next time, maybe ihop?

in these tough economic times, it's completely normal for those of us who have avoided the unemployment chop to become hyper-sensitive regarding our work product. and depending on the culture of the work environment, even the simplest criticism can cause a marked increase in resentment and defensiveness.

and then there are cases like that of Yakeisha Ward.

MANNING, S.C. -- A Waffle House employee has been arrested and accused of shooting a customer who complained about the service.

The Clarendon County Sheriff's Office says 29-year-old Yakeisha Ward of Manning is charged with assault and battery with intent to kill.

Deputies said Ward worked at a Waffle House restaurant in Manning and was involved in a fight about 4:30 a.m. Sunday. Lt. Tommy Burgess says the fight started when the customer complained about the quality of service in the crowded restaurant.

Burgess says Ward went to her van to get a gun. He says a 27-year-old woman was hit in the arm.

worked?? awww, don't tell me on top of getting arrested, Yakeisha got fired too! so perhaps an addendum needs to be added to the Waffle House Employee Handbook: don't shoot customers.

the thing that stuck out immediately for me is the fact that most Waffle House restaurants are about as big as shoeboxes. If Yakeisha had missed her target, that bullet could have ricocheted around the inside of that place like a pinball machine.

she could have killed everybody in there!

so let this be a lesson to us all: you may hate your job, hate your coworkers, and even hate your slow computer. but you'll hate going to prison for assault and battery with intent to kill even more.