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Tim Hortons employee won’t face criminal charges in death of customer (www.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 3 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 59 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (28 children)

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 any one of us.

What a fucking stupid society.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] jonzobot@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago

Ehh, there's a not-insignificant chance someone of that age with vascular problems may have dementia, which does a number on people's personalities.

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