As if you don't have enough Christmas cards to read, take a look here for the poop about the newest "latest threat". But it's not new ~ I wrote about it at this link a couple years ago. Isn't it lovely that the religion of peace has so many true believers?
Quickly now: the easiest way for these murderers to pull this caper off is for them to pretend to be customers grazing the buffet and spray the food with an aerosol poison in a water base. So look for...
- Someone, man or woman, who acts furtively around a buffet and takes out a small spray bottle upon approach or ~ obviously ~ someone who is not serving staff who starts spraying food or around it
- Someone who is wearing what appears to be a restaurant staff uniform who is cleaning up the buffet and who just so happens to accidentally spray cleaner onto the food
- A scuffle in an area of the restaurant that is away from the buffet ~ a diversion to draw attention from the buffet while poison is sprayed
Something even as small as this.
First thing to do in a case like this would be to calmly but clearly tell diners something like, Excuse me, please listen. It looks like the food here at this buffet may have been tainted and it may be best to eat no more of it until we're sure it's okay. Somebody get the manager out here immediately.
Yes, tell them. Don't ask and don't let someone take you to the manager's office. You need to be able to keep an eye on the suspicious people the entire time. Once the manager arrives, ascertain if the suspicious people are part of the restaurant staff. If they're not, call the cops immediately.
Do not let the manager tell you he or she will call the cops. You call the cops from right where you are, again keeping an eye on the suspects. This means that if they leave the restaurant and head down the street or into the parking lot, you follow them at a safe distance and try to report to the 911 operator what's going on.
Also, if you see these actions perpetrated by anyone of any race, ethnic group or gender, maybe you can catch some video of the perpetrators on your cell phone, or take still pics to give to the police later. Or, tell other bystanders to catch video a/o pics as best they can.
If you decide to confront one or more of these suspicious characters, you need to be sure you have the skill a/o weaponry a/o back-up to make a difference. You probably won't be able to depend on any restaurant "security" because most restaurants don't have security. Also, know what your local laws say about citizen's arrest because you might have to give that a shot.
Hang in there, unerschrocken. It's not going to get any better soon.

Thank you, kindly. I put the T in that spot because my understanding is that there's more crucial gray matter behind the T as I placed it and less gray matter the lower one goes. Basically, if you shoot beneath the eyes, your bad-guy is going to have one hell of a nose-bleed and any number of achy teeth, but he'll probably live. The eye is always an excellent target, in any case.
Posted by: Undaunted | 23 August 2011 at 02:55 PM
Great Stuff! Your website was introduced to me by a coworker. Thanks for prodding me to rediscover my shotgun. One critism, your fatal T is too high. It should run through the eyes, down the nose. This is the area least protected by skull and facial bones. Don't forget, its ok to shoot scum in the eye and the back of the head. Keep up the good work
Posted by: Bill M | 23 August 2011 at 05:42 AM