Not bad for a Friday afternoon after all. Earlier today the C-VILLE office was witness to a full on, cane-swinging, tackle-to-the-ground fight between a restaurant patron and a Henry’s waiter on the Downtown Mall.
Apparently, as C-VILLE’s own Josh Rhett saw it, the customer didn’t have any cash on hand and offered to pay his $13 tab with a check. The waiter responded that Henry’s is a non-check accepting establishment and turned to help other customers.
The restaurant patron remained on the ground while interrogated by police.
At this point, the customer, seeming to wait so that the waiter wouldn’t see him, started walking out without paying at all. “The waiter saw him leave and ran after him, and then [the customer] swung his cane at him,” says Rhett. The waiter at that point tackled the customer to the ground and yelled for help.
The police showed up to sort it all out. See above.