Police say that two soft drink workers, one representing Pepsi (David Paulina, 42) and one representing Coca-Cola (Robert Koscho, 48) “tried to run each other over with pallets full of soda bottles” at a Pennsylvania Walmart. The violence escalated outside the store, and the Coke rep ended up with a broken nose.
From WTAE:
As Koscho left the store, police said, Paulina called him over and punched him three times in the face, breaking Koscho’s nose and giving him a black eye.
“As the victim left the store, the suspect came over and got into a physical confrontation with him and struck him a few times,” said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Jeanne Martin. “He hit him in the face, gave him a black eye and broke his nose.”
A Coca-Cola representative told WTAE Channel 4 Action News that the fight started over shelf space in the aisles of the store.
It’s all corn syrup, gentlemen. No need to break someone’s nose.
The Pepsi worker has been fired.
Cola Wars Get Physical As Pepsi Worker Attacks Coke Employee [WTAE](Thanks, Douglas!)
(Photo:Clean Wal-Mart)
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@Buran: If you have a place like Central Market close by it should be available. They used to only make Dublin Dr. Pepper on Tuesdays but last I heard they were considering expanding due to the overwhelming demand. There is simply nothing like the original recipe for Dr. Pepper…
Now…if I can just find some Good and Fruity candy to go with it I would be in heaven (they don’t make it anymore
and Good and Plenty sucks beyond all that is hellish)
This story reinforces my belief that Pepsi kicks ass.
This is why I love corporate rivalries. Cola wars or console wars, entertainment is guaranteed.
The Coke/ Pepsi vendors at my old job used to help each other stock their product. I always tried to talk them in to fighting though just so I could have some epic pictures.
for all you regular soda drinkers, by show of hands, what percentage of you are on antacids regularly? What about multiple cavities in adulthood?
Moral of the story: Pepsi is better than Coke.
not too terribly surprising, when I worked the loading dock at at grocery store, the Pepsi workers were often better taken care of, and was often a point of contention.
Pepsi paid more, their drivers only unloaded, and had electric pallet jacks, and had their own merchandisers to come load the shelves.
Coke paid less and drivers unloaded by hand, and merchandised the product themselves.
Also Pepsi’s sales people, drivers and merchandisers were often much nicer, more personable, and often gave us freebies… so we also were nicer to them at the loading dock, lol
This might just be the funniest article I’ve ever read.
wow! that almost happened at the Walmart i work at. and no, i’m not a 30-yr.-old high school drop-out. i’m 18, so ha! jak2rocks FTW!
Wow, All in my hometown in a week.
Table gaming comes to WV
Local sheriff is arrested for DUI and admits on dashcam that he lets DUI drivers free in “His” County
and now PEPSI and COKE are goin at it.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the fires of hell are stoked and the Ohio Valley is going to be the coming of armageddon.
A few years ago when I was between I.T. jobs I worked for an alcohol distributer for about six months and while I never saw a full on fight break out I’ve seen it get pretty close. Usually the argument revolves around shelf space and end cap displays. Smaller convenience stores rarely have a shelf schematic that shows who has what space. So it’s common to set up your displays and drinks on your shelf only to come back the next day and find your display in the garbage out back and half your shelf space taken up by the “other” guys overstock. If this begins to happen week after week it drains you and at the same time can put some workers into an uncontrolled rage. Especially since it takes a lot of extra time to remove the competitors product from your space and replace it with yours. In the end I can say thank god I’m out of that terrible racket, I would say it ranks right up there with being a used car salesman for overall sleaziness and questionable work practices.