Elderly man reportedly punched in face by excessive Nutella waffle-sampling shopper

A 78-year-old man was punched in the face at the Costco store in Burbank, California, on Sunday morning.

The man had told another shopper that he had taken too many samples from a Nutella waffle sample cart.



Burbank resident Derrick Gharabighi, 24, had taken several samples when the elderly shopper told him to take just one, said Burbank Police Officer Cindy Guillen.

That’s when Gharabighi reportedly punched the man in the face, leaving him to be hospitalised with a one-inch cut and swelling above his eye. Gharabighi was arrested on suspicion of elder abuse and is due in court later this week.