THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, January 2, 1996 TAG: 9512300006
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 29 lines
Your report about the recent robberies at two local fast-food restaurants described tragedy.
I have worked at a local Burger King for about four years. When I first started, I was young and naive and did not realize the things that were going on around me. I used to work until 5 or even 6 o'clock in the morning - until I heard news of the slayings that occurred in Massachusetts, where four people were shot to death and thrown in a freezer in the back of their restaurant. I began working shorter hours and left work no later that 9 at night.
Recently, I began college and have had no choice but to work late-night hours. I go to work scared every night, praying that nothing happens to me on the job.
I sympathize with those innocent workers involved in the recent incidents and hope that they will be able to overcome the misfortune that was dealt to them.
CHANTAY S. TALLEY
Virginia Beach, Dec. 15, 1995 by CNB