomas, 51, were standing in a crowded line around 8:30 a.m. Saturday as they waited to order breakfast, police said. A cashier opened a new line and they stepped to the front of it — a move that angered another customer who was waiting to order.
According to the report, the unidentified woman started yelling at them and threatened to kill them.
The woman then left the restaurant before the Thomases and stayed in the parking lot, sitting in her dark blue Jeep Cherokee, witnesses told police. As the Thomases made their way to their car, witnesses said the woman pulled out of her parking space and sped toward the women, striking them both with the passenger side of the Jeep.
Neither woman was badly injured, the police report said.
The woman is being sought by police on charges of aggravated assault.
On May 23 at a McDonald's in Covington, about 30 miles southwest of Athens, a man ran over two women and their three children, killing a 2-year-old. A suspect is facing murder and aggravated assault charges in the attack, for which authorities have said they have no motive.
What state was this in...Georgia?
ObMuslimComment: Was she rushing to get to the halal Chicken McNuggets?
I guess it's dangerous to get between some people and their hamburgers & fries.
Did she first leave to buy a Humvee?
Actually, that sort of gets my goat, too (opening a new line and not ensuring the next longest waiting customer can order).
You would think MacDonalds, which invested millions to take 20 seconds off of car waiting times, would invest a few bucks to clean up their stupid non-queues.
I wonder how one can strike someone with the side of a vehicle??? I doubt the car was skidding sideways as serious injuries would have occurred.
"Have it MY way! I'm lovin' it..."
Cars don't turn in perfect circles. Pull up straight, right next to a post, then turn the wheels hard in the direction of the post, and see if you don't get a post-shaped dent in the side of your car.
"You would think MacDonalds, which invested millions to take 20 seconds off of car waiting times, would invest a few bucks to clean up their stupid non-queues."
A part of one of the courses I took in college was about queuing theory. It really exists, and once you've been exposed to it, a *lot* of retail lines are *real* stupid.
GPSS -- Breakfast of champions.
As a side note, at least banks and supermarkets make SOME (small) attempt at Queue Management -- MacD's doesn't even try.
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Would that be considered a "Big Mac Attack."
That's just what I was thinking......you "beat" me to it.
Nothing says "GUT BOMB" like a McDonald's breakfast.
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