Given everything that goes on back of house, they need to be crisp for FoH otherwise the health score could get too low for business insurance. This guy is on the management track for sure
He's a 4 star recruit at best. He's definitely got the strength and the creativity, but for the big leagues like the Waffles he's gotta be way faster than that. At the waffle house Mr. "Hey what are we doing" wouldn't have been to scared to back up his buddy and would have been attacking at the same time and going for a slow body slam would gotten him bitten at best. Best thing about him though is he's got room and time to grow.
"Welcome to Wafflehouse! So let's go meet your new team! David is at the fryer. Always on time, great guy. Did 5 for b&e and usually first if a cashier needs help. Thats Gloria at the til. Don't let her 5'2" fool ya, she can toss a grown man out the door... I've seen it. The two back at the wash? They are always stoned, 5 min later like clockwork, but they are reliable and always show up... but I'm pretty sure the skinny dude has killed a man before. Let's go meet the cooks, just avoid to much eye contact at first, they're sketchy until you get to know them."
Actually, they completely backed him! This was in South Wales i believe, so that's probably why. If that was here in the US, he'd be fired immediately.
In certain parts of the USA, NO ONE has a real future as a Waffle House cook.
That place is a methamphetamine-fueled thunderdome anywhere south of the mason-dixon line. The last time I drove past a waffle house after 9 PM I heard what sounded like TWO SEPARATE GUN BATTLES coming from the lot behind it's parking lot.
I would ironically prefer to enlist in the military under Pete Hegseth's mismanagement than attempt to actually consume a full meal at a relaxed pace inside a southern Waffle House after midnight.
“What am I doing? Well, I was defending myself. Now I’m figuring out if you’re going to behave or if I’m gonna have to flip you too. I’m also thinking about where I left the mop.”
"Standing. Not bleeding. Consciously observing the world around me. Executing takedowns. Putting the children to sleep. Mopping the floor with your friend's face. You know, fast food shit."
Yep. It’s always funny as hell to me when the obvious aggressor gets exactly what is coming to them, and people direct their anger at the person who defended themselves
He looked pretty ready to roll up too until he realized his buddy wasn't moving. It's like it took a second for his brain to register that instead of two against one, it was one against everyone else.
People that have never been in a fight can be clueless as to what can happen to them. They think tv shows and movies are real. My gf 19 yr old son that lives on a couch and weighs 120lbs thinks he could kick someone’s ass, and I find that hilarious while concerning because I fear he will get dropped like this guy in the video.
That's why it's important to get young people some fighting experience, even if just a year or two. I did boxing for a year, and I would never in a dozen lifetimes pick a fight with anyone. It's just too risky. One wrong punch from either side and either I could die, or the person in front of me. The most important skill that I learn that I can use during a fight is unironically running away.
Which is why you should always avoid fighting (outside of competitive sports) if possible. Doesn't matter if it's justified. Doesn't matter how you feel in the moment. All it takes is one (often accidental) well placed hit or bad fall and you've ruined multiple people's lives, including your own. Very few things are worth that risk.
Edit: Apparently a bunch of you don't understand what "if possible" means. And you didn't bother to read the 20 other comments about self defense before posting your own.
The guy defended himself and didn’t follow up at all when the threat was neutalized. Pretty honourable and a level of self control that many wouldn’t have.
Once the threat was neutralized is the important part here. He was being threatened, any reasonable juror would perceive the flipped man to be aggressively approaching him with what seemed like a plan to initiate physical violence against him. He offered no follow up after realizing he was no longer being threatened. He restrained himself from striking the second man who approached, which I feel like a lot of people wouldn't have been able to control themselves with adrenaline.
People are so used to watching movies or professional boxing/mma matches with canvas’ they are designed to absorb some of the blow, that it’s easy to forget how fragile we are.
From a physics standpoint, there is no difference between dropping someone on to a tile floor and smashing them in the head with that same tile (well, smashing their head with tile would actually be safer since the tile would likely absorb some of the impact by cracking).
It’s why, no matter how many of these videos I see, I can’t understand why anyone would voluntarily get into a street fight. There is so much that can go wrong. These people apparently can’t envision any scenario where they actually lose the fight.
The crazy customer tried to throw a punch. That was self defense. Yes call the police and arrest both of those customers. That Taco Bell worker should get a weeks paid vacation.
Glad the employee didn’t have to deal with the hassle of having paralyzed the dude. You could tell he would have felt bad about it if that was the outcome.
That guy so deserved it. The Taco Bell employee was defending himself. He’s not trained for restraint. He doesn’t know. He defended himself and unfortunately, the guy got dropped like a sack of potatoes.
"Two men had left the premises prior to officers attending. There have been no complaints forthcoming to date and no arrests."
Paramedics were also called to the restaurant, but were stood down on arrival, with a spokesperson for the Welsh Ambulance Service adding: "We were called at 20:56hrs yesterday evening, 14 March, to an incident at Taco Bell in Swansea. We sent one emergency ambulance to the scene, but on arrival were not required.”
March 2022 incident at a Taco Bell in Swansea, South Wales.
Following a review of the incident, both Taco Bell corporate and the local franchise owner confirmed that they cooperated fully with the police. They established that the employee acted in self-defense against staff abuse, resulting in no disciplinary actions or charges being brought against the worker
Depending on where you live it could go to trial but since this guy didn't keep smashing him after I doubt anything would happen. This is an old clip. Taco Bell didn't even fire the guy lol
I don't think his response was disproportionate. The guy threw a punch, he dodged it and the guy was over top of him (and still very dangerous), and he slammed the guy to the ground. He didn't attack the guy after he landed on the ground.
What is disturbing, however, is everyone hoping that the guy died or saying he deserved to die. That is not proportional and is not a healthy way of going about the world. People on reddit love jacking off to people getting hurt. They will come up with any reason to argue that it's not just okay but good to hurt people.
I will not blame the guy for defending himself. I hope that once people decided to not escalate and discontinue violence that healthcare was sought immediately as the strike to the head on a concrete floor could very well cause permanent brain damage or loss of life. Again the gentleman defending himself was not at fault nor does it look like that he was determined in any way to strike the head on the concrete floor with the intention to cause severe harm or death. It is just how the guy fell.
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u/mindscapepix 5h ago
Totally heard the Taco Bell "DAWNNG" sound when that dude's skull met floor.