I got fired from Burger King today

[jlrx]

sethnintendo said:

jlrx said:

FattyDingDong said:

Today at work this lady ordered a cheeseburger. I forgot to add the cheese so i made a plain burger. When she saw it she threw the burger at me!  (I was so tired and pissed today) I threw it right back at her and said "Get the Fu*k outta here you crazy bi**h!!".   My manager saw everything and fired me for that.  

Do you think it was my fault or the customer's? Do you think I shouldn't have reacted that way? 

 

Assault charges, you should never act that way to a customer, but you certainly could have threatened and pressed charges against her for throwing something at you, whatever it was, a hot burger, greese in the eye, anything, you would have owned her.

Hot burgers are a dangerous throwing weapon.  I don't think there would be much of a suit.  It would actually have to harm him like hot coffee or grease.  Suing over a hamburger thrown reminds me of the pussyfication of the USA and lawsuit craze.

Absolutely agree, but I think the threat of a lawsuit, claiming he was harmed would force a settlement on the person, at the very least pressing charges is an option as even a pie to the face is considered an assault. Throwing the burger or a burger back gives the customer leverage to go after you as well, however stupid it is, the ultimate point being never loose your cool on a customer like that. I worked for some years in fast food, and had all sorts of people yell at me, or throw garbage at us, we never went crazy even though we felt like it.