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Tl;dr: 75-yo old woman attacks the employees over a sandwich, rips hair from one of them, put that hair in her purse, calls the police and dies.

At that point, two other employees intervened, and as they were pulled apart, a “chunk of hair” was pulled from the shift lead’s head, “leaving a raw area.”

Once separated, the employees got behind the counter and Grayson sat down, taking a phone call. She was seen picking up the shift lead’s hair and putting it in her bag, police said.

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[-] Janx@piefed.social 44 points 6 days ago

Medical records obtained by investigators after her death showed she had recently been treated for congestive heart failure, hypertension, shortness of breath, and other complaints related to cardiovascular issues.

But not "being a cunt", so I guess that was her decision, not a medical condition.

Seriously, who curses at minimum-wage teenage workers doing their jobs and physically attacks them!? The world is a slightly better place now...

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago
[-] puzzleheadedegg1499@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

I wanna save this meme but it’s so niche 😂 especially since I don’t live in the south anymore.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Seriously, who curses at minimum-wage teenage workers doing their jobs and physically attacks them!? The world is a slightly better place now…

old, kareny cunts who are used to getting placated and getting what they want by tantruming.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 52 points 6 days ago

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bury-the-lede

Elderly woman has a total breakdown due to medical condition and somehow that's not the headline. This could be a real conversation about how elder care and how maybe it isn't a great idea to have the elderly in charge of things unless they're under constant medical supervision. Instead the top comment is "over fucking a sandwich- what a bitch!" Anita Grayson may have lived like a saint for all we know. At least, up until her body breaking down causes psychosis - which can happen to literally anyone of us.

What a fucking stupid society.

[-] weew@lemmy.ca 38 points 6 days ago

Well in this particular case, the granddaughter came out and said she was a total notch all her life, so... maybe it wasn't psychosis in this case?

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 11 points 6 days ago

Okay thats hilarious.

I hope the funeral wasn't honoring her life, but roasting the shit out of her

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[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There is literally nothing in the article about psychosis.

You are writing prose based on nothing but your desire to muddy the water and refusal to believe someone old cant be a fucking aggressive asshole just because they are simply an asshole.

And let me tell you, Plenty of young, aggressive assholes grow into old aggressive assholes who are still convinced they can slap people around and get what they want, like they did with their children when they were 4.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 2 points 5 days ago

Except the part where the lady died. That was a hint. People who are actively dying rarely behave "normally".

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yes, why wont we have any sympathy for the poor woman. Those dirty employees should have just taken her verbal and physical abuse. HAVE THEY NO RESPECT FOR THEIR BETTERS?!

SHE WOULDNT HAVE DIED IF YOU'D HAVE JUST LET HER BEAT YOU, YOU PEASANT! 😭

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[-] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 days ago

Literally nothing in the article says anything about psychosis, what are you talking about?

[-] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

Yeah I'm sure it's an elder care issue and not the fact that she was a miserable asshole her entire life.

Nothing is ever anyone's fault.

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[-] Lumisal@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Her medical history, combined with this behavior, if anything seems to lean towards her just having anger issues for a really long time.

There's also no evidence this is an event of psychosis. She was fully aware of her surroundings and events, as she knew why she was angry. The only evidence I see of her likely dying was an adrenal response because it is not that easy to rip out hair, especially at that age. And even that's a stretch - most likely she already had clotting issues and a weak heart, and the anger finished her off.

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[-] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

"The customer is always right."

As someone who once worked retail, I hate that fucking statement.

[-] wifemademesignup@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

In matters of taste.

Not in every single way... I hate how the twisting of this phrase has resulted in abuse of an entire sectors workforce.

Sorry you were one of them too :(

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

we just need to normalize saying the whole thing.

"The customer is always right in matters of taste."
"The customer is always right in matters of taste."
"The customer is always right in matters of taste."

The customer is certainly not right if they're assaulting someone.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

And my hair stylist has talked me out of bad decisions more than once, if I had good taste I wouldn't be paying an expert

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[-] boonhet@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

That in matters of taste bit was added recently, started circulating on tiktok. There's no evidence of it being part of the original saying.

[-] wifemademesignup@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I had to look this up.

In short, point to you for your correctness on the origin.

[-] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I've been hearing that since the early 2000s at least. So if it is wrong the origin isn't tiktok.

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[-] FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago

Thats because the full quote is always cut off. The original quote is "The customer is always right in matters of taste", which is true. Its just been co-opted to justify psychotic customers.

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[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 17 points 6 days ago

To all of us who have worked a drive thru before, utterly unsurprised. Of course she was willing to give her life up over a sandwich.

[-] MML@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

I'll beat her stupid ass, you should consider this a legitimate threat, I'm more than close enough, use some of those resources you don't want to.

[-] fake_meows@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 days ago

Drinking the coffee is punishment enough.

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