9.21.2011

Hang On, Jeremy! I'm Coming To Help!



KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 21 (UPI) – Police in Missouri said they arrested a man accused of threatening a Taco Bell employee with a shotgun because he did not receive hot sauce with his meal. Kansas City police said Jeremy Combs, 30, went through the Taco Bell drive-through Saturday and returned with his shotgun after discovering there were no packets of hot sauce in his bag, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported Tuesday. Police said Combs told them the item he had been holding was a tire iron, but officers discovered a 12-gauge shotgun under his mattress. Combs was charged with being a felon illegally in possession of a firearm.


Hey, I'm pretty much a pacifist and don't condone violence, but I'm on Jeremy's side on this one. Wasn't it just a couple of months ago when I wrote about receiving just one packet of hot sauce in my to go order from Taco Bell in Decatur? I almost went all Michael Douglas in Falling Down on them right then and there. If I had received no packets (like the true victim in this case, Jeremy), I would have raided Jarhead's probable arsenal of illegal assault weapons and taken all the hot, mild, fire-roasted (new!), and Verde sauce I could carry.

You've got to have hot sauce with Mexican food. No excuses. It's a Universal Truth.  And if you work in the Mexican food industry, you have to know that rule as well as the consequences for violating it. 

Case dismissed. Next case.

(I'm not sure that all that violence in Mexico isn't more hot sauce related than drug related, anyway. Just a theory.)

20 comments:

Uppercase Matt said...

I am ashamed to say that I noticed a few weeks ago that Taco Bell (at least the one I visit) now puts a "sauce on request" sign in their drive-thru window. If you don't request, you don't get.

Anonymous said...

barry, send the 'dusty monkeys' to get even

Anonymous said...

Here is your chance. The boys needs a lawyer..

Anonymous said...

How many Mescins does it take to make a packet of hot sauce....

Anonymous said...

What's even worse is when you go through the drive through at Dairy Queen, and a few miles down the road you realize they didn't bother to put any napkins in your bag. That really ticks me off!

Anonymous said...

If you axe for condom mints you wont get any.

Anonymous said...

Man I love Tex-Mex but I hate Hot Sauce. I guess you have to have some south of the border blood running through your veins.

Anonymous said...

speaking of falling down... http://youtu.be/4PkcfQtibmU

Anonymous said...

There you have it guys. If you don't request, you don't get. You might be surprised how many people do not like hot sauce. Waste not, want not. I have thrown away many of those little packs.

Anonymous said...

Taco Bell is hardly Mexican Food.

Anonymous said...

First, people should quit being lazy and going through the drive through. Second, if you are lazy, check your bag before you leave.

Anonymous said...

Hows 'bout Chicken Express that just canNOT get a to-go order right! Place gives me blood pressure issues!

Anonymous said...

What about Taquitos at Whataburger with no Picante?!!!

Anonymous said...

Rhome Dairy Queen comes with free diarreah!

Anonymous said...

Falling down made a lot of sense to me;ONE OF THEESE DAYS111

Anonymous said...

What about going to nice Mexican restaurant and getting a short fat muffin-topped waitress.

Dang it! When I spend my hard earned money I want an exotic, 24 year old breeder who flirts with me! Preferably wearing short tight pants and a ponytail.

Anonymous said...

3:45 is right, if you go to Dairy Queen OR Grandy's in Rhome, you are gonna NEED those napkins for cleaning up the the projectile splatter out of both ends!

Anonymous said...

I have eaten food from Diary Queen in Rhome many times...never made me sick.
Taco Bell is mexican food. I certainly did not grow up in Texas eating tacos or enchiladas, until Taco Bell...it is mexican food.

Anonymous said...

NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM AT DQ IN RHOME OR DECATUR EXCEPT THE BUNS SOMETIMES FALL APART.
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Anonymous said...

I guess it is a good thing you guys aren't making the journey from Fort Smith out across the lone prarie in a covered wagon, (with the native americans hunting for you to remove your scalp) only to realize the Taco Bell left your hot sauce out of your to-go order.

Now, having said that... I do concur with the verdict from Barry...a good whack on the head will have you listening out of your good ear, by golly.