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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 06:12 PM Jan 2019

A man attacked a McDonald's employee. Video of her fighting back went viral.

Source: Washington Post

By Amy B Wang January 2 at 3:18 PM

Brenda Biandudi doesn’t normally go to fast food chains, but it was New Year’s Eve and she needed somewhere to use the restroom and buy a drink.

So Biandudi stopped Sunday afternoon at a McDonald’s in St. Petersburg, Fla. She noticed it was nearly empty inside, save for a middle-aged man who had just gotten his order and was walking over to the condiments.

When the man saw there were no plastic straws, however, he got upset — and began walking back to the counter to berate a cashier, according to Biandudi.

“She told him that it’s the law now that they’re not supposed to have the straws in the lobby,” Biandudi told The Washington Post in a phone interview Wednesday. “He said there’s no such law.”


- video at link -


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/02/man-attacked-mcdonalds-employee-video-her-fighting-back-went-viral/



Male customer caught on video violently attacking female McDonald's employees
Yahoo Lifestyle
Elise Solé
Yahoo Lifestyle January 2, 2019

A male customer was arrested for assaulting two female McDonald’s employees, grabbing one over the counter and kicking the other in the stomach.

In a spectator’s video taken on New Year’s Eve, customer Daniel Willis Taylor, 40, who is white, yelled at a black cashier named Yasmine James inside a St. Petersburg, Fla., McDonald’s, reaching across the counter and grabbing her by the collar. She fought back, punching him on the arm and pulling his shirt.

Co-workers pulled them apart, and then someone who appears to be a manager calmly finished the attacker’s order. “And I want her a** fired right now,” said Taylor. When James says he’s going to jail for assaulting her, Taylor shot back, “I was just asking you a f***ing question, b****.”

. . .

The other incident was only captured on store surveillance video and shows Taylor being escorted out of McDonald’s and kicking a black female employee named Tateona Bell in the stomach while she stood near the door. A representative of the St. Petersburg Police Department tells Yahoo Lifestyle that the security tape is not being released at this stage of the investigation.

. . .

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/male-customer-caught-video-violently-attacking-female-mcdonalds-employees-184137129.html


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His face should definitely be published. People need to recognize who this guy is. He is not prepared to walk around freely if he won't control himself and his defective, primitive, infantile, racist temper.
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A man attacked a McDonald's employee. Video of her fighting back went viral. (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2019 OP
He should've been arrested. What is going on with all these people attacking low wage workers? Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #1
He was arrested and charged with battery MaryMagdaline Jan 2019 #2
Oh, good. He should have been. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #3
"Who goes bananas over no straws?" jberryhill Jan 2019 #5
If he was black he would have been shot onit2day Jan 2019 #16
Don't be silly. If he were black, he would have been arrested. Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #17
LOL... It's entirely possible he would have been shot. Stand and Fight Jan 2019 #24
"His face should definitely be published" jberryhill Jan 2019 #4
That be one scary f__k! colorado_ufo Jan 2019 #7
Holy smokes! That photo was taken even after they subdued him and gave him his orange suit. Judi Lynn Jan 2019 #10
That's the same yonder Jan 2019 #27
She POUNDED that guy, then said again and again "puss ass" and then repeated "I'm ON that shit." George II Jan 2019 #6
He messed with the wrong little tigress! colorado_ufo Jan 2019 #8
According to a heavy.com article, this happened on December 31 and as of today, if it's correct.... George II Jan 2019 #9
Day after 2naSalit Jan 2019 #12
"Though she be but little, she is fierce! " ( from "A Midsummer's NightDream") tblue37 Jan 2019 #19
Took no prisoners whatsoever!!! MaryMagdaline Jan 2019 #11
Humorous write up here TexasBushwhacker Jan 2019 #13
What a jerk! Akacia Jan 2019 #14
Interesting that this headline omits the races of the people involved oberliner Jan 2019 #15
Just sayin', I would NOT let a customer service employee have legal justification... moriah Jan 2019 #18
Why wasn't she fired. oneshooter Jan 2019 #20
Are you serious? Apparently you didn't watch the video. He attacked her... brush Jan 2019 #21
Do you believe fast food workers are not allowed to defend themselves when physically assaulted? Yeehah Jan 2019 #22
How the fuck can you say that? Did you NOT watch the damn video? Stand and Fight Jan 2019 #25
If I defended myself against a rude customer DARING to put hands on me... moriah Jan 2019 #29
Why wasn't she fired? Because the OWNER of that Mickey D's.... Bengus81 Jan 2019 #32
Nice victim blaming there, buddy obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #33
I agree with you. Captain Stern Jan 2019 #35
I pray this TURD who attacked women is in prison for a long time ROB-ROX Jan 2019 #23
In all probability, he's mentally defective jberryhill Jan 2019 #28
LOVE the way she fought back NO FEAR Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #26
If she had a CC and a firearm, would you defend her using it? oneshooter Jan 2019 #30
If an unarmed person grabbed a cop by the shirt collar and beat the cop about the face and neck, Yeehah Jan 2019 #31
What is your issue on this thread about the victim? obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #34

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
1. He should've been arrested. What is going on with all these people attacking low wage workers?
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 06:16 PM
Jan 2019

What is going on?

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
3. Oh, good. He should have been.
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 06:21 PM
Jan 2019

People are losing control over nothing. No straws? Who goes bananas over no straws?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. "Who goes bananas over no straws?"
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 06:23 PM
Jan 2019

A guy with an address of "transient".

There's a lot of untreated mentally ill people roaming around.

Stand and Fight

(7,480 posts)
24. LOL... It's entirely possible he would have been shot.
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:34 PM
Jan 2019

Have you missed how often the cops handle white and black suspects differently?

Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
10. Holy smokes! That photo was taken even after they subdued him and gave him his orange suit.
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 07:32 PM
Jan 2019

He looks as if he's ready to get right back to assaulting people immediately.

Hope the police will be inspired to keep this monster locked up as long as they can before releasing him.

Hope the judge will throw everyone's books at him.

Thank you for catching that photo, jberryhill.

yonder

(9,666 posts)
27. That's the same
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:45 PM
Jan 2019

stark stare, haircut and orange jumpsuit I want to see tRump wearing someday. The sooner the better.

colorado_ufo

(5,734 posts)
8. He messed with the wrong little tigress!
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 06:53 PM
Jan 2019

He was so much bigger than her that when he grabbed her, he almost lifted her over the counter. It was violent enough to injure her back, and he could have bruised and abraded her chest. She was absolutely FEARLESS! The manager had to drag her off him. This man is a danger to society, especially to women. I hope the woman he kicked in the stomach on the way out is all right. What if she were pregnant and too early to show?

Effin' sociopath!

George II

(67,782 posts)
9. According to a heavy.com article, this happened on December 31 and as of today, if it's correct....
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 07:06 PM
Jan 2019

....he's still in jail because he can't make the $1000 bail.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,202 posts)
13. Humorous write up here
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 10:16 PM
Jan 2019
https://www.theroot.com/man-attacks-black-female-mcdonald-s-worker-receives-la-1831430394

"The video doesn’t show if this particular McDonald’s has been serving Avengers-themed Happy Meals, because instead of cowering, Yasmine, ever the industrious young worker, decides to boost the restaurant’s hygiene rating by wiping the counter clean with the man’s spotless, balding forehead as if she had secretly gathered all of the Infinity Stones in her apron pocket.

Someone can be heard repeatedly saying “get the police.” Meanwhile, the other men on the McDonald’s crew watch helplessly, obviously astonished that their coworker was decidedly not “lovin’ it,” as their motto implies. Davis did not sustain any bodily injuries, according to the police report.

<snip>

The video ends as Taylor asks for a refund, even though he had just consumed a healthy serving of multiple two-piece combos. Besides drinking a can of whoop-ass, Taylor may have been under the influence of alcohol, according to the police report. Taylor was arrested a few hours later and charged with two counts of simple battery."



 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
15. Interesting that this headline omits the races of the people involved
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 11:25 PM
Jan 2019

As opposed to several others that do not.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
18. Just sayin', I would NOT let a customer service employee have legal justification...
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 10:39 AM
Jan 2019

... to hit me.

I've worked customer service. It's hard. You deal with jerks and rude people all day.

If someone crossed the line into getting physical with me a few of those days, they would have been surprised how this 5 foot nothing chick would have potentially laid into them.

oneshooter

(8,614 posts)
20. Why wasn't she fired.
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 01:30 PM
Jan 2019

McDonald's should not let an employee cause an action that would be a civil lawsuit against the company.

brush

(53,788 posts)
21. Are you serious? Apparently you didn't watch the video. He attacked her...
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 02:05 PM
Jan 2019

she justifiably defended herself.

Why would you even ask if she was fired when you should've asked it that thug was arrested?

Yeehah

(4,588 posts)
22. Do you believe fast food workers are not allowed to defend themselves when physically assaulted?
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 02:29 PM
Jan 2019

Why would you make such an uninformed statement?

moriah

(8,311 posts)
29. If I defended myself against a rude customer DARING to put hands on me...
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 07:08 PM
Jan 2019

... even if I went a little overboard, picturing him as every person who'd pissed me off that day...

I still think my bosses would have given me "Badass Award", not fired me.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)
32. Why wasn't she fired? Because the OWNER of that Mickey D's....
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 06:01 PM
Jan 2019

probably wanted to continue to make MONEY and keep the doors open. If they would have fired her that Mickey D's would have been boycotted into the dirt.

Just having Trump's racist,hate mongers as their only customers isn't enough revenue to keep it running.

Captain Stern

(2,201 posts)
35. I agree with you.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 06:59 PM
Jan 2019

You said:

McDonald's should not let an employee cause an action that would be a civil lawsuit against the company.

I agree with you on that 100%.


But, after watching the video, I am just not seeing the part where the McDonald's employee caused on action (whatever the hell that means....do you mean she caused the guy to grab her?) that would be (result in?) a civil lawsuit against the company.

I could be missing it. Thanks in advance, for pointing it out.

ROB-ROX

(767 posts)
23. I pray this TURD who attacked women is in prison for a long time
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 02:47 PM
Jan 2019

This nut may have been thinking he could attack people and nothing would happen. This state allows people to kill people for doing LESS harm. It was his lucky day the ladies let him live. Now if he tries something stupid in jail I think JUSTICE will be served.....that guy is just a small sack of shit which should be FLUSHED.......

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
28. In all probability, he's mentally defective
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 05:47 PM
Jan 2019

Given that his address is "Transient", then jail is a step up, since we don't have any reasonable mechanism for dealing with mentally disturbed homeless people.

Yeehah

(4,588 posts)
31. If an unarmed person grabbed a cop by the shirt collar and beat the cop about the face and neck,
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 04:10 PM
Jan 2019

do YOU defend the cop using deadly force?

obamanut2012

(26,080 posts)
34. What is your issue on this thread about the victim?
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 06:28 PM
Jan 2019

You have some issues you need to get help for.

You think she should be fired, then try to make this into a gun argument?!

You think a young black woman attacked for no reason should be fired.

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