Ok, I know I shouldn't laugh, but damn......
AP - WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A dispute at the salad bar turned into a food fracas at an upscale retirement home, with a man taking a bite out of another's arm and other residents suffering minor injuries.
Police said resident Lee Thoss, 62, of the Spring Haven Retirement Community was picking through the lettuce, which disgusted 86-year-old William Hocker, who was standing in line behind him.
Hocker told Thoss no one wanted to eat food he had been playing with. Thoss yelled and cursed at him, Hocker told police, and Hocker called him a nasty name. Then, witnesses said, Thoss then began punching Hocker in the face.
In the buffet melee that followed, Allen Croft, 79, tried to grab Thoss, who bit him on the arm, reports said.
Thoss' mother, Arlene, in her 80s and also a Spring Haven resident, jumped in to break up the fight and ended up with a cut arm. Harry Griffin, 92, was standing at the salad bar and cut his head when he was knocked to the ground.
"All the old folks were either getting up to help or trying to get out of there," police spokesman J.J. Stanton said of the scene last Sunday in the well-appointed dining room, which features an ice cream bar and a pastry chef.
Arlene Thoss, Croft and Griffin were treated at a local hospital and released.
Stanton said all involved declined to press charges, but home administrators have asked Lee Thoss to move out.
WOW - Cocoon gone mad...heh
Posted by: kernyen at March 9, 2004 01:01 PMIf anyone finds William Hocker's dentures in their salad, please bring them to the administration office. He will need them if another brawl breaks out over at the stewed vegetable bar.
Posted by: jjjjb at March 9, 2004 01:01 PMHis 80 year old mother jumped in!!!
Ok, it's NOT funny, it's NOT funny.
[little voice] but i totally wish i had been there to see it [/little voice]
Posted by: yvonne at March 9, 2004 01:12 PM62?! what the heck is he doing in a retirement home? my dad will be 60 this year and i can't imagine him moving into one of those places in 2 years.
Posted by: tj at March 9, 2004 01:39 PMI hope to never go through another day without using the phrase 'buffet melee' again.
Posted by: M at March 9, 2004 01:56 PMSpeaking of upscale, we've now got Diet Dew at the cafeteria at work....Life is good ! !
Who would let a guy named Hocker near the salad bar, anyway ? (Sorry !)
The Smoking Gun's got the docs on the melee, including the "nasty name" Hocker called him.
Oh, those wacky seniors.
Posted by: czeltic girl at March 9, 2004 03:29 PMWell, good night nurse. So this is what we've got to look forward to. I think before I go into one of those geezer havens, I'll go back to Alaska and float myself out to sea on a hunk of ice. Those Eskimos know what their doin'.
Posted by: Nanc' at March 9, 2004 04:17 PMIf I could find the newspapers you read, I might be tempted to check them out.
Where do you get this stuff??
Posted by: cassie-b at March 9, 2004 04:21 PMRemind me to go to a nursing home in the midwest where perhaps there won't be such upscale buffets to cause such food fights. Maybe they've seen the movie "Cocoon" once too often
Posted by: MileHighCyn at March 9, 2004 05:03 PMomg...I am dyin'.I can just see all those little old people having a street fight at the salad bar!lmao
Posted by: Emily at March 9, 2004 06:19 PMI smell made for TV movie!
Posted by: Lisa at March 9, 2004 06:45 PMSpeakin' of which.....
What do old folks smell like ?
Uhhh....uumm....Depends.... : )
When I'm a raisin, I'm gonna keep my teeth in my pocket like my grandad did. Then I'm gonna pull em out and bite people with them when I stand at bus stops.
Posted by: kat at March 10, 2004 10:59 AM
-d: How do you feel about being Governor of Indiana?
[Buzz it]
Global Warming, my ass!
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