Queens Man's Car Wash Rage

2008_03_carwash.jpgA Queens resident was arrested after driving his car into a car wash controller repeatedly at the Mr. Hand Car wash in Elmont, Long Island.

Assi Touti had driven his Chevrolet Silverado through the car wash once, but complained it wasn't clean enough, so workers offered him another wash for free. But, according to the police report, "Touti reportedly became agitated at having to wait in line longer and for a second time, and intentionally drove his Silverado truck into the car wash's computer control, repeatedly, trapping three employees between that machinery and a fence."

The controller unit is now crumpled and an employee told WCBS 2, "He ran it over three or four times over here. Spinning his wheels. Completely irate." Touti was charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.

Photograph of a car wash in Brooklyn by JGNY on Flickr

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he sure sounds like his namesake. assi. probably pentup rage from years of childhood playground taunts.

wtf is wrong with people?

Yet another jerk-oof in an SUV. Surprised? I'm not.

I'm glad I don't drive. I'm also glad I don't work at a car wash... in Queens.

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Assi Touti was at Artie Fartie's party, right?

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Is this car wash owned by Mr. Garrison's sock puppet? I had no idea that he was a businessman (or business-puppet).

Yet another jerk-oof in an SUV. Surprised? I'm not.

A Silverado is a pickup, not an SUV.

Elmont is near Belmont Racetrack, in Nassau County, not Queens.

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This story sounded a lot worse before I read the part that clarified that a "car wash controller" is a computer and not a person!

If it is a strange story from the tri-state area, the odds are quite high of it taking place on the Island. Plus, the name of the car wash is quite funny - Mr. Hand.

Assi Touti? Really? Is this an April Fools joke?

Only a guy named Assi Touti would go to a car wash when its raining.

they should throw that man into the car wash! and see he saids something!
what an a-hole!

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