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A customer found out that insulting car salesman is perhaps not the wisest course of action. The man had entered the Moscow car dealership and began drunkenly berating one of the staff. Unable to bear the insults any longer, the salesman then jumped to his feet and began punching the customer.
May 10, 2016 Read time: 1 min

A customer found out that insulting car salesman is perhaps not the wisest course of action. The man had entered the Moscow car dealership and began drunkenly berating one of the staff. Unable to bear the insults any longer, the salesman then jumped to his feet and began punching the customer. No charges were brought for the incident and the salesman also kept his job, after promising to hold his temper in future. The customer was well known to those at the dealership and had caused a disturbance previously.

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