NEWMARKET BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE DESCENDS INTO ONION-PLACEMENT STANDOFF
Operator put the onions under the sausage. Customer put the onions on the ground. Then she put herself in his face.
A sausage sizzle outside the Newmarket Bunnings turned ugly on Saturday after the volunteer operator kept placing fried onions under the sausage, in defiance of what one customer called "the correct order of operations".
The customer, Raewyn Falanitule of Epsom, said she'd queued eleven minutes for one sausage. "Onions go on top. Always have. The bloke knows. He's just doing it to stir."
The operator, fundraising for an under-12s netball side, refused to budge. "Health and safety," he said, pointing at a laminated sheet that did not mention onions. "Sausage seals the bread. Onion sits in the cradle." He then served the next punter onions-under, sparking a small queue mutiny.
A second witness, Pete, said he'd seen worse at Westgate but agreed the operator was "a knob". Pete bought two sausages and rebuilt them on the bonnet of his Hilux. He conceded this was also a piss-take but "a separate matter".
This correspondent observed from a respectable distance. No offence was committed, though my mate at Auckland Central was kept across it by text. The operator is still putting onions under the sausage. Patrons are still moving them. The netball side has raised $847.
The customer, Raewyn Falanitule of Epsom, said she'd queued eleven minutes for one sausage. "Onions go on top. Always have. The bloke knows. He's just doing it to stir."
The operator, fundraising for an under-12s netball side, refused to budge. "Health and safety," he said, pointing at a laminated sheet that did not mention onions. "Sausage seals the bread. Onion sits in the cradle." He then served the next punter onions-under, sparking a small queue mutiny.
A second witness, Pete, said he'd seen worse at Westgate but agreed the operator was "a knob". Pete bought two sausages and rebuilt them on the bonnet of his Hilux. He conceded this was also a piss-take but "a separate matter".
This correspondent observed from a respectable distance. No offence was committed, though my mate at Auckland Central was kept across it by text. The operator is still putting onions under the sausage. Patrons are still moving them. The netball side has raised $847.