Texas Whataburger employees serve unruly, drunken customer a wicked whack-a-burger

The store’s manager takes a swing with a rubbish bin – and swings and swings. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A customer marched drunk as a skunk into a Texas Whataburger restaurant, turned belligerent, and began attacking its staff – prompting the outlet’s manager to, well, take out the trash.

Police in Paris, about 160km north-east of Dallas, said 41-year-old Anthony William Newhuis was first ordered out of the fast-food joint after he berated workers and caused a disturbance on Feb 22.

According to witnesses, he stormed off but vowed to come back once officers left.

He did, and that was when things turned violent.

Security video and cellphone footage show Newhuis bursting back into the restaurant and lunging toward the manager behind the counter. Workers can be heard yelling and scrambling as the confrontation spills into the dining area.

The manager, cornered and under attack, grabs the nearest object – a lightweight plastic rubbish bin – and swings. The container slams into Newhuis’s head with a loud crack, knocking him off balance.