Or any employee of any store you shop at.
(I’d hire this little spitfire in a heartbeat, by the way)
Why was this man angry? He didn’t get a straw…
McDonald's employee VS Patron: You who got? pic.twitter.com/RLR2CdqV9q
— Dean Blundell🇨🇦 (@ItsDeanBlundell) December 13, 2022
Source: Yasmine James was behind the counter of the McDonald’s on 34th Street South, when St. Pete police say 41-year-old Daniel Taylor forcefully grabbed her and pulled her up onto the counter. According to police, James defended herself by punching Taylor in the face, as he held on to her shirt’s collar.
Brenda Biandudi, another customer in the restaurant at the time, pulled her phone out as she saw the argument escalating, seconds before Taylor grabbed James.
Biandudi says the argument started when Taylor went over to the condiment bar to grab a straw. When he noticed there were none, she says he began screaming at the employees.
“He was yelling and walking toward the counter and the young lady behind the counter told him that it’s the law now that we’re not allowed to have straws in the lobby,” she said.
The new law, which took effect January 1 in St. Petersburg says restaurants can’t have straws out. Instead, customers must request the straw. In 2020, plastic straws will no longer be allowed in restaurants at all and businesses will have to find an alternative.
“They started exchanging words laced with profanity and he said there’s no such law that exists and she was saying yes it is a law,” said Biandudi.
She says after seeing how the man reacted, she thinks he needs help. Biandudi says after leaving, he came back into the store and yelled at the manager. In the police report, it says Taylor kicked another employee in the stomach on his way out.
Taylor was arrested and charged with two counts of simple battery.
“Even if it was a mistake just ask politely. You know, treat people the way you wanna be treated,” she said.
DUMMMMIIIIIEEEEED.
The second a man puts their hands on female employee that employee has the right to throw away the McDonald’s customer “de-escalation” handbook in favor of a fucking BEATING. Period. Stop.
McDonald’s should send this woman from location to location to teach their cashiers how to defend themselves with impunity.
The story happy last year but the video just went viral and needed some context:
“A white entitled drunk asshole was triggered by the lack of straws at McDonald’s got his ass kicked by a black female employee he assaulted first.”
Yasmine James is the hero to every fast food worker who’s ever been attacked by an asshole customer.
They should use her in their ads:”McDonald’s now has the Habanero McCrispy! Ask for it nicely and don’t assault our employees or they will beat the wheels off of you!”
I’m not a violent man but the threat of physical violence as a tool for employees needs to be incorporated into the retail setting ASAP and Yasmine needs to teach that course.
DB
