Can't we all just get along?
Posted on 11/18/2005 3:07:36 PM PST by Cagey
(Waterbury-AP, Nov. 18, 2005 6:35 AM) _ First, a McDonald's employee in Waterbury was accused of stabbing a co-worker in the neck. Now, a Burger King worker in nearby Watertown has been charged with slashing the throat of a customer who complained about a food order.
Police have charged 41-year-old Harold Lewis with first-degree assault, after they arrived at the Main Street fast-food outlet to find the 34-year-old customer bleeding profusely. The victim is in serious condition at Waterbury Hospital.
Tuesday at the McDonald's next to Waterbury's Brass Mill Mall, a male employee stabbed a female co-worker in the neck with a pen-knife
by News Channel 8's Chris Velardi You could say it was a case of road rage meets restaurant rage, and it came to a head yesterday around 8:00 p.m. Police say it may have been building up for several days.
The argument started at the drive through window, not last night, but last weekend. The customer apparently got the wrong order on Saturday. When he came back to Burger King last night he complained and got into an argument with an employee.
"The employee, in turn, according to witnesses, slashed the victim across the throat with a still yet to be determined sharp cutting instrument," says Lt. R.J. Desena of the Watertown Police Department.
That happened in the parking lot in front of the restaurant. When police got there they found the victim bleeding and in pretty bad shape.
They found the employee, identified as 31-year-old Harold Lee Lewis, inside the restaurant.
"Witnesses say he had nowhere to go. He was immediately pointed out as the person who made the assault," says Desena.
Police say they have a pretty good idea of the kind of weapon that was used to slash the customer and they are starting to get a pretty clear picture of what happened.
"We have many witnesses who were both customers and employees, and we're still conducting interviews."
Police tell News Channel 8 that they are going to keep their investigation open until they talk to everyone who witnessed this event.
The name of the 34-year-old victim has not been released yet; he listed in critical but stable condition at Waterbury Hospital. Authorities say he may be lucky because the quick response by police and paramedics may have saved his life.
Lewis was charged with first degree assault and held on $500,000 bond.
Another reason I avoid fast food. That and the food is pretty icky.
susie
Can't we all just get along?
ping
Hmm, guess I'll just take my chances at Yev Kassem's Soup Kitchen from now on.
LOL...gives new meaning to 'Have it your way'.
That's not MY way.
The King is not pleased:
dam...and I thought the "soup nazi" was bad
Doogle
That's harsh.
Must be something in the Water.
That has to be the epitome of poor customer relations.
The closest thing I've found to a certainty in life is that your drive-up order will not be correct.
Next thing they're gonna say is that someone got diarrhea from Taco Bell.
Police in the Watertown-Waterbury area are on high alert tonight, as tensions continue to escalate between the Burger King Bloods and McDonald's Crips.
BK Killer?
Then there was the shooting at the McDonald's in Tampa yesterday afternoon possibly between two gangs. That just can't be good for business.
And then there's the Onion Ring incident.
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