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La Crosse Tribune: Wisconsin Man Cited for Harassing Woman at Express Lane

A woman in a Saukville grocery’s express lane was ridiculed by a man for having more items than the stated limit of ten. In ridiculing her, he called her “fat” and “ugly.”

(I’ve no idea what the woman looks like, but considering the man’s choice of insults one can guess she likely isn’t thin and beautiful.)

Nonetheless, the man is a fool, twice over. First, these kinds of public scenes are susceptible of a disorderly conduct charge. There are places to observe that someone’s fat, and places where a confrontation about those lawful remarks may give rise to a charge for the ensuing confrontation (one that may be instigated by another private citizen or an official). Better to avoid the whole scene.

Second, do you want to take a stand on this matter, of all things? An express lane in a supermarket, even one that might be occupied by an irritating hag, is hardly a suitable cause for a public confrontation. If it were otherwise, shoppers in Wisconsin would be having these confrontations many times each day.

There are better causes than this.

See, Wisconsin Man Cited for Harassing Woman at Express Lane.

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