My Dinner with Angry

angryDinerEVERGREEN – At about dinner time on Nov. 8, a deputy rushed to the Main Street bistro to remove an obnoxious presence in the dining room. Although the pernicious patron fled just before the officer arrived, a woman on the scene gave the following account. A middle-aged fellow in a sleeveless orange T-shirt had come into the restaurant and started going from table to table advising hapless customers to “(funk) off” and inviting them to tuck his flapping shirt-waist into his pants for him. After working up an appetite in this way, he loudly commanded the owner to serve him the “best steak in town” or he’d “own your restaurant.” Asked to leave, he got into a blue Ford pickup and roared away down the canyon to the Black Hat Cattle Co. in Kittredge, where he went inside and announced that he was “Jesus.” Then he headed for the little savior’s room, which is where the deputy finally caught up with him. “I ain’t (funking) talking to authority,” the man declared. “I have a problem with authority.” Due to his “problem with authority,” the officer had to handcuff the belligerent fellow before escorting him to the parking lot, where he admitted making a bit of a stir around town, but promised he’d be on his best behavior from now on. Satisfied with his contrition, the officer let him go and closed the case…