Stepstool vs. machete: Who ya got?

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/apr/23/evansville-man-attacks-clerk-machete/

 

Apparently the stepstool.

That's a nasty part of town, IIRC. Yikes!

 

Yes, yes it is.

 

OK, so it's where I thought it was! I don't think I'd work at a convenience store down there at night, not without a contingent of big, burly bodyguards.

 

Or a $20 Home Depot E-Z Step.

 

I'd be too scared of the drugged out guy with a machete to grab my E-Z Step!

(plus I need more of a real ladder than a step stool)

 

Pretty funny that the clerk ended up with the stepstool AND the machete by the end of the fight.
Meanwhile, police brought these men in for a lineup:

 

Notice one of the side stories is about a man who lost part of his ear in a fight! Tough town indeed!

 

I'm just glad that the attacker didn't have an assault machete.