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A grocery store manager was struck in the head with a 10-pound sack of potatoes by a customer angry about having to wait in line.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061213/D8M07BM00.html
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Lizbeth
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And this is why I'm glad that the heaviest things in the store where I work are small perfume bottles.....
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How old was this woman, fifty nine or five. Real mature.

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I hope the manager does file charges. Jeez.

Ties in nicely with the thread in Rantidote about how "the customer is always right" is such a bad idea.

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