Jury acquits delivery driver of main charge in shooting of YouTube prankster

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Jury acquits delivery driver of main charge in shooting of YouTube prankster
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A jury has found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who was following him around a mall food court earlier this year

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I'd rather get shot than work at McDonald's. Have you worked a low wage customer facing job? Literally anything is better. I'd rather have children kick me in the balls all day.

But you would also have to be a total asshole and go around harassing strangers who are just trying to get on with their lives.

True, my point was more about using McDonald's as a measuring stick is a bad call. Like I'd seriously have to think about it if I have to do one or the other for an extended period.

Having worked in fast food and factories, I'd much rather the fast food work than any kind of repetitive factory work.

I'd rather get shot if it was a mild wound and I didn't have to pay the medical bills afterwards*.

America, the land of opportunity!™

It's interesting, the YouTuber clearly doesn't have medical insurance through his job because... well he makes YouTube videos for a living. He was shot, so that was presumably a huge medical expense. I wonder who's paying his bills? His parents?

So long as you pay something on a bill, you generally don't have too much of an issue. I can't tell you the number of people I know that are making $5 a month payments on $$$ medical bills. One of my coworkers and his wife had separate major health emergencies that put them in the hospital within 3 days of each other. She was in for months, he was in for weeks. Their combined bills after insurance is just over $500,000. $5 a month.

I have a feeling I'm going to be having surgery sometime in the near future, and I'll be joining that $5 crowd, because I'm still getting bills from a host of tests run at the beginning of the year that I'm paying on. I'm pretty much tapped out at this point.

Well if you get shot at McDonald's, you'll get workers' comp. for a while. They'll cut you off eventually, pay you pennies on the dollar of what wages you lost. They will cover your medical bills though.