The following is an actual article printed in yesterday’s Ft. Worth Star-Telegram newspaper which has a circulation of about a quarter of a million readers.
Thieves give Fort Worth wig shop owner bad hair day
FORT WORTH –
It was an apparent family affair to steal hair.
Police say the owner of the Wigs and Beauty Supply, 5721 Lovell Ave., found himself in a hairy situation Monday afternoon when he was assaulted by one of a trio of women apparently intent on never having a bad hair day again.
The three women walked into the business at 1:45 p.m. and quickly split up. One headed to back of the store. The second remained up front as the apparent look-out. The third combed the aisles, stuffing items into her bag.
When confronted, police say the third suspect opened her bag to reveal hair extensions and a wig, but then refused the owner’s order that she put the items back.
Instead, the woman grabbed the owner by the throat, pushed him against a wall and reached into her waistband as if she had a weapon, only stopping when one of the other women yelled, “Mom, let’s go.”
The three women fled the store in a waiting minivan with two men inside. Police had not seen hide nor hair of them as of Tuesday.
Lt. Paul Henderson, police spokesman, said the owner was not seriously injured, just “wigged out” over the incident.
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Maybe I’m just a Humorless Hannah, but when did it become the fashion to make fun of the victim of a burglary and assault? Have we become so inured to violent crime that it is now acceptable for mainstream newspapers to mock someone who is grabbed by the neck, thrown against a wall and robbed by three or more persons who may have had guns?
Perhaps I’m out of touch with what today’s newspaper readers want. I thought I was buying news and information. I guess I was silly to think I could find that in a paper. From now on, I’ll just buy the paper when I want a cheap laugh at the expense of crime victims.
8 responses so far ↓
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monstergirlee
// Sep 23, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Yeah they’re pretty much mocking this poor guy, making as many bad puns as possible. You should send a letter to the editor saying what you said here. No, its not just you.
btw - I’m listening to Kathleen Battle right now. mmm…
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jill
// Sep 23, 2008 at 10:54 pm
I read that online and thought the same thing. And you know I love a good laugh, but I can only imagine what a hair-raising experience that owner had. (sorry, I had to.)
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TXPoppet
// Sep 24, 2008 at 12:15 am
@ Jill: Love it. Thanks, I needed that laugh.
@monstergirlee: I actually did send a note scribbled in crayon to the writer and her editor.
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Nancy
// Sep 24, 2008 at 4:47 am
Another example of desensitizing society.
BTW,have you ever seen those blow-dryers shaped to look like a gun? g00gle gun shaped hair dryer.
Perhaps that’s what the woman had in her waistband.
[ackkkk, I'm just as bad]
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Ree
// Sep 24, 2008 at 8:35 am
Seventeen kinds of wrong - on the part of the writer and the editor.
At least not a hair on the owner’s head was harmed.
Gack. And I know how much those things cost!
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Hypocracy Hunter
// Sep 24, 2008 at 11:09 am
hypocrits. See, you do have a sense of humor when it’s your comments. You have readers too.
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Dani
// Sep 24, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Definitely insensitive and distasteful. Not at all what I’d expect from a paper with such wide circulation.
@Hypocracy Hunter - Get a life.
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Elaine
// Sep 25, 2008 at 10:03 am
Ok, I’ll admit, I did like the puns but you’re right, not appropriate for the newspaper. Maybe just for a blog post… ; )
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