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In-N-Out Burger Flipper Disables Car, Attempts to Murder Boss in Parking Lot
Eater ^ | May 22, 2015 | Farley Elliott

Posted on 05/24/2015 6:29:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway

One LA employee just couldn't take it anymore

A disgruntled Glendale In-N-Out employee went for a true double-double against his former boss earlier this week, disabling the man’s car by putting sugar in the gas tank and hiding out with a few loaded guns in what police are calling an armed ambush.

NBC Los Angeles has some on-the-scene details of the emerging incident, which took place around 2 a.m. Monday morning. The alleged attacker, Eric Bloss, was a recent UC Berkeley college graduate whose former roommate says had become disillusioned with his work flipping burgers, and believed that his manager at the Glendale In-N-Out was reprimanding him unfairly.

And with all that pressure to perform, what with the new competing Shake Shack coming soon, it seems the work environment became too much for Bloss. At some point, the 23-year old hatched the self-styled revenge plot against his former manager.

The "imminent" attack, as described by police, was foiled when a passerby spotted Bloss tampering with a car in the parking lot (this was the cartoonishly villainous Phase One: Sugar In The Gas Tank step). That witness tipped off the right people, and Bloss was found not long after (Phase Two: Hide With Guns) waiting for the In-N-Out manager to head for his car after a long shift. Thankfully, the entire plot fell apart before anyone was hurt.

NBC Los Angeles says the suspect Eric Bloss, an Eagle Rock native, is currently being held on $250,000 bail in an LA County jail, where it’s hard to imagine the food is as good as In-N-Out's.


TOPICS: Food; Local News
KEYWORDS: crime
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To: nickcarraway

I still prefer Wendy’s to an In-N-Out burger.


21 posted on 05/24/2015 6:42:26 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Zeppo

My 2010 Honda Fit doesn’t have a locking gas cap.


22 posted on 05/24/2015 6:42:40 PM PDT by GSWarrior (Burning the Constitution increases global warming)
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To: nickcarraway

I knew that gas would not stop a car from starting but still I looked at snopes for more details. Ironically the professor they choose for their proof works at Berkeley.

**Sugar doesn’t dissolve in gasoline, as a researcher at Berkeley confirmed in 1994. Forensics professor John Thornton labeled sucrose with radioactive carbon atoms and mixed it with gasoline, then spun the concoction in a centrifuge. After the undissolved particles were removed, the liquid’s radiation level was measured to determine how much sucrose had become part of the gasoline.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp#bkao0b1kcivWlTRp.99


23 posted on 05/24/2015 6:42:50 PM PDT by ThomasThomas ("YOUR BADGE! SHOW HIM YOUR BADGE!")
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To: Vesparado

Geology? Then he’s nuts, just nuts. Guaranteed.


24 posted on 05/24/2015 6:43:09 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Zeppo
Evidently, you can learn something in college.
25 posted on 05/24/2015 6:45:10 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: nickcarraway

You had one job, one job.


26 posted on 05/24/2015 6:45:41 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: null and void

>>UC Berkeley graduate, flipping burgers.

>>Was his major “Ethnic studies” or _______?

Geology. https://cal.berkeley.edu/ericbloss


27 posted on 05/24/2015 6:45:44 PM PDT by struggle
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To: null and void
Was his major “Ethnic studies” or _______?

Actually, he is a geologist. However:

"He's had his degree for a year and he feels like college is a scam because he still hasn't found his career," Frisch said.

No surprise, with his attitude. Who'd want to hire a loose cannon for field work?

28 posted on 05/24/2015 6:47:51 PM PDT by Greysard
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To: 9thLife

understood, indeed. (but not being able to handle a job is still a serious problem for anybody... and many of our schools nowadays just don’t prepare students for the job market...and I don’t mean just specialized skills I mean basic working/interpersonal/coping and responsibility skills common to almost all employment).

but anyway, I was just tossing that line in for discussion, I have no knowledge about the subject individual or what his problem(s) actually may be

thanks


29 posted on 05/24/2015 6:49:07 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.")
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To: nickcarraway

Mmmm ... In-N-Out! I haven’t had dinner yet and there is one just down the road a piece.


30 posted on 05/24/2015 6:51:53 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: nickcarraway

In N Out Burger is to die for?


31 posted on 05/24/2015 6:52:14 PM PDT by umgud (When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
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To: nickcarraway

Oh the pressure, the pressure! So much pressure!

Sheesh!


32 posted on 05/24/2015 6:52:25 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: smokingfrog

You’d think that a news story from a respectable journalistic outlet such as LA Eater would have provided more details.

You know, what tools did he use to tamper with the car (a burger-flipping spatula?), what caliber was his firearm, what brand of sugar and how much was used, did he pour it from a box, a bag, or a bunch of tiny packets that he took from the restaurant, what was the make, model, year, and color of the boss’s car, was it actually disabled or not, etc.

Inquiring minds want to know, and all that...


33 posted on 05/24/2015 6:54:23 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: nickcarraway
a recent UC Berkeley college graduate whose former roommate says had become disillusioned with his work flipping burgers

Why? The work too challenging for a Berkeley grad?

34 posted on 05/24/2015 6:54:51 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Zeppo

Eater just repeats what it got from the Glendale PD public information officer. No journalistic investigation needed.

http://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1277/16?backlist=%2F


35 posted on 05/24/2015 7:00:22 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Apparently he’d gone as far in life as his UC Berkeley degree was going to take him. Nothing left to do but “stick it to the man,” as his profs encouraged him daily for the entire eight years it took to earn his degree in African and Tranny Studies.


36 posted on 05/24/2015 7:02:17 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: smokingfrog

Wow, he’s got the eyes of a, I don’t know, serial-killer, or serial-burger-fipping geologist, or something...


37 posted on 05/24/2015 7:04:07 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: nickcarraway
The alleged attacker, Eric Bloss, was a recent UC Berkeley college graduate whose former roommate says had become disillusioned with his work flipping burgers, ...


Two things actually three things come to mind, if you don't want to be a college grad flippin hamburgers, you might want to do two things.

One pick a better school.

two pick a major that business folks are looking to hire.

Oh ya and number three, last but not least, work hard, party less, and get good grades.

38 posted on 05/24/2015 7:09:55 PM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (In an Oligarchy, the serfs don't count.)
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To: Zeppo

I had always thought “take out” had a meaning unrelated to attempted murder when used in the fast food sense.


39 posted on 05/24/2015 7:11:19 PM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: nickcarraway
UC Berkeley college graduate

Go Bears

40 posted on 05/24/2015 7:12:15 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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