Woman Demands Free Gas- Clerk Says No - Woman Hits Him In Head With Hammer

[matcom]

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SAN ANTONIO --Police arrested a woman who allegedly attacked a San Antonio convenience store clerk on the head with a hammer after he turned down her demand for free gasoline on Tuesday.

Police said the woman told the clerk that she had no money and was about to run out of gas.

After the clerk said no, police said the woman struck him with the hammer, grabbed some change from the cash register and fled.

Officers later found the woman stranded in her car.

The woman faces a charge of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.

The clerk is expected to recover.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/09/19/woman_accused_of_hammer_attack_over_gas?mode=PF

[Hugin]

1. Note to self...

Don't knock over a filling station while almost out of gas...

[underpants]

2. I wonder what the clerk thought was going to happen as she walked

towards him from the gas pump with a hammer in her hand.

[matcom]

3. Bob Villa would have used decking screws

:bounce:

[peekaloo]

4. Lesson for the kids. When attempting to hammer out a negotiation

do not use a real hammer.