Salad-Bar Fracas Sends Senior Citizens to Hospital

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Salad-Bar Fracas Sends Senior Citizens to Hospital

There's nothing like a little lack of hygiene at the salad bar to get people of any age angry.
Police said Lee Thoss, a 62-year-old resident of Spring Haven Retirement Community in Winter Haven, Fla., got into a fight with 86-year-old William Hocker after the older man accused him of handling the lettuce with his bare hands instead of tongs, reports The Associated Press.
"This is the first time in 25 years I've ever heard of something like this happening," Jill Andrew, a Spring Haven spokeswoman, told The News Chief of Polk County, Fla.
Hocker told Thoss no one wanted to eat food he had been playing with. Thoss yelled and cursed at him, Hocker told police, and Hocker called him a child molester. Then, witnesses said, Thoss then began punching Hocker in the face.
Another resident, Allen Croft, 79, jumped in and was bitten on the arm by Thoss. The younger man's mother, Arlene Thoss, who is in her 80s and also a resident, was cut in the arm as she tried to break up the melee.
Harry Griffin, 92, cut his head as he was knocked down when panicked elderly diners fled the brawl.
"All the old folks were either getting up to help or trying to get out of there," police spokesman J.J. Stanton told the AP.
Her son "only likes a certain kind of lettuce," Arlene Thoss explained to police. But she added "that it did appear that he was playing with the food."
Croft, Griffin and Arlene Thoss were all treated at a local hospital and released.
Lee Thoss will now leave the residence. Andrew explained that bad blood had been building up among him, Hocker and Griffin for some time.
"We see the humor in it," she told The Ledger of Lakeland, Fla. "People think that because these people live in a retirement home that they've quit living, but we have 300 vibrant personalities here."

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[Casie 0]

That's freak'n hilarious! That's like double dipp'n.......it should be allowedNOT Glad no one was seriously injured.

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[weegegirl 2]

I heard about that on the radio this morning and it had me crackin up!!!!! Imagine a bunch of old farts swinging punches over a salad bar incident!!! And look out for Mom.... ha ha ha!