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Item: Woman says waitress shot her in dispute over food/wltx.com
More Info: That’s when it got ugly. Samuel says she threw a waffle at the waitress. “I did actually throw some food but it didn’t hit her,” says Samuel. “That’s when she (Ward) jumped across the counter and we got into it,” says Samuel. Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett says the altercation continued outside where he says Ward got a gun from her car and a gun magazine from her trunk.
Question: What kind of tip is appropriate, if your waitress shoots you?
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Kendramama on May 13 at 10:25 a.m.
Hollow tip?
toadman on May 13 at 10:26 a.m.
Sounds to me like the jerk customer got what she deserved.
Lynne on May 13 at 10:30 a.m.
Good heavens…
*long sigh*
The waitress actually looks pretty pleased with herself in her mug shot.
Staci on May 13 at 10:37 a.m.
My tip would be not to store your magazine in your trunk and the gun in the car. That seriously slows things down when you need to shoot someone.
Sisyphus on May 13 at 10:48 a.m.
LOL kendramama. You get the John Austin pun award today.
spokelooneh on May 13 at 11:27 a.m.
Another idiot with a gun and a bad attitude. Great.
Liz on May 13 at 12:40 p.m.
Now, I’m not gonna say I have never been TEMPTED to do this to a customer back in my waitron days, but really, this is taking it entirely too far.
Cabbage Boy on May 13 at 1:09 p.m.
Good one Kendramama. And if you are still <alive>, the best tip you could give the shooting waitress… “practice more.”
OfCoffee on May 13 at 2:11 p.m.
Great to have Kendramama back.
JohnA on May 13 at 3:33 p.m.
Great one, Kendra.
I heard that as he lay there wounded the waitress asked him how he wanted his eggs cooked . Apparently, she shot first and asked questions later.
JohnA on May 13 at 3:44 p.m.
He = she and him = her. Jeesh.
The waitress must have thrown a shaker and some Double-A’s at her as well since they charged her with a salt and battery.
toadman on May 13 at 3:57 p.m.
“The waitress actually looks pretty pleased with herself in her mug shot.”
That’s not a mug shot, it’s a smug shot.
Escapee on May 13 at 11:35 p.m.
My verdict on this story? How Waffle.