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Police: Man punched out South Boston barista for getting his order wrong
By adamg on Wed, 11/20/2013 - 3:52pm
Boston Police report a Dorchester man punched a Starbucks worker in the face Monday for serving him something that did not meet his definition of tea.
Police say officers responded to the Starbucks at 11 West Broadway around 9 a.m. on Monday to find a barista applying ice to his face:
The victim, stated he was working behind the counter when he was approached by the male suspect who stated “What the **** did you give me last time? That wasn’t tea!” The victim stated the suspect then allegedly punched him in the face and fled the scene.
After speaking with witnesses in the area, officers determined the suspect boarded an MBTA bus. Officers located the suspect who claimed he exchanged words with the victim after complaining about the service he received during a prior visit to the Starbucks.
Police say they then issued the man, 41, a summons to face an assault-and-battery charge in South Boston District Court.
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Just because the pimply guy
Just because the pimply guy behind the counter tosses a freaking teabag in a cup of hot water, charges you $3.69, and tells you to add your own milk and sugar on a sticky countertop is no reason to punch him out.
Oy...
Just because you can't manage to assemble a cup of tea in your own home isn't a good reason either. No one's forcing you to buy either $3.69 cup of hot water or a blueberry sparkle iced Dunkaccino. Why people are incapable of making their own beverages OR not complain about the ones they buy is beyond me. That said, I'm waiting to see who gets the cultural blame for this one--old school Southie or SoBo yuppie scum.
It CLEARLY states
he's from DOT, so my guess would be neither.
No, it states that the suspect
boarded an MBTA bus, which doesn't establish whether he is a DOT employee or not. And what's this "the victim stated he was allegedly struck in the face" nonsense. Is the victim too stupid to know when somebody hits him, or is it the police not knowing how to properly use lawyer-forced disclaimers again?
Dot, not DOT.
Dot, not DOT.
LOL
In this case, DOT = Dorchester, not Department of Transportation, mate
DOT = dorchester
DOT = dorchester
Innocent until proven guilty
You're misinterpreting the reporter's words. The victim isn't saying he isn't sure he was assaulted. In any offense, the crime is alleged until proven guilty. All reporters phrase things this way. Doing otherwise opens a reporter up for libel.
No, the reporter is misinterperting the proper use
of the word "alleged". It's right and proper to "allege" that a named suspect comitted a crime they are charged with under the law. It's iimproper and sounds totally unitelligent to state that a person who states they were hit in the face was "allegedly hit" in the face. Especially as I'm sure the victim's own words were indeed "A guy hit me in the face" (without invoking tthe "alleged" word, as normal people really don't speak that way anyway)
Sorry, but the overuse, misuse, improper use, etc. of the term alleged is just another example of the steady declime we've been seeing in American journalism for the past 20 years.
You, sir....
... are correct. Many reporters today seem not to know the proper use of "alleged".
Relax, Cappy
I was joking...you know--South Boston, Starbucks. I guess we can just blame Dorchester.
Uh ohhh... it's the make your
Uh ohhh... it's the make your coffee/tea at home police!!
Serious about his Tea is all.
Serious about his Tea is all.
And his name is
Arthur Dent, right?
Hmmm
Well, WTF did he give the dude if it wasn't tea?
NutriMatic
He must have given him "a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea."
Maybe they need to be told
Maybe they need to be told the history of the East India company?
41 Y.O.?
Shit i know 14 Y.O.'s who have more civility than this clown. Hope his jail house commissary sell his brand of tea.
That's Dunkin behavior
The guy was obviously on the wrong side of West Broadway, Dunkin Donuts is across the street.
The article also doesn't mention that the victim weighs about 90 pounds soaking wet and the assailant was over 6' 5" and about 250 pounds. I know several people that were there.
Thanks!
All these comments make my hope in humanity go up so much! ^_^
That was sarcasm PS :P I know what I made the guy was Tea an i was definitely punched in the face and then on the floor i have the bruise to prove it, I never told the police that I THINK i was assaulted I was DEFINITELY assaulted
Also J I weigh more than 90 pounds haha xD thanks though
Thanks Ben for having a sense
Thanks Ben for having a sense of humor about the whole thing. I hope the guy gets the max he can - that kind of trash belongs in jail, not out in public.