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According to the Fruitport Police Department, officers were called to Anderson Express Inc. in Muskegon for a report of a stabbing. A preliminary investigation determined that at about 9:20 a.m., the employee, from Walker, Michigan, allegedly stabbed the company president in the side during a staff meeting. The employee ran from the building and fled in his car.

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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 67 points 5 days ago (3 children)

All these bloodthirsty motherfuckers in here with absolutely no idea what Anderson Express Inc does, how large a company it is, or whether most people like the President or think he's a twat.

It looks like a single-site machine shop.

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 98 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The News Outlets are going to report every single instance of violence against executives. So that they can push the narrative of violence against executives bad. America has had long history of disgruntled employees attacking management. This is nothing new.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postal

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=disgruntled+employee+shooting&t=h_&df=1990-01-01..2024-11-01&ia=web

However the greater violence is the wage theft and strike breaking in our collective history.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_history_of_the_United_States

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Both for "hurting the 1% bad" but also "Hey you bastards went apeshit over this shit last time - how about now, huh?? Click! Click damn you!"

All these bloodthirsty motherfuckers in here

Yeah. People are super pissed off at the very wealthy, and neither do they read the articles very often and even then sometimes the articles don't have much info in them. But I think it's intended to be more clickbaity even though it is actual news. The furore around UnitedDeath CEO shooting was a phenomenon. Everyone pushing and pulling content wants to see it again.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

At this point, I would fully support a law that made anyone with wealth over say, $100 million, into a literal outlaw. Like the old school historical outlaw. The protection of the law literally doesn't apply to them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostis_humani_generis

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It’s Muskegon, everyone stabs each other over there. It’s just polite.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Sounds a lot like the Winnipeg Handshake.

[–] macaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

2x 1-star, a 3-star, and a 4-star review. I believe under modern ethics that deserves a black eye and one lost tooth, but stabbings only start with a sub 2-star average.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

That’s 2.25, so pretty close.

You can usually just ignore 1 and 5 star reviews.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 55 points 5 days ago (4 children)
[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 45 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The CEO has probably never actually been in the building.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

The CEO now lives in their panic room.

[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Depending on the company structure, sometimes a "president" can be equal to or above the CEO

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Are CEOs usually having staff meetings with randos on the warehouse/shop floor?

Most single site machine shops don't have a full C-suite.

[–] _bcron@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago

It's a small business and there aren't any sort of laws regarding naming conventions or titles/roles that must be filled. Sometimes 'owner' is who runs the show after all

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

the employee, from Walker, Michigan, allegedly stabbed the company president in the side during a staff meeting.

see, he should have known that, in meetings, it's bullet points that are more acceptable.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

He was trying to stay on the cutting edge but his point didn’t stick, he’s going to shoot off his bullet points in rapid succession until everyone gets it next time.

[–] john89@lemmy.ca 29 points 5 days ago

I hope the motivation was dissatisfaction with the disparity in wealth.

[–] 8000gnat@reddthat.com 10 points 5 days ago

something something stabbing westward

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Keep the trend going!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Fruitport Police Department

Well . . . sure.