Monday, January 15, 2018

Pick a Headline: "Baltimore man shoots at wife and daughter over grilled cheese sandwich, barricades himself in home and has standoff with police."

This morning on our office radio, the hosts were playing a game called "overreaction or not?" They listed some of the things that have happened in the last week and decided if the person was justified in their reactions or not.

Some of the things listed were: "Man has to tear down garage, because vindictive neighbor calls the city" (did he not know that was going to happen?), "Woman stabs niece in ear with screwdriver over a game of Monopoly" (yes, that's an overreaction), but the very first one takes the cake and leaves you saying WTF?!

"Man shoots at wife and daughter, because someone took a bite of his grilled cheese sandwich."

Apparently, once the man found that someone had take a bite of his sandwich, he discharged his gun in his home (thankfully, striking no one) and his wife managed to call the police.

After they arrived, the woman and daughter came running out of the house, but the man decided to have a four hour standoff with police, before "surrendering peacefully."

Surrendering peacefully? I mean, I guess that's the best that you can hope for with a standoff.... right?!

No one really knows if it was the daughter or wife that took a bite of the sandwich, and the only thing I'm thinking is.... is that really the most important question here?! Leave it to the press and all of that investigative journalism to get the important facts. *insert eye roll here*

I don't even know how there was a debate on if this was an overreaction or not. I mean, I get it, you're pissed, because someone took a bite of your sandwich and grilled cheese are delicious.... but you seriously think you need to shoot a gun off in the house to get your point across?

I know he didn't hit anyone, but he very well could have. Thankfully, this dude is being held for psychiatric evaluation.

Side note: this is not a "stance on gun control" or anything like that. I don't have anything against guns, in fact, I find them useful for many purposes (like hunting). I do, however, have a problem with idiots like this guy.

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