August 26, 2004
More food-related violence: Probation clerk attacks colleague over (and with) cheesecake
Melanie, an employee of the Department of Probation, was having lunch with a co-worker at TGI Friday's when they got into a squabble over a slice of cheese cake. As things escalated, Melanie smashed the cheesecake into her companion's head, and then went after her with a glass, smashing that, too. The victim went to the hospital, and cops later swung by Melanie's office and arrested her.
This is the third* in a recent series of attacks motivated by stupid fights over food. There was the killed-over-soup incident last week, and then the man who attacked his wife over the discarded salad the other day.
As I said in the post about the soup, people seem to forget that they are adults now, and they get themselves into these extremely negative life-altering situations for no good reason, often injuring or killing others along the way. I don't think it's that these people "snap," I think they've just completely lost perspective and are so frustrated, they can't distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate responses to stress and conflict anymore.
Maybe the city should start an anger-management public service campaign, as has been done in schools recently, with some success.
Source: NYP
*not counting the Long Island guy who just attacked his grandmother with an axe over an egg sandwich dispute.
categories:
Assault,
Brooklyn,
Weapon: Strange
posted by adm at August 26, 2004 5:01 AM
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