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    US man accused of claiming to be new restaurant manager, cooking own meal in kitchen

    MADISON, Wis. - A U.S. man who claimed to be the new manager of a chain restaurant and cooked himself a cheeseburger and fries is facing charges.

    Police say 52-year-old James Summers, wearing a tie and carrying a briefcase, claimed he was sent by the Denny's corporate office Tuesday to be the new manager at a restaurant in Wisconsin. The current manager told him he must have the wrong restaurant. Summers told her she apparently had not received the memo about the change in leadership.

    Authorities say the manager called her supervisors while Summers helped himself to a meal. WISC-TV says police were summoned and took Summers into custody. Officers say they found a stun gun on his belt.

    Summers is charged with disorderly conduct, drug possession and possessing an electric weapon.

     

    55 comments

    • Gordon  •  3 mths ago
      "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today".
    • Oracle  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      They knew he was a fraud immediately, because a real Dennys employee knows better than to ever eat the food there.
      • THE BANISHED 3 mths ago
        Good one!
      • MarcD 3 mths ago
        Especially the pancake that went through the DISHWASHER and the staff playing frisbee with it.
      • MarcD 3 mths ago
        Especially the pancake that went through the DISHWASHER and the staff playing frisbee with it.
    • pollym  •  3 mths ago
      Why was he ID'd as a U.S. citizen in this article?
      • THE BANISHED 3 mths ago
        beacuse someone wants to be an A..S...S...h0le
      • C 3 mths ago
        Because it's an Associated Press article which is a global agency.
      • MarcD 3 mths ago
        With the location being Madison, Wisconsin, it's assumed that he'd be American unless there were some special information to the contrary. The AP doesn't report that a Russian man in Moscow did something in the news. Now a Mexican in Moscow, THAT might be interesting. There's gotta be a Benny Hill routine in that, somehow...
    • THE BANISHED  •  3 mths ago
      Peter Griffin's COUSIN??
    • NAYAN D.  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      IS THIS PART OF WORLD NEWS?
    • Yahoo User  •  3 mths ago
      I bet the meal was better than the garbage you normally get at Denny's
    • Wildgraywolf  •  Montoursville, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      I gotta give the guy points for audacity and execution, but he looses points on planning - especially his escape.
      • B 3 mths ago
        I agree! How could he have been so clever and ballsy but been so dumb to still be there when the cops came? This is a conundrum.
    • Steve  •  Cleveland, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      Yeah, but was his burger better than Denny's?
    • rick h  •  3 mths ago
      This is news?????????????????
    • Mark  •  3 mths ago
      possessing an electric weapon?????????
      • Mark 3 mths ago
        We truly have to many laws.
      • Mr FatSkinny 3 mths ago
        It could have been a vibrator.
    • Eric  •  Fremont, California  •  3 mths ago
      Are they sure it was a US man????
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 mths ago
      Thats nothing new people in America claim to be a lot of things there NOT
    • reallywanttoknow  •  3 mths ago
      He should have claimed to be the new manager at the Bunny Ranch. Imagine what he could have cooked up there.
    • Meg S  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      The unemployed these days will do anything to get a job........including walking into a restaurant and attempting to steal the current manager's job. Amazing.
    • Myself  •  3 mths ago
      It is funny, no denying :)
    • rover  •  Wallingford, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      Only in Denny"s !!! Love it
    • Liza  •  3 mths ago
      omg, that is so funny, you gotta give the guy credit for invention and nerve
    • Pen  •  3 mths ago
      "U.S. man"?? Is politically correct for saying he wasn't an illegal? Guess the drugs didn't let him think this all the way through when they gave him the munchies.
    • Arman  •  3 mths ago
      Electric weapon...vibrator?
    • Steve  •  3 mths ago
      electric weapon! at least he was concerned about the enviroment
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