From Fox Miami:
The gunman, who remains at large, ambushed several employees as they stepped out of the Taco Bell at 630 NE 79th St. at closing time, at about 3:30 a.m., Tuesday.
One of the employees took a bullet in the leg. It's still in there and she has to use crutches to get around.
"I couldn't believe it because I'm never rude to any of my customers, I never get any complaints," she told FOX. "The most I get is compliments and something like that, but when it happened I'm like, oh, my God, I couldn't believe it."
Police say the gunfire was prompted because the restaurant was closed and the man wanted food:
[The employee] took the bullet, according to Miami Police, because some guy was upset the store had closed and he could not buy any food.
She feels lucky to be alive and hopes to see luck run out for her assailant. "For you to do what you did, it was very unnecessary," Bouie said, addressing the shooter, "and I have a child. I didn't do anything or say anything wrong to you, and even if I did, that doesn't give you reason to shoot or to fire your gun at anybody, and I hope you get caught for what you did."
They're still looking for the guy, so if you know anything: call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
Taco Bell cashier speaks out after disgruntled customer shoots her [FOX7]
]]>TB should take care of her, but technically, she was probably off the clock since it was closed and walking to her car. So no workers comp since she was not on the clock. I'm betting that TB will find a way to get out of helping her.
]]>By the way - who has all the guns in the UK? Oh right - the BAD guys.
]]>(HR manager with a good bit of experience here)
In fact you can possibly be suspended or even fired for NOT going to the Dr as directed because the company wants you back ob your feet and back to work as soon as possible.
and "Yes" insurance companies will work to try and reduce their liability - just like they do in ANY situation.
and while it may not be "medical" insurance per se - it nearly always pay a butt load more than you medical would have paid anyway.
Break your leg on a basketball court and you have to pay your deductible and the mandatory percentage of the bill.
Break your leg at work and you don't have to pay anything to any Dr. for that injury.
Been there, seen it, done it.
]]>@johnfrombrooklyn:
What you have just proposed is excellent! Make the schools teach our kids how to use guns safely and appropriately. We already teach them about sex; why not teach them about gun safety? Plus, education itself would not infringe anybody's right to keep and bear arms. Kudos to you!
But, don't use this guy to teach safety, lol
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Insurance or not, the bullet should be removed if its possible. Doctors would have to decide that.
]]>Bad argument. Weapons like guns are often used on impulse. A handgun in a pocket gets fired a lot quicker than my 12 gauge locked in its case in the trunk of my car. If you attacked me a fork or a stone I could at least defend myself. Not much I can do with a gun.@lordmorgul:
]]>Interesting. I've long made the point that gun safety should be a requirement of every kid in the United States including the inner cities. If we're going to let people buy them we might as well train them how to use them safely. @JennQPublic:
]]>Better question - Why is Taco Bell open during the sober hours? @henrygates:
]]>Trust me. 80 years ago some bartender in South Dakota got shot in the leg because he ran out of rye whiskey. The Consumerist just wasn't around to tell the entire world about it.@tbax929 is just plain tbax929:
]]>Drug addicts will get drugs whether they're legal or not, so we should legalize every drug!
Serial rapists will rape people whether it's legal or not, so we should legalize rape!
WE ARE HELPLESS TO STOP CRIMINALS AND CRAZY PEOPLE, LET'S JUST GIVE UP NOW
]]>@henrygates: to use a shooting range?!?!
]]>Wow, a white SUV? That's the best the Miami tipline could do? I wonder how much money I can get by calling them up and telling them it's a Nissan Armada. They don't sell many, and it's only been out a few years, so finding one with tinted windows and factory rims shouldn't be all that hard.
]]>I do think you should be required to have a license in order to operate a firearm though, much like you have to have one to operate a car. They're both items that, if used unsafely, can have disastrous consequences for your fellow citizens.
]]>the bottles bounced but usually some of the beer made it in the gap where the halves of the window met. more to mop....
]]>It really depends on exactly what you've had to smoke and how many Twinkies you have in the car.
]]>I still have rocks in my head from when I
]]>@cabjf:
And then have the hospital after her for a very large bill, unless her health insurance that she afforded on a Taco Bell salary covered it (sarcasm).
Taco Bell Fires 64 Year Old Grandmother Who Once Took A Bullet In A Robbery
[consumerist.com]
Unnecessary? UNNECESSARY?!? This would have been a far better statement: "You're a nutcase and I hope that when you're caught, you spend a few years in a Federal Pound You In the Ass Prison before you take a short drop with a sudden stop."
(Full Disclosure: Why, yes, I AM a card-carrying NRA member and have a CCW -- so are many people in my office. That guy wouldn't last long around here.)
]]>That's a very reasonable answer.
Besides guns, any nutcase could get other, legally and easily purchased weapons like chainsaws, crowbars, knives, etc. If they're really as crazy as this stupid fuck, then I wouldn't put it past them to be carrying ninja stars around for gods sake. This guy is just criminally insane and that's about it.
]]>gahaha, look at what you started. I love it. I heart you!
]]>I lived in Miami for a while. North Miami near I-95...yep, trouble for sure!!
]]>@ElizabethD:
To be honest with you, ElizabethD, I'm not sure what the best solution would be. On the one hand, having a mandatory psychological evaluation test would (hopefully) weed out some of these nutcases. But, it would also add red tape for regular people trying to get guns.
But, of course, nutcases like this will just get guns illegitimately (through the black market or theft), if it's made illegal for them to get guns.
]]>@Nascar24Dude: And I will heart you just because you're a nascar fan :)
]]>@henrygates: It's called fourthmeal.*
*indicates the time of day where serious stoners, drunks, and such raid our city streets like zombies in search of sustenance.
]]>@ElizabethD: Unfortunately, anyone can get a gun, anytime, anywhere.
I conceaded long ago that I'll be that person shot in Reno just to have dicks like this watch me die...
Over a BURRITO.
]]>So how do we keep guns out of the hands of nutcases like this one? Or is it worth it to you to retain your right to bear arms knowing that the creeps have that same right? (I don't mean this to sound accusatory; I'm genuinely interested in the problem.)
]]>Oh no you di'nt, Horatio!
]]>I'm a pro-gun conservative and all. But, GOOD GRIEF!!! It's people like this that I wouldn't trust with a spit-ball thrower, let alone a gun.
]]>Fourthmeal.
Serious Business.
@tbax929 is just plain tbax929: Define sane.
]]>Yo Quiero Taco Bell?
WAIT TIL IT OPENS YOU STUPID F.
]]>*puts on sunglasses*
...tolls for thee.
YEEEEEEAAAAAAHHH
]]>"Come with me if you want to live... the rest of your life in agonizing pain."
]]>I know for a fact that he's a clone sent from the future to terminate you before you become the future Leader of the Consumerist Resistance!
He also eats small kittens for breakfast!
Come with me if you want to live...
TLG
]]>@tbax929 is just plain tbax929: Workers' compensation is payment for a work-related injury in lieu of allowing you to sue your boss. It isn't medical insurance.
]]>Don't believe JeenQPublic, he ate my waffles! He is clearly a communist liar!
]]>Has the entire country lost its entire mind??? What the hell is going on? Sometimes I wonder if I'm the last sane person on the planet. Does anyone else ever feel that way?
]]>@hypnotik_jello:
Her injury should be covered by work comp, regardless of whether or not she personally has insurance.
As to the bullet, sometimes it's better just to leave them in. If it's not near a joint or something. I've still got some rocks in my leg from when I fell on some asphalt as a preschooler.
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