When life gives you onions, throw a snake at it — just don’t do it in a Tim Hortons coffee shop.
Police say that’s exactly what a suspect in Saskatoon, Canada did Monday morning,according to The Star Phoenix. The enraged customer reportedly reached into his buddy’s pocket, pulled out a garter snake and threw it at a Tim Hortons employee because the onions on his breakfast sandwich weren’t diced.
“I’ve never heard of a snake being thrown at an employee by a customer … It was definitely a little chaotic,” Saskatoon Police Spokeswoman Alyson Edwards told the paper.
The staff told police that the two male suspects were arguing with employees about their breakfast order at 7:30 a.m. The argument reportedly got heated before the snake was thrown.
Police quickly determined that the garter snake — now named Outlaw — wasn’t poisonous, and found it a new home. The two suspects, both 20, face charges of mischief and causing a disturbance.
The card that appeared on Clinton Cards website but has now been removed
Clinton Cards has apologised over a card listing 10 reasons why Santa Claus “must live on a council estate”.
Available online, it featured a picture of a tower block and Father Christmas and reasons including: “He has a serial record for breaking and entering” and “he only works once a year”.
Following criticism on social media the firm said the card had been withdrawn.
“It is in no way reflective of our views and we apologise without reservation,” it said.
Other alleged “reasons included, “He’s never actually been seen doing any work in his whole life” and “He drinks alcohol during working hours”.
In a statement on its website, Clinton Cards said: “We are investigating how this offensive card got through our quality control procedures, which we will review and tighten as a result of this incident. This was a mistake and we deeply regret the upset that this has clearly caused.”
When it originally put it online, the £2.00 card came with a description that said: “This funny card is great for sending at Christmas time.”
Funny definitely was not the reaction they got from many people.
There has been lots of anger on the company’s Facebook page too, with many demanding apologies.
Some have accused Clintons of ‘prejudice’ and ‘stereotyping’
We’ve been trying to get in touch with Clintons but they have not yet responded.
However, the card has been removed from the company’s website and instead now links to an apology.
Clintons Cards has apologised for the card
The Labour MP Kerry McCarthy Bristol East said it was in poor taste.
“What really struck me was how people I know, family, friends, and of course many of my constituents, who live in council houses and how they would feel if they went into the shop and saw that they were being portrayed as work-shy drunkards and thieving layabouts.”
Suzy Stride, Harlow Labour Candidate for MP, said she was disgusted and insulted.
“Clintons cards should be embarrassed with themselves for thinking such a card was acceptable – there is a clear disconnect from reality if anyone believes that people that live on council estates behave like that.
“Some of the greatest gifting talent and potential is to be found on council estates,” she adds.
But not everyone on social media was offended by the card.
Shopping can already be a stressful experience in the holidays, what with people racing to grab the best deals, filling up parking lots and elbowing each other in the Frozen aisle. But police say one Kohl’s shopper upped the bad shopping experience ante when he wandered around the story earlier this week, private bits out and masturbating as he strolled.
Police in Illinois were called to the department store around 4:30 p.m. one afternoon, reportsKSDK.com, after other shoppers reported seeing his exposed genitals as he pleasured himself on a walkabout around the store.
The suspect fled before police arrived and ran toward a Popeye’s nearby, but cops caught up with him when he tried to board a bus.
Officials arrested the 21-year-old and charged him with one count of public indecency/sexual conduct, noting that he was stopped for a similar incident inside a Marshall’s store in the area in October.
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