A big Mac attack in drive-thru

[Mizmoon]

A 71-year-old man argued with a customer behind him at a McDonald's drive-thru, stabbed the man twice, then ordered five double-cheeseburgers and went on his way yesterday, Nassau County police said.

The argument happened when a 45-year-old man, whose name was not released by police, believed he'd been cut off in the drive-thru and started yelling at John Kent, of 924 Fulton St., Farmingdale, just before 2 p.m. Kent was in a Ford van at the McDonald's on 655 Fulton St. in Farmingdale.

The other man was with his 3-year-old daughter in an Isuzu truck, said Det. Lt. Raymond Cote, of Nassau's Eighth Squad. Kent and the man got out of their vehicles and approached each other, Cote said. Kent took out a folding knife, police said, and the man pushed Kent away, returning to his truck.

Kent then walked over to the truck, and through the open driver's side window stabbed the man in his left bicep and chest, Cote said. The daughter was not injured.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-listab0818,0,3877155.story?coll=ny-top-headlines

[TroglodyteScholar]

1. This is how the new conservative America resolves conflict. n/t

[jhawk_tim]

8. Where in that article.....

....did you determine that the elderly man was conservative? Were you also able to determine his race, religion, and financial stature?

[The Stranger]

12. The part where he pulled out a "folding knife" and the part where

he stabbed someone in the bicep and chest.

That's where.

[jhawk_tim]

13. You are kidding, right?

That is not what you are using for the basis of determining this man's political leanings are you?

[mccoyn]

2. Sugar lows are a dangerous thing! -nt

[rooboy]

3. Yet another case of a fast food outlet giving someone stabbing pains. n/t

[BlueEyedSon]

4. See, we need less gun control, then this would have been EXCITING.

[mikeytherat]

5. If the victim knew the perp was gonna order FIVE double cheese"burgers"

he would have never said anything to him.

I mean, FIVE MickyD's double cheeseburgers? Anyone who does that, you know they're nuts!

mikey_the_rat

[Cocoa]

6. I feel sick just reading about it

five McDonald's double cheeseburgers. :puke:

[emulatorloo]

7. IF YOU HAVE YOUR 3 YR OLD in the car, WHY ARE YOU CONFRONTING STRANGERS?

Seems to me Mr. 45 Year Old Man should think of his daughter first.

Of course Kent shouldn't have stabbed him.

But If I had my daughter in the car I would not be aggressively confronting strangers, who for all I know might have a knife and come stab me. Over a place in line for a hamburger.

[mikeytherat]

9. No, it was not just for a hamburger

It was FIVE double CHEESEburgers. I mean, a stabbing over one burger is wrong, but FIVE nasty double-coronaries, well, some things are worth almost dying for, apparently.

mikey_the_rat

[shaniqua6392]

10. The only one I feel bad for

is the little girl. Poor thing!

[Mutley]

11. And my SO wonders why I just let people like this go

without a word or a gesture towards them.....