From Gawker:
A man in San Antonio brandished weapons at a Taco Bell, exchanged gunfire with police and spent three hours negotiating with a SWAT team from inside his hotel room. Because Taco Bell raised the price of the Beefy Crunch Burrito.
The price of the Beefy Crunch Burrito had gone up from 99 cents to $1.49 and the man at the Rigsby Road Taco Bell drive-thru had just ordered seven...
"They did use to be 99 cents, but that was just a promotion," [Restaurant manager Brian] Tillerson said. "He pointed a gun at me, and he fired it. I leaned to the side and there was a pop but nothing happened."
The man eventually was eventually flushed out of his hotel room (where he went to "get his burrito on") with the help of tear gas.
OK - I realize that violence is never the answer, but I can kind of relate. Taco Bell is one of the many fine dining options in my neighborhood - and has always been a great place to strap on the feedbag when one is broke (which I often am). But the other day I decided to "make a run for the border" and my total came to over $12 bucks!! They're lucky I don't own any guns...
