Role Model of the Day
I salute you, Ms Bernie Garcia!
copy-pasted WITHOUT permission from www.newsoftheweird.com :
Angelo Trujillo, 20, became the latest, in March, to attempt to rob someone who was pumping gas (at a Smith's store in Santa Fe, N.M.). The customer, Ms. Bernie Garcia, 83, calmly sprayed Trujillo with gasoline, sending him fleeing (but he was soon arrested). [KOB-TV (Albuquerque), 3-13-08]
I can't think of the amount of times I've been pumping gas at a gas station and just wished that I could spray someone with gasoline. Oh sure, if you spray it on your OWN car it's an ACCIDENT, but if you spray it on someone else it's "attempted manslaughter"! Hmph. Really just world we live in, huh?! Still, you gotta respect Ms Bernie, who at 83, still had the presence of mind to use her gas pump instead of reaching for her pepper spray. Gotta love them octogenarians.