Angry customer hurls ‘scalding’ soup at teen worker, US cops say

Officials said the woman later grabbed hot soup and hurled it toward the teen worker. Now, the customer accused of throwing the soup is facing an assault charge, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office. — Photo by Mahmudul Hasan on Unsplash

An angry customer threw “scalding” soup at a teen worker, causing first-degree burns, according to deputies and the North Carolina girl’s mom.

“I began to watch the video, and my initial reaction was rage,” mother Denise White Tayson told McClatchy News in a Jan 26 phone interview. “I saw a woman attacking my 17-year-old daughter.”