[CyberCowboy777]

Okay.

I guess I can take a swing at whomever I like.

[FITZ]

The breaking point, he said, was when she gave him too much money for a 60-cent bag of chips. "You can't count?" he recalls asking.

You don't think the 52 man wasn't doing a little provoking? Maybe trying to get her to sass him even? It's completely unnecessary to insult some kid over giving you the wrong change.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

As long as you don't connect.

Remember, your right to swing your arm ends where my nose begins.

Or in this case your right to swing your belt/hurl nickels ends where her/his fanny/head begins.

I am not saying that she was right to do it, big over reaction, but it wasn't assault.