Smelly Flasher Tormenting Forest Hills Starbucks

A mentally disturbed man with bad B.O. and a penchant for exposing himself is ruining the Forest Hills Starbucks for paying customers, but apparently nobody can do a damn thing about it. The guy has been frequenting the establishment, which is connected to the Barnes & Noble, for several weeks now, and employees insist they're not allowed to eject him, because only the managers have that authority. He became "belligerent" when confronted by a reporter last week, and has been scaring the elderly and young with his smelly Johnson.

Nanny Maggie Segaline tells the Daily News he flashed her and her young charges as they walked to the bookstore: "I got scared. I didn't know if I should cover their eyes." Hmm, cover their eyes or let them stare at the dirty deranged naked man—tough call. Apparently they don't prepare you for that in nanny school! The police have been called repeatedly, but their involvement was always too little, too latte—until Friday, when they finally escorted him out. Meanwhile, a Starbucks rep insists employees do have the authority to eject anyone causing a disturbance, and they're encouraged to "do their best to politely and professionally manage these situations."

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By John Del Signore in News on February 23, 2010 11:34 AM

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mo

Hey its New York us adults can deal with it but when you have a kids around the area because of the book store then the police need to step it up a bit. Maybe they can send him to a nudist colony I think he would like it .

Tempogain

Theory: Employees are encouraged to "do their best to politely and professionally manage these situations."

Reality: You can't get people to deal with mentally imbalanced smelly flashers for eight dollars an hour

grizzzly

This just in: Weak-ass coffee tormenting starbucks customers everywhere all the time, occasionally naked dudes too

robingee

Smelly Johnson. He plays for the Mets right?

Joan Angelson

Everybody in that Satrbucks and Barnes and Noble are on drugs. You can score anything you want up in the anime section. Just check it out in the afternoon during the week and ask for a wookie...see what you get.

lucy van pelt

Well...it was in Forest Hills. Maybe he was looking for a mohel

NannyState

They offered him a venti bris but he likes the foam.

Jym Dyer

=v= This guy can hang out at Starbucks but Reverend Billy has to keep out? That's totally unfair. Billy is, after all, a much snazzier dresser.

ihaveopinions

Obvious question:

Where the hell are the managers? Do they not have a manager on duty every shift?

The Starbucks at Verdi Square regularly kicks out bums who have caused trouble in the past. Sounds like the employees at this branch need to stop staring at this dude's balls and grow their own.

Guest

"can i get some fresh cream?"

pissflaps

i gotta scrub my balls and wipe my ass

metalbot

"too little, too latte." lol...

lostwallet

Ooooooh, I should go to that B&N. I love dealing with pervies.

You can shut them down pretty quickly by remembering one key rule — your reaction should be totally opposite to anything they're expecting. Laughing as loud as possible and saying something like "gosh that's the smallest penis I've ever seen" totally puts them off — and is a great way to alert security.

I've done this many times and it works pretty well. They love feeding off your shock and disgust and thrive when they have you in a vulnerable position. It's very empowering to turn the tables on them and take the upper hand in an awkward situation.

Contralto

"I've done this many times and it works pretty well."

You've been flashed many times?

NannyState

Fetishist.

The Other Sarah T

Smelly Johnson ? Wasn't he a famous stagecoach robber ? I heard that one time he shot a man for snorin' too loud...

Lautaro

That made me laugh out loud in a Mel Brooksian kinda way.

chuzzlewit

...not jest smelly, it has the look and feel of hand-tooled leather!

Pachinko

cops don't want to deal with the stink.

girodavivere

i call bullshit on this story. there's a cop in that barnes and noble the whole time it's open. he stands by the entrance to the bookstore, where is he the whole time this is happening?