Chalupa Assault

[shadesong]

Man Charged With Chalupa Assault

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A man who claimed he didn't get the taco he paid for has been charged with assault for allegedly pelting a Taco Bell clerk in the face with a chalupa.

Nancy Harrison told police she was working the drive-through Thursday night when Christopher Lame, 24, ordered some food.

He later came into the store, complaining he didn't get the taco he had ordered, police records say. Harrison said that when she asked for a receipt, he went back to his car and brought back the bag.

Harrison said she told him the store was closing, and as she turned away, a chalupa hit her in the face near her right eye. She said she ran into the parking lot and took down the license number as the motorist was driving away.

Lame was identified through the license number.

He is scheduled to appear in court June 15.

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... you know... I have absolutely nothing I can possibly add to that.

Thanks for the link, treadpath!

Comments

[murnkay.livejournal.com]

I have absolutely nothing I can possibly add to that.

It sounds like an unused Zim moment.

Yo queiro, fuckin' ow meng.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

You need to write more ZimFic.

[mfree.livejournal.com]

...some people just live up to their names :)

[wolflady26.livejournal.com]

I don't condone the violence, but I'd be pretty angry if someone treated me like that as well. I think the clerk was terribly rude.

[moonstone-fae.livejournal.com]

LOL! They told about that on "Freak News" on the radio this morning. I cannot help but wonder WTF he was thinking!

[frawg-angel.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I would be pissed. I would never go to "assult by mexican food" but, it seems that he complained and went to his car to get his reicpt (which could be found on her copy in the register) and when he returned she said the store was closing and turned her back on him. It does not appear that she offered to replace the food or make the order right, she just said "we're closing" and turned her back on him.

This is a lot of what I see in the "service" industry lately. There is no SERVICE. I recently went to TB and ordered something, and when it was not what I ordered I went in an told them... and they seemed to think I was taking precious time out of THEIR day. I was huffily given what I ordered.

Bad on him for tossing the food at her, but the bitch should be fired for not providing customer service and treating the customer and their order like it was important. If you have the time to serve an order, then you have the time to make sure the order is correct.

[angryvixen.livejournal.com]

See, when I first read this, I thought he assualted a Chalupa - and that's just TOTALLY unacceptable. ;-)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Sexually assaulting a chalupa, even. Like one of those "water willies".

Or, to mix two threads, "his pulsating engorged chalupa"...

[angryvixen.livejournal.com]

::snort:: And to think, my co-workers and I sated our Taco Bell cravings last week with a couple chalupas!

[pulzella-gaia.livejournal.com]

"his pulsating engorged chalupa"...

HEEEE!!! Oh... somehow I will find a way to incorporate that into conversation this week. It's now a goal.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Yes. This is your homework assignment.

Dear gods.....

[ceolyn.livejournal.com]

That sounds far too close to something that happened to me while working the drive through window of a Taco Bell in Sebastopol, CA.

Facts:

A lady ordered a bean burrito with no onions.

I punched in an order for a bean burrito with no onions.

The window I worked opened by pressing my hip into a little lever that caused the windows to swing out allowing the exchange of money and over processed food stuffs.

Lady was driving a brand new 1995 white Ford Mustang. (yes this was roughly nine years ago)

Lady in question seemed to be in a fairly pissy mood before she even pulled in to the drive thru.

Got it? Good.

The lady pulled up to the window, I leaned out took her money, gave her change and the soda she'd ordered. I told her her food would be ready in just a moment and stepped away from the pressure switch that opened the window. Window closed.

A minute later one of the folks on the food line handed me a bag and said "Order up". I popped the window back open and asked the woman "Hot or Mild sauce." Lady glared at me for apparently asking such a stupid question. I think she said "Neither." I handed her the bag said the customary "Have a nice day." and closed the window again.

I turn to ask my manager if she could cover me for a lunch break in a few minutes since it's well past time for me to take my break. Lady starts yelling to get my attention. I open the window and ask her if I can help. Lady starts ranting how I'm an incompetent fool who can't even get her order right. I apologize for the mistake and am turning to yell over my shoulder at the guy on the food line to put together a burrito no onions and make it fast when I see the woman cocking back her arm and getting ready to let fly with the burrito of doom. I jump back (and nearly knock over my manager in the process) just as the lady lets fly with the offending burrito.

Pure luck, the burrito hits the window and bounces. I kid you not! Bounces off the window, opens mid air (she'd unwrapped it to check for onions) and smears down the side of her nice, new, white Mustang. Score!

About thirty seconds later the woman is in the lobby screaming at the top of her lungs about how I'd thrown a burrito at her! She demands to speak the the manager and when my manager comes to the front counter she starts demanding that I be fired on the spot. WTF?

Thankfully my manager had seen the whole thing and told the woman that unless she wanted to be facing assult charges that she really ought to tone it down and leave. Woman screams a bit more and storms out...20 mintutes later, she's back, and demanding that we replace her burrito.

My manager refused. Ever after words that were pretty much a sure fire way to make my manager laugh were "Flying burrito of DOOM!"

Re: Dear gods.....

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

That.

Is classic.

DOOOOM!

[auryn29a.livejournal.com]

Wasn't this an ad campaign about a year ago? "Sir, drop the chalupa!"

[gikiski.livejournal.com]

That's sure to be used in a late night monologue!

[treadpath.livejournal.com]

You are most welcome! :)

There ought to be some sort of chalupa-wielding supervillain, El Comidasesino, who perpetually tries to take over the world by hurling tex-mex food with deadly accuracy...

CIA: "The President of Burundi was impaled on a flauta this morning, and the Prime Minister of Luxembourg died instantly when an enchilada exploded in his car."

Secret Service: "We must get the President to safety! Sweep Air Force One, make sure there's no bean dip on board!"

FBI: "One of El Comidasesino's sleeper cells operating out of the Burritoville on F Street NW, not that anyone is paying attention to our memos or anything."

Secret Service: "We are sworn to protect the President and, if necessary, take a burrito for him."

Oh, what a violently tasty world we live in...

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

*gigglefit*

[glowkitty]

wow, i am pleasantly surprised, but a wee disappointed. i read the comments in expectation of finding cracks about Iowans, and found none. what a let-down that i didn't get all pissed-off at people! ;)