Fight breaks out over straws at McDonalds - Video
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Politics
Cromwell — 7 years ago(January 03, 2019 10:28 PM)
A new plastic straw law had unexpected consequences when a man lashed out at a worker at a fast food chain.
The Florida man had just received his order at a McDonald's in St. Petersburg on Monday evening.
He became upset when there weren't any plastic straws out at the condiment station
, witness Brenda Biandudi told CNN.
He walked back to the counter and got in a heated argument with an employee about the straws, Biandudi said. Then, video shows him reaching over the counter and grabbing the employee.
By the end of the night,
Daniel Taylor, a 40-year-old homeless man, would be arrested on two charges of simple battery
, according to an arrest affidavit from the St. Petersburg Police Department. A lawyer for Taylor could not be reached Wednesday night.
A city ordinance went into effect on January 1 that requires customers to ask for straws. It's a way for businesses to adjust before a ban on single-use plastic straws takes effect in January 2020.
Taylor said the employees weren't doing their jobs. "She told him we're not allowed to have (straws) in the lobby but he can get one upon request. He said there was no such law. He started exchanging words laced with profanity, which I won't repeat," Biandudi, 62, said. -
CrystalRaindrops — 7 years ago(January 03, 2019 10:36 PM)
This is what happens when straws are banned. I foresaw this two weeks ago:
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CrystalRaindrops — 7 years ago(January 03, 2019 10:46 PM)
It's easy to say that now, but I foresaw it a long time before I posted about it. And it's only going to get worse. A few less straws floating around in the world might make a small impact on the environment, but at what cost? AT WHAT COST?!??
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CrystalRaindrops — 7 years ago(January 03, 2019 10:57 PM)
People with sensitive teeth will suffer without straws. There will be a lot of class-action lawsuits over this huge mistake. The challenges to authority figures have already begun, as seen in the video above. Soon there will be riots in the streets. I think there's a chance this will be one of the causes of WWIII.
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MovieManCin2 — 7 years ago(January 04, 2019 02:19 AM)
Don't realize that those few straws floating around are going to DESTROY the environment?
They MUST be BANNED everywhere before it's too late!
MAGA! FAFO!
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder. 
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BenjiMetalHead — 7 years ago(January 03, 2019 10:48 PM)
I may be mistaken but I get the feeling that young black woman is on that ****? Like I said I could be wrong but from where im standing at least, she is most certainly on that ****.
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cryptoflovecraft — 7 years ago(January 03, 2019 11:03 PM)
Video title reads: "White man attacks Black female employee…"
Why is the guy's race being brought up? Did he attack her because of her skin color? Did he call her the n-word? Just wondering.
Seems like race had nothing to do with it.
