Police say a Florida Grubhub driver attacked 2 Burger King workers, swinging a 3-foot ashtray after being told his order wasn't ready

Kate Taylor

Dec 30, 2019, 20:59 IST

A Grubhub deliveryman was arrested on Saturday, with police saying he attacked two employees at a Florida Burger King.
According to a police report, the driver became "agitated" when he was informed his order was not ready for pick-up, and he struck a Burger King worker with a three-foot ashtray.
Burger King, Grubhub, and the Clearwater Police Department did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
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A Grubhub deliveryman was arrested after an incident at a Florida Burger King this weekend.

On Saturday, Daniel Delellis was arrested on charges of battery, according to police reports first obtained by The Smoking Gun. According to the report, Delellis entered a Burger King in Clearwater, Florida, at roughly 5:19 p.m. to pick up a Grubhub order.

Delellis became "agitated" when informed that his order was not ready for pick-up, the police report said. He is then said to have gone outside, picked up a three-foot-tall plastic cigarette ashtray, and swung it at the front doors of the Burger King.

The police report says that Delellis continued swinging the ashtray, striking a Burger King employee in the chest. The Grubhub deliveryman then struck a second Burger King employee on her face, leaving a red mark.

Burger King, Grubhub, and the Clearwater Police Department did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

Fast-food workers frequently face violence on the job. In a 2015 survey of almost 1,500 fast-food workers, 12% said they had been assaulted on the job in the previous year. A total of 73,410 people working in food preparation and related occupations were injured on the job in 2018, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.