This is possibly the best thing I have ever read. The part I've bolded caused me to spittake coca-cola all over my work computer. No regrets.
QuoteA trip to a fast-food outlet that resulted in burger rage has earned an Auckland man a year's supervision and community work.
When David Junior Ilolahia, 35, ordered three burgers from New Lynn restaurant Wendy's - including a "Baconator" burger without bacon - two thirds of his order was incorrect.
Rather than returning it and advising staff of their error, Ilolahia devoured the burgers, while a violent rage brewed inside him.
At the counter he launched a whopper of a tirade against staff, while store managers tried to pacify him, but his anger - at receiving a chicken burger instead of a fish burger - could not be tamed.
Scared for their safety, Wendy's staff locked themselves inside an office and called police.
They too could not get through to the meat-fuelled man.
Eventually pepper spray was used against Ilolahia but had little effect.
Two police constables joined the sergeant who was first on site as the struggle continued outside.
A taser was also used on Ilolahia before he was finally restrained and taken into custody.
The incident on February 13 left one of the police officers with numerous lacerations to his upper body and right leg and resulted in Ilolahia facing five charges including intentional damage for ripping the sergeant's shirt.
At the Auckland District Court today Judge David Wilson agreed with defence counsel Eb Leary's analysis of the events as "bizarre" and said Ilolahia would benefit from alcohol counselling and attending a programme to address his "short fuse".
Leary described his client as a "workaholic" and said the fact he had been off work as a driver for a month because of an injury had caused him severe stress.
His father's recent death had also had a profound effect on him and he was now living with his widowed mother as the sole bread winner, Leary said.
Judge Wilson said the violent outburst was all the more peculiar because Ilolahia attended the Latter Day Saints church in Blockhouse Bay and previously seemed like someone of good character.
He was sentenced to a year's supervision, 60 hours community work and ordered to pay $50 for the damaged police shirt.
Leary said his client had apologised to Wendy's.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/7618502/Auckland-man-convicted-after-burger-rage
This is, sadly, actually quite impressive journalism for New Zealand.
In his defense... chicken burgers ARE offensive.
Quote from: Signora Paesior on September 05, 2012, 06:06:30 AM
This is possibly the best thing I have ever read. The part I've bolded caused me to spittake coca-cola all over my work computer. No regrets.
QuoteJudge Wilson said the violent outburst was all the more peculiar because Ilolahia attended the Latter Day Saints church in Blockhouse Bay and previously seemed like someone of good character.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/7618502/Auckland-man-convicted-after-burger-rage
This is, sadly, actually quite impressive journalism for New Zealand.
Romney rage. I'm surprised he didn't cut anybody's hair. :lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
"he launched a WHOPPER of a tirade..."
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Quote from: Murmur on September 05, 2012, 08:04:21 AM
"he launched a WHOPPER of a tirade..."
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
THAT IS OUR JOURNALISTIC STANDARD.
FFS, STUFF, WENDY'S IS NOT BURGER KING.
CRUSH DEPTH ACHIEVED.
Fire up the next human, repeat trial.
It's not as amusing to me as "Twinkie rage", but still pretty good.
Quote from: Hoopla on September 05, 2012, 02:23:10 PM
It's not as amusing to me as "Twinkie rage", but still pretty good.
It sounds more like he was having a really, really bad month. I'm not finding this very humorous. I mean, there's a giggle factor, but it's not the amused kind of giggle. No. It's the other kind.
If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy. Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.
Quote from: Hoopla on September 05, 2012, 02:30:56 PM
If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy. Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.
If it was a scam, he'd have asked for his money back. I think he sat there like a good little drone, chowing down, and while he was doing that, he passed below crush depth.
It can sneak up on you like that. Even HE probably thought he was fine.
We studied this shit in rats in 1962.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink
Now we're studying it in humans.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 02:32:58 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on September 05, 2012, 02:30:56 PM
If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy. Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.
If it was a scam, he'd have asked for his money back. I think he sat there like a good little drone, chowing down, and while he was doing that, he passed below crush depth.
It can sneak up on you like that. Even HE probably thought he was fine.
Yeah, stress will do that shit to you. You know you're stressed, but you're fine, until that ONE little thing hits the big red button and you're standing outside yourself, watching yourself do shit that you KNOW isn't right, isn't you, but you just can't seem to find the brake handle.
On really, really lucky days, you see it coming, and can just drop what you're holding and walk away.
Quote from: Luna on September 05, 2012, 02:41:59 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 02:32:58 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on September 05, 2012, 02:30:56 PM
If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy. Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.
If it was a scam, he'd have asked for his money back. I think he sat there like a good little drone, chowing down, and while he was doing that, he passed below crush depth.
It can sneak up on you like that. Even HE probably thought he was fine.
Yeah, stress will do that shit to you. You know you're stressed, but you're fine, until that ONE little thing hits the big red button and you're standing outside yourself, watching yourself do shit that you KNOW isn't right, isn't you, but you just can't seem to find the brake handle.
On really, really lucky days, you see it coming, and can just drop what you're holding and walk away.
I'm glad he just got a slap on the wrist. I wish they'd included some kind of counseling.
Quote from: Hoopla on September 05, 2012, 02:30:56 PM
If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy. Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.
I tend to agree, but I get the impression this is the kind of guy whose rage just kept on growing with each bite until it boiled over and he flipped the fuck out.
Lesson for the kids: flip the fuck out at the first possible instance.
Quote from: Cain on September 05, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
Lesson for the kids: flip the fuck out at the first possible instance.
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Quote from: Cain on September 05, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on September 05, 2012, 02:30:56 PM
If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy. Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.
I tend to agree, but I get the impression this is the kind of guy whose rage just kept on growing with each bite until it boiled over and he flipped the fuck out.
Lesson for the kids: flip the fuck out at the first possible instance.
I have always said this was the best plan.
I love that he has to pay for the cop's shirt.
So tell me, is this the height of crime in New Zealand?
Quote from: Cain on September 05, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on September 05, 2012, 02:30:56 PM
If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy. Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.
I tend to agree, but I get the impression this is the kind of guy whose rage just kept on growing with each bite until it boiled over and he flipped the fuck out.
Lesson for the kids: flip the fuck out at the first possible instance.
Good point, that's happened to me... well maybe not
that bad, but close...
Quote from: Suu on September 05, 2012, 04:31:12 PM
So tell me, is this the height of crime in New Zealand?
No, the "dinosaur chase scene" from King Kong is.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 02:34:42 PM
We studied this shit in rats in 1962.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink
Now we're studying it in humans.
It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.
I am more inclined to believe that it's the result of some new kind of enculturation that tells us not to ask for what we want or try to fix problems until it's too late, at which point we erupt.
Because how hard would it have been to go to the counter and say "hey, you gave me a chicken sandwich instead of a fish sandwich"?
Instead, people are just taking it, and are angry afterwards.
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:08:38 PM
It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.
Point. New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.
On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days. Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 07:15:33 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:08:38 PM
It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.
Point. New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.
On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days. Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.
I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:36:37 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 07:15:33 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:08:38 PM
It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.
Point. New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.
On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days. Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.
I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.
I'll buy that.
And it's hardly any secret in the news. "LONE NUT KILLS 9 AT THEATER", for example. Equally obvious is the fetish with prison programs/COPS (Step out of line and we'll put you in a room with THESE people), and the gleeful reporting of 80+ year old ladies being maced at OWS rallies.
and and and
"He was a nice boy. Very polite. Very quiet."
"It's always the quiet ones."
"I've known him all my life, and I never imagined he'd do something like that."
"It's like you're
never safe anymore".
and and and
"Step into the pervert machine, sir. You look like a potential terrorist."
and and and
Police wearing combat gear. Police having armored vehicles. Leonard Peltier. Lisl Auman. That nice old man that used to live down the street. The warrant served at 4 AM on a Saturday morning, and we never really found out what it was all about, or what happened to Dave, you know?
and and and
Join the Marines, kid, at least you'll get fed. Hey, Shaky, light up that hut over there, see what pops up. Generation Kill still in top ratings. Clean up crew, where the hell is the clean up crew? The press will be here in minutes.
Sorry about those bystanders, New York. These things just happen and there's nothing we can do. Now get in the back of the van.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 04:24:52 PM
Quote from: Cain on September 05, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on September 05, 2012, 02:30:56 PM
If he hadn't eaten them all before raging out, I'd probably have more sympathy. Something about him scarfing them down and THEN flipping out rubs me the wrong way.
I tend to agree, but I get the impression this is the kind of guy whose rage just kept on growing with each bite until it boiled over and he flipped the fuck out.
Lesson for the kids: flip the fuck out at the first possible instance.
I have always said this was the best plan.
It's true. Do nevar bottle.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 07:46:24 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:36:37 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 07:15:33 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:08:38 PM
It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.
Point. New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.
On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days. Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.
I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.
I'll buy that.
And it's hardly any secret in the news. "LONE NUT KILLS 9 AT THEATER", for example. Equally obvious is the fetish with prison programs/COPS (Step out of line and we'll put you in a room with THESE people), and the gleeful reporting of 80+ year old ladies being maced at OWS rallies.
and and and
"He was a nice boy. Very polite. Very quiet."
"It's always the quiet ones."
"I've known him all my life, and I never imagined he'd do something like that."
"It's like you're never safe anymore".
and and and
"Step into the pervert machine, sir. You look like a potential terrorist."
and and and
Police wearing combat gear. Police having armored vehicles. Leonard Peltier. Lisl Auman. That nice old man that used to live down the street. The warrant served at 4 AM on a Saturday morning, and we never really found out what it was all about, or what happened to Dave, you know?
and and and
Join the Marines, kid, at least you'll get fed. Hey, Shaky, light up that hut over there, see what pops up. Generation Kill still in top ratings. Clean up crew, where the hell is the clean up crew? The press will be here in minutes.
Sorry about those bystanders, New York. These things just happen and there's nothing we can do. Now get in the back of the van.
Ain't no mirth anymore, it's all just horror and we don't have a horror emote.
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 08:22:22 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 07:46:24 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:36:37 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 07:15:33 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:08:38 PM
It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.
Point. New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.
On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days. Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.
I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.
I'll buy that.
And it's hardly any secret in the news. "LONE NUT KILLS 9 AT THEATER", for example. Equally obvious is the fetish with prison programs/COPS (Step out of line and we'll put you in a room with THESE people), and the gleeful reporting of 80+ year old ladies being maced at OWS rallies.
and and and
"He was a nice boy. Very polite. Very quiet."
"It's always the quiet ones."
"I've known him all my life, and I never imagined he'd do something like that."
"It's like you're never safe anymore".
and and and
"Step into the pervert machine, sir. You look like a potential terrorist."
and and and
Police wearing combat gear. Police having armored vehicles. Leonard Peltier. Lisl Auman. That nice old man that used to live down the street. The warrant served at 4 AM on a Saturday morning, and we never really found out what it was all about, or what happened to Dave, you know?
and and and
Join the Marines, kid, at least you'll get fed. Hey, Shaky, light up that hut over there, see what pops up. Generation Kill still in top ratings. Clean up crew, where the hell is the clean up crew? The press will be here in minutes.
Sorry about those bystanders, New York. These things just happen and there's nothing we can do. Now get in the back of the van.
Ain't no mirth anymore, it's all just horror and we don't have a horror emote.
Then how come I can't stop laughing. My throat is sore from the howling.
But you're right. We need a horror emote.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 09:14:23 PM
But you're right. We need a horror emote.
(http://iambrony.jsmart.web.id/mlp/gif/131664781775.gif)
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:36:37 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on September 05, 2012, 07:15:33 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on September 05, 2012, 07:08:38 PM
It isn't overcrowding, in New Zealand.
Point. New Zealand is #203 in terms of population density.
On the other hand, everything is crowded everywhere you go, these days. Not in terms of the number of people around you, so much as in terms of information received and available work.
I think it's something else. I think there's a new message coming in from our corporate overlords, that tells us there's nothing we can do to change things so we shouldn't even try, and then we blow up and are easily-managed "criminals". I am going to have to try to keep my eyes open for examples, but I have the feeling that it's encoded into the way news is reported, and has been for some time.
In the early 80's I remember people talking about assertiveness, "I'm going to assertiveness training", "I got this great book about assertiveness", etc. ...you don't really hear that word anymore.
It's still fucked up that people forget how to be assertive without books and classes and seminars, though.
It's a good thing we have The Cleaners for this sort of thing.