Hungry woman, angry that a Chipotle was closing early, pulls gun to demand service, police say

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hungry-woman-angry-chipotle-was-closing-early-pulls-gun-demand-n1279923?fbclid=IwAR2ZRpL1CSly906FMhndj5Jml2ysh5smwkaXGMJCV01g8dUfmTqGbfuuYNg

A customer became angry that a Philadelphia Chipotle was closing early, pulled a gun and demanded that “somebody better give me my food,” police said Wednesday.

The terrifying confrontation unfolded just before 5 p.m. Saturday at the chain's location inside the Roosevelt Mall on Cottman Avenue, according to a statement from the Philadelphia Police Department.

The store was closing its in-person service early because of staffing issues, but told customers it would still take online orders, police said.

Surveillance video showed the woman, in a gray top and pink pants, reach into her purse, pull a gun and gesture toward workers behind the counter.

The woman demanded to speak to the store's manager as a button was pushed to bring mall security to the scene, according to the police statement. An employee complied and made the woman's order "in an effort to have her leave," police said.

Even after completing the order, the woman pulled her gun again, police said. That is when she made her demand, took the meal and left, officials said.

Anyone who recognizes the woman is asked to call detectives at 215-686-3153.

It scares me that we have people who think this is an appropriate response.

[Aristus]

1. Where is all of the politeness the NRA promised us if only everyone owned a gun?

Still waiting...

[TheProle]

2. Nice.

She should have just grabbed a couple of fistfuls of the slop they serve there and gone and thrown it in the toilet... cut out the middle-man...

[Treefrog]

3. Ugh, and the bf/husband/brother/whatever running his hand over the food shield.

Surely someone will recognize her.

[left-of-center2012]

4. I bet she didn't leave a tip. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

8. Who tips for take out? n/t

[left-of-center2012]

9. There was an argument about that a week ago on DU

I don't remember who won.

Anyway my comment was in jest.

[PoliticAverse]

27. And my reply was an in jest reference to a Seinfeld episode. n/t

[ZonkerHarris]

41. so 1990s

[ProfessorGAC]

13. We Do

Not 20%, but something. Not at a fast food type place though, which I think chipotle is.
But, if I go to pick of our dinner at a regular restaurant, I do.
I'm thinking the same people who are packaging stuff are the same people who serve the dining room. The tips are huge for them.

[PoliticAverse]

16. Who do you give the tips to? The person maning the counter? What makes you think the people

packing your food get the tips you give?

[ProfessorGAC]

18. No

Whoever brings it out from the kitchen. These are local places, so I know who the servers are.

[PoliticAverse]

20. Ah. n/t

[obamanut2012]

28. Same

[NutmegYankee]

24. Just about everybody.

Especially during the COVID era.

[Kid Berwyn]

29. THIS.

Thank you, NutmegYankee! People put themselves in harm’s way to serve that sandwich. Least a patron can do is add a buck or two to the people who made it possible.

[Iggo]

5. "I know this may be your first time criminalling..."

“…but there’s a whole lot of people doing real time, eating dinner with murderers, because they pulled a gun and demanded stuff (money, goods, services) under an obvious threat of death. ‘Armed Robbery’ is what they like to call it. Are you sure you don’t wanna just grab a burrito from somewhere else down the road, Ma’am?”

[PoliticAverse]

6. If she had seen _Falling Down_ she'd know it doesn't end well. n/t

[Treefrog]

36. I've seen numerous stories like this. Some at Burger King, I think one at KFC.

Some folks take their fast food seriously.

Makes ya wonder though…if she’ll pull out a gun for a burrito…? Holy crap!

[PoliticAverse]

37. "Hangry is officially a word in the Oxford English Dictionary"...

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/story/hangry-officially-word-oxford-english-dictionary-52869807

[Treefrog]

38. Oh, hell. I sure am acquainted with the feeling, but I can't imagine threatening someone's life for

a fast food fix!

What a country.

[PoliticAverse]

39. Well there's "hangry" and there's "felony hangry". n/t

[ZonkerHarris]

42. no more calls. we have a winner.

[Treefrog]

43. Lol!

[Iggo]

44. "I'm the bad guy?"

One of my top favorite lines from any movie ever.

[PoliticAverse]

45. You may also enjoy...

[Iggo]

46. Ha! I love it!

[underpants]

7. Hangry

[Javaman]

10. is their food really that good?

I didn't think so the one time I had it.

Now if it was 5 Guys...

kidding aside, the woman is a fucking asshole.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. I think their food is very good. Of course, ...

... once in a while a customer will die of e-coli or some other food-borne nastiness.

But other than that, yes, I like the food.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

17. No. It's not. (My opinion, only)

Once in a while you get someone who knows how to make a burrito, but usually it's a giant foil-wrapped ball of food.

I've had Mission-style burritos (the giant foil-wrapped burritos like what they do) at a small place in central Minnesota (of all places) and they wipe the floor with Chipotle.

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. I can't eat it. Something about their spices. nt

[FakeNoose]

12. She should have gone to Taco Bell

They're open til 1 a.m. and they have a drive thru window.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. The Bell In The Next Town West....

...is open 24 hours.
Before I retired, there was a project specialist who used to come in early, like me. Sometimes earlier.
He always had Taco Bell in the morning. Whatever they were serving as breakfast. (Probably a breakfast burrito.)
So, I asked him once how early they open. He said, "They don't close. At least the drive up."
The McDonald's here is the same. Not the BK, though.

[NCDem47]

15. This country is a powder keg.

I mean it. We've alllllll been conditioned to be enraged about eveything. Good god.

[MissMillie]

19. Armed and Hangry

I suppose that's better than armed and drunk.

[ailsagirl]

21. Hope this doesn't set a trend...

Wait-- it already has

[SWBTATTReg]

22. I predict that this lady will be caught, and then she's going to have a big problem in

getting her hunger cravings satisfied, when she's in jail for the next XX numbers for threatening people with a gun...I hope sincerely that she is caught. People like this are another reason why fast food places are having trouble finding people to work at these places. A true shame since these fast food places do serve a purpose.

[miyazaki]

23. Gimme my food or the burrito gets it.

But considering its Chipotle, the burrito might get you.

[jmowreader]

26. I'm going to take a wild guess as to what she voted for last November

“So who is this Donald Trump?”

“Trump ain’t exactly a who. He’s more of a what.”

[Treefrog]

32. Well, she's not white and lives in Philly. The demographics don't really pan out.

But certainly a possibility.

[Amishman]

30. Guns and anger issues in public, it's not just for white men anymore

[rickyhall]

31. Jail food is no replacement. Personally I'd rather wait. I've had plain oatmeal before.

[Treefrog]

33. I'd actually prefer oatmeal to Chipotle lol!

[rickyhall]

34. I like oatmeal, but at Johnson County no sugar, no butter, no fun.

[Treefrog]

35. Ugh, sorry you had to deal with that.

I never put butter on mine, but I like it with strawberries and sugar for sure.

[Red Mountain]

40. Might have to try them now......

You know what I miss? Del Taco. We used to have a few around here and I loved the sauces. You can buy boxes of packets online but I've resisted the urge. Seems wasteful.

The chain contracted majorly but from what I understand still exists.

I used to get nachos and drown them in their sauce. Back in the day it was a salad bar like arrangement for sauces as I recall....you could ladle them on......but it's been 35 years.

Only terrible experience I ever had was when I ordered a cheeseburger. Moderate food poisoning but I guess that's my fault as much as theirs. Who orders a cheeseburger at a Mexican place?

Can anybody compare Del Taco to Taco Bell to Chipotle?