{"id":37255,"date":"2022-06-05T04:25:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T04:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/angry-nyc-customer-goes-on-glass-smashing-rampage-at-queens-restaurant\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T04:25:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T04:25:59","slug":"angry-nyc-customer-goes-on-glass-smashing-rampage-at-queens-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/angry-nyc-customer-goes-on-glass-smashing-rampage-at-queens-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry NYC customer goes on glass smashing rampage at Queens restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A Chinese restaurant in Queens was vandalized Saturday afternoon by a regular customer who had been kicked out of the establishment earlier in the day for not wearing pants, the owner said.<\/p>\n<p>The disgruntled man returned to 4 Choices &#038; A Soup on Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing with a hammer at 4:40 pm, smashing doors, windows and the glass surrounding the food bar, according to the owner and security footage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;\u201dHe went to our store many times already today.  I already asked my worker.  My workers [said he had] been there before without any pants, \u201dJenny Xie, 48, told The Post in a phone interview. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust disgusting.  So we told him to go out. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He had no underwear,&#8221; the restaurateur added.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t the first the suspect had caused a commotion at the eatery, the owner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe pees in front of store.  One day, he had no [clothes] Hon. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was caught on camera wearing a red T-shirt, swinging his hammer with reckless abandon, leaving widespread destruction and piles of shattered glass in his wake.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Security footage shows an irritated man bashing the glass doors of 4 Choices &#038; A Soup restaurant in Flushing, Queens.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jenny Xie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens4.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Workers at the 4 Choices &#038; A Soup restaurant were left to clean up a huge mess of broken glass left behind from a vandalizing customer.\" class=\"wp-image-22538698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The male suspect had mental health issues as a regular customer, according to Jenny Xie.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Gerber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The man visits sometimes visits the eatery multiple times a day, speaking to himself about his family in Chinese, the owner claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows that he has a mental problem, so most of the time we\u2026 serve him right away,\u201d Xie said.  &#8220;We don&#8217;t wait too long to get him his food than him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The unidentified suspect was quickly arrested and charges against him were pending, the NYPD said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens5.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Workers at the 4 Choices &#038; A Soup restaurant were left to clean up a huge mess of broken glass left behind from a vandalizing customer.\" class=\"wp-image-22538699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Owner Jenny Xie claims the male suspect visits her restaurant daily.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Gerber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Workers at the 4 Choices &#038; A Soup restaurant were left to clean up a huge mess of broken glass left behind from a vandalizing customer.\" class=\"wp-image-22538695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Workers at the 4 Choices &#038; A Soup restaurant were left to clean up a huge mess of broken glass left behind from a vandalizing customer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Gerber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite his destructive rampage, Xie said she suspected the was off his meds and hoped he got psychiatric help.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We think if he takes his medicine he is very normal.  He comes in and says &#8216;hello&#8217; to us, \u201dshe said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t want him to go to jail if he has mental problems because sometimes [mental patients] couldn&#8217;t control themselves. &#8220;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens6.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Workers at the 4 Choices &#038; A Soup restaurant were left to clean up a huge mess of broken glass left behind from a vandalizing customer.\" class=\"wp-image-22538700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Shattered glass was spilled outside the 4 Choices &#038; A Soup restaurant in Flushing, Queens.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Gerber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens2.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Workers at the 4 Choices &#038; A Soup restaurant were left to clean up a huge mess of broken glass left behind from a vandalizing customer.\" class=\"wp-image-22538696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The male suspect has been arrested, according to the NYPD.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Gerber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens3.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Workers at the 4 Choices &#038; A Soup restaurant were left to clean up a huge mess of broken glass left behind from a vandalizing customer.\" class=\"wp-image-22538697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Queens3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The suspect was a customer who apparently went to the restaurant without underwear, according to Jenny Xie.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Peter Gerber<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The disturbing incident came a day after a man was arrested for murdering a Queens Chinese food deliveryman over an argument about duck sauce, and amid a steep uptick in hate crimes against people of Asian descent in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Xie said she has worried about the safety of her all-female staff during the pandemic and even began closing 4 Choices &#038; A Soup earlier, as more and more homeless and unstable people congregated on Roosevelt Avenue in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur restaurant is opened 18 years.  We have never had this kind of situation.  I&#8217;m so surprised he is Chinese and he is [an] old man, \u201dshe said of the suspect, estimating that he is older than 50.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chinese restaurant in Queens was vandalized Saturday afternoon by a regular customer who had been kicked out of the establishment earlier in the day for not wearing pants, the owner said. 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