There are some places where you just shouldn’t get into a food fight. A Wendy’s Drive-thru is on that list. Here is the Yahoo report about Michigan customers who were arrested, and charged with assault on Wendys’ employees.
It all started with four hungry people, probably craving a bacon and mushroom, sitting in one vehicle, at the Drive-thru. They claimed that their order was wrong. So far, no news there. Then, they hurled drinks, hamburgers and fries at the employee standing at the window. The employee fired food, ketchup and fries back at the vehicle.
The four then went inside and started hurling chairs and got in a fight with the employees. Two of the customers were charged with assault. The employees blamed the fight on a communication breakdown. No word on whether the song, ”Everybody was Kung Fu fighting” was playing over the intercom.
Now, moving on to news 2 story, from the State of South Carolina. Imagine going to the animal shelter. You have talked your child out of a pony. (Do kids still want a pony) They now are excited about helping to rescue a homeless animal.
The animal shelter employee walks you by the first row of cages and you see some cute dogs come up to the cage bars. Not wanting to be too hasty, you move to the next row where you hear the purring and meowing of the cats. All of a sudden, you think you hear a strange scratching and a noise that sounds like a rooster. Is it your imagination? No, you have wandered into the animal shelter in Greenville, South Carolina.
On June 6, Greenville County Deputies broke up a cock fight, arrested 85 people and seized 145 roosters. All but 12 of the roosters were euthanized and those 12 are now being held at the animal shelter. I suspect that they will be evidence in the cockfighting trial. I don’t think that they are there waiting for public defenders, since they can’t afford attorneys.
In cockfighting, spectators typically pay an admission and bet on the fights. The birds have spurs on their legs and they fight until the death. The owner(s) of the winning (living) birds keep a portion of the fees and bets. There are even referees who get paid for officiating.
In South Carolina, you rarely see a story like this because there are few arrests. Law enforcement says that arrests are few because “cockfighting groups” move around a lot, are secretive and stay in rural areas. Of course, the fact that the University of South Carolina is still known as the “Cocks”, named after the roosters in cockfighting, suggests to me that such fighting is still strangely acceptable. What if Furman decides to be called the Furman Fightin’ Pit Bulls? Would it be any different?
To get an idea on how some in South Carolina have reacted to these arrests and this story, you can click on the pasted article from Greenville Online. The comments range from, “They are wasting our tax dollars” to “Instead of killing those roosters, they should have returned them to their owners. At least they would have a good home”. Even better, “Why are they on these people. The stock market is gambling too.” Hard to reason with that kind of thinking.
Some recent comments to the blog have asked me to take more specific positions in my posts. It’s true, I do like to stimulate thought rather than convince, but in this story, animal cruelty should not go unpunished. I hope that they make such conduct a felony in South Carolina. In addition, University of South Carolina should change their name. How about the USC Mountain Dews or the USC Spurriers (for the ole ball coach).
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