Wawa Employee Stabs Knife-Wielding Man Who Jumped Over Counter Angry About Long Wait, Philadelphia Police Say

CBS3 ^ | 8/13/2021

[Right Wing Vegan]

Police are investigating a stabbing inside a West Mount Airy Wawa. They say it started because of a disgruntled customer. It happened at the store located on the 7200 block of Germantown Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

Police say an employee was unpacking boxes when a male customer began yelling and then punched and choked the employee because he wasn’t being served.

When the man tried to go around the counter with a knife, investigators say the employee pulled out his own knife, stabbing the suspect.

“That’s crazy, especially when you coming to work the normal shift and you have to fight somebody off. That’s insane,” a customer told Eyewitness News.

Wawa customers say they’re extremely troubled by growing violence in the city.

“It is every day. No matter where you go, you are constantly looking over your shoulder,” Brian Hart, who lives in Port Richmond, said. “It is just, you know, not really safe place to live anymore, I don’t think.”

[Right Wing Vegan]

Don't pick a knife fight in a store that employs dudes who cut open boxes all day.

[Leaning Right]

Don’t bring a knife to a knife fight.
Oh, wait. I think I got that wrong. Never mind.

[cgbg]

Brian Hart, who lives in Port Richmond, said. “It is just, you know, not really safe place to live anymore, I don’t think.”

Can we nominate Brian for the Darwin award?

;-)

[PGR88]

[gov_bean_ counter]

A rule to live by…

[Jim W N]

What is “Wawa”?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“I’ll take ‘People without impulse control’ for $1,000, Alex.”

[dfwgator]

What is “Wawa”?

[\/\/ayne]

[ProtectOurFreedom]

WaWa was one of the first convenience stores to add a great food service and then one of the first to widely install ordering kiosks.

[dsrtsage]

“ What is “Wawa”?

It is a gas station store like AM PM or Maverick or circle K, though unlike the latter, there is nothing strange afoot

[Allegra]

LOL - I was amused by the names of grocery stores in Philly. WaWa and Acme were the ones near me when I lived there in my college years.

[Robert DeLong]

We are talking about Philly. Not exactly a bastion of intelligence there.

[Blue Highway]

They had 2 self checkout scanners in a Wawa i go to in Florida, then 2 weeks later they were removed. I loved it while it lasted as there was never any line, now there is usually a line of 10-20 people ahead of me at any given time. One other gripe is they discontinued the sausage bagel breakfast item. That was the only one i liked. The bacon sandwich the bacon is never crispy or even cooked all the way.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Wawa customers say they’re extremely troubled by growing violence in the city.

....but will continue to vote Democrat. F' em.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

NOTHING holds a candle to the “Piggly Wiggly.” Best supermarket name ever, bar none.

[Pollard]

I was wondering what an Airy Wawa smells like

[Robert DeLong]

Wawa, Inc. is an American chain of convenience stores and gas stations located along the East Coast of the United States, operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Florida.

The company's corporate headquarters is located in the Wawa area of Chester Heights, Pennsylvania in Greater Philadelphia.

[Pollard]

West Mount Airy Wawa

Sounds like instructions.

[Drew68]

What is “Wawa”?

The champion of convenience stores. They’re common on the east coast. If you’ve never been to one, it’s hard to explain.