Our friends over at SeattleCrime.com, who diligently wade through and report on all the city’s police reports every day, dug up this story of an assault at the Interbay QFC early in the early morning on Monday, November 23.
According to the report, an off-the-clock employee described as a tall, muscular, heavy white man, came into the store noticeably intoxicated and began causing problems, being “verbally abusive to one of the checkers and throwing food items around the store.” Another employee reportedly confronted the man while we was spraying the words “I Quit” on the store’s front window in canned cheese. The report makes note that the man had “an odor of intoxicant on his breath.” When asked what he was doing by the employee present, he reported responded, “None of your Fucking business Nigger!”. The employee then attempted to escort the man out of the store, after a brief exchange. The man, who was also carrying a cup of beer it says, then threw the cup in the employee’s face and challenged him to a fight.
According to the report, there was no altercation and the man then left the store and drove off. The employee then went home, changed his clothes and called the police, it says.
The police are currently investigating the incident. No arrests have been made. Read the full SeattleCrime.com story here.
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1 Joyfully Unemployed // Dec 4, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Just some points to clear things up.
1 – The police arrived not at 5AM but sometime after 7:15AM, the time which the employee in question left the store.
2 – The employee arrived to work, completely sober minus caffeine and nicotine, at approximately 10:55PM the previous night.
3 – The only non-management employee to whom the employee was verbally abusive was a checker named Dianne. If you've ever shopped at that store, you'd know she has a mouth bigger than Rush Limbaugh. Dianne started that day's shift like many others, namely by being 5 minutes late and launching into a complaint about something stupid instead of doing her job. The employee cut her off mid sentence by yelling “DIANNE, SHUT THE FUCK UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! FOR ONCE IN YOUR GODDAMNED LIFE, SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH! SHUT THE FUCK UP!” Customers were horrified and employees were grateful someone finally said it.
3 – At approximately 7:10, the employee grabbed a can of Kraft “Easy Cheese” (not “Cheeze Wiz” as erroneously reported) and proceeded to write the words “I QUIT” on the window above the customer service desk.
4 – While finishing the letter “T,” the employee was approached by the ranking manager on duty who requested the employee stop writing. The employee by responded with “What are you going to do about it?,” to which the manager informed the employee he was fired, to which the employee said, “You can't fire me. I quit. The fuck?”
5 – At this point, the employee began to exit the store while the manager continued to blather on about something or other. Disgusted, with his back turned to the manager, he threw his cup directly up into the air, which proceeded to bounce off the faux ceiling tiles, apparently dousing the manager.
6 – As the employee continued to walk towards the East exit of the store, he was shoved from behind by the manager, an action which was caught on security footage. The employee then, at the door's thresh hold, turned around and confronted the manager, pointing out the manager had shoved him on camera while the manager displayed a smug grin.
7 – Profanities and epithets ensued in the hopes the employee could goad the manager into assaulting him. Being a slimy, incompetent little weasel, the manager chose to stop his assault upon the employee at the point of shoving him while his back was turned, apparently realizing that his skills in the art of sucking upper management's phallus wouldn't save his ass if he struck someone in a violent manner.
8 – The employee did not have a problem with the manager because of the color of his skin, but because of the content of his character, or lack thereof. His use of a derogatory slur, while regrettable, was specifically used as a tool of psychological warfare and did not represent the motivation behind his behavior. Knowing the manager had previously successfully sued QFC for racial discrimination, the employee knew the manager had a chip on his shoulder about being a black man in a company run by WASPs. While the black community may well frown upon his shenanigans, he understands their plight and stands strong with them in their fight against whitey due to the fact he is very, very white and guilty.
When asked if he had any other comment, he simply responded with “So long, and thanks for all the fish.”
2 Hmmf // Dec 16, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Wow! I love love love that story! I've shopped there for years. Diane is insane. I avoid her line at all costs. Anytime QFC comes up in conversation with my friends, we all have a Diane story. I don't know how the other employees can work with her. Good on you for quitting! The way you did it will be a legend for years.
3 Hmmf // Dec 16, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Wow! I love love love that story! I've shopped there for years. Diane is insane. I avoid her line at all costs. Anytime QFC comes up in conversation with my friends, we all have a Diane story. I don't know how the other employees can work with her. Good on you for quitting! The way you did it will be a legend for years.