19 hospitalized in Walmart bleach fight
A desire to live a clean life went horribly awry in the bleach and disinfectant aisle of a Maryland Walmart this weekend.
This farm animal wisely walked past the aisle containing chemicals and furious shoppers.
Nineteen people received medical treatment at hospitals, including three store employees, after two women got into an argument and began slinging toxic liquids. One person sustained a serious eye injury.
The store in Baltimore County had to be evacuated Saturday due to toxic fumes, ABC News reports.
Facing charges of first-degree assault, second-degree assault, theft under $100 and malicious destruction of property is Theresa Monique Jefferson, 33. I assume the theft charge comes from wasting gallons of Clorox Stain Fighter With Color Booster.
She’s being held on a whopping $350,000 bond.
The Associated Press reports Jefferson followed her victim — a woman who is currently the girlfriend of the father of Jefferson’s child — into the store and initiated the attack.
Walmart, in a press release, said it can’t believe people that shop in their stores would act this way.
PR cleanup on aisle 5!
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ItsMe
October 10th, 2011
3:36 pm
@Roekest
It isn’t just this post. A lot of the blogs that I’ve seen here have turned racial. It’s really easy for the moderator to delete the comments, but how often do they use the delete button? The goat on aisle 1 (haha!) I get it but I’m sure that wasn’t the underlying joke here.
George Mathis
October 10th, 2011
3:43 pm
The column makes no mention of race — and we’ve deleted the most offensive comments. We delete dozens a day. The picture of the goat is supposed to be humorous and inoffensive. It doesn’t really pertain to the story, other than it being another Walmart, but the caption was supposed to make readers smile. Not every joke gets a laugh, unfortunately.
jeff w
October 10th, 2011
3:43 pm
It’s “racism” if you base an opinion on a group of people from what you have heard about them. It’s just common sense if you form an opinion based on repeated observation of the same behavior by the same group, again and again and again.
Rod
October 10th, 2011
3:43 pm
Ok, if you keep this style of writting up, I’m going to pay for a home delivery again!
pete
October 10th, 2011
3:44 pm
TELL ME THIS IS NOT TRUE WALLEY WORLD
Ty
October 10th, 2011
3:46 pm
Enter your comments here
Truth
October 10th, 2011
3:47 pm
What’s a “Farm Animal” doing in a Wal-Mart?
Scarlett
October 10th, 2011
3:48 pm
someone tell me isnt there something weird seeing a GOAT in WALMRT????
Braves #17 Fan
October 10th, 2011
3:48 pm
I’ll spare everyone another clever and witty post. My advice is not to make anyone angry these days. Never try to show someone up. You never know when someone is going to become enraged and retaliate. “Leland was such a nice guy. I never would have thought he’d do something like that.”
Social Commentary
October 10th, 2011
3:58 pm
Go to the rural south where confederate flags fly off homemade trailer porches and you’ll see and smell worse in the form of meth labs galore. No one race has a monopoly on ignorant, low-class behavior.