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from the rage-against-the-machine-repairman dept.
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on December 28, a male subject refused to let a computer technician leave the residence until his computer was fixed. The suspect allegedly had a gun in his possession and threatened to kill the victim. Joseph Nestor Mondello, 50, of Arlington VA was arrested and charged with abduction.
[...] The repair guy, a Dell technician, told Mondello that he needed to leave to get a part to fix his PC. This made Mondello very cross. "You're not leaving this house until the computer is fixed", he said and then left the room--to return with a gun. He then issued this threat: "I am going to kill you slowly", police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck told local press.
Luckily for the technician, Mondello's wife heard the commotion and intervened, enabling him to escape. The gun turned out to be a replica but, still, a bad customer experience...or, to be more accurate, a very bad experience with a customer.
It's gonna be hard to beat this one, but I'm betting there are some good stories waiting to be told by Soylentils.
(Score: 2) by Tramii on Saturday January 30 2016, @12:12AM
The exact same thing that would have happened if a man had walked into a police station waiving around a gun replica.
What's your point?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 30 2016, @06:49AM
That the mythical "good guys with guns" don't make anyone safe, or safer.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Tramii on Monday February 01 2016, @09:20PM
Your statement is a non sequitur. How do you get from "in this one scenario, a gun only introduces more violence" to "guns always introduce more violence"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 01 2016, @09:26PM
What if the technician had beat the guy to death with his laptop? Does that make laptops "unsafe"?
What if the technician had grabbed an empty bottle, smashed it on a table, and stabbed the guy to death? Does that make bottles "unsafe"?