Last name Garcia.
Posted on 04/25/2022 1:27:21 AM PDT by Morgana
A California father-of-seven says he was beaten-up by grocery store staff after making a sarcastic remark about the length of a checkout line.
John Valencia was filmed scuffling with staff at Stater Brothers in San Bernardino on April 20, but said the violence escalated in a private store closet.
He told Fox13 that the incident began when he went to pick up a coffee, only to be confronted with a long checkout line for a single cash register.
Valencia says he asked a manager to open another, only to be ignored.
When he told the manager 'great customer service,' in what he insists was a non-aggressive manner, he said the staffer asked him to leave.
But Valencia's ordeal escalated into a brutal beating as he walked out, when he said he was dragged into a closet by at least two grocery store workers and beaten.
He recalled: 'Other employees came and I can remember it was like they had me on the ground, and I seen them trying to close the door, and I was trying to kick the door open so they wouldn't close it, and they grabbed my legs and pulled them up.
'Two of them started beating on me, then they started kicking my face and stomping on my back and stomping my head while holding me down.'
Valencia said the beating only stopped when another worker shouted: 'Let him up, let him up.'
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Fella just won ownership in a grocery store.
New advertising campaign, Uor customer service kicks ass
I heard an interview of this guy on the radio this am. He had a distinct Hispanic accent.
If I was this guy I would lawyer up and end up owning this store.
Just getting geared up for food shortages.
Anyone that has ever worked in retail is cheering the workers right now.
Don’t get out much?
Try watching the video. P
AMEN!! That and ABORTION!
Last name Garcia.
I grew up in San Bernardino (Highland, actually), but I left in 1974 to go away to college. It was gorgeous in the 60s and I had a decent childhood, but it’s gone way downhill in the last 40+ years. 😢
Lol.
Karen got a beatdown.
Bit more info here.
I agree. This story does not sound very credible to me. There were no arrests, and no indication any witnesses were interviewed. The article even says that it's unclear whether or not there was a police investigation underway. I'm guessing the plan is for the guy to sue the company, get a big settlement (out of court, of course), then split the money with the employees who "dragged him away and worked him over."
According to witnesses, the “victim” threatened employees with violence and then spit in the manager’s face. Hence, the beat down. 🤣
I hate those too. More of than a man getting tagged as a dad or father, it is a woman getting the mom or mother label. How often is it you get a headline like “Mom Arrested” and you get a little deeper in the story and find out she has a long criminal history and a drug habit and is a mother only in the sense that she had babies.
They throw in these descriptors for the sympathetic attention grab. Every time I get pulled in I get a bit more cynical about the media. All they want is the click with no real interest in informing the public about what is happening in the world.
Who goes to the supermarket just to buy a cup of coffee? Next, we'll find out the guys who attacked him were wearing MAGA hats.
“Starbucks rejects?”
Feral Baristas?
“The attack took place at this Stater Brothers supermarket in San Bernardino on April 20”
The caption below one of the pictures (of the store). I suspected this might’ve been a hoax claim until I saw that.
I know the area and I guarantee that particular Stater Bros. store doesn’t have any caucasians working there.
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