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Was working for sams club. Drunk or hungover coworker was angry about how I was pushing carts (okay boomer) and when I ignored his complaining he grabbed me from behind in sort of a chokehold half nelson thing, twisting my neck and covering my mouth. I bit him and was able to flip him over my shoulder (it wasnt fast and cool like in action movies, it took me straining myself pretty hard). Anyway I was still quite winded, and he got up off the ground pretty fast to come at me again and I swung the little rope and hook tool we carry to control large lines of carts at him, striking his head. He put stopped, put his hand to his head and looked at his blood covered hand before calling me a fucking idiot and stumbling away. Anyway, ive been told 3 different stories about what happened and all of them try to paint me at fault. One story is I initiated the attack. One story is that I had the opportunity to flee (I did not, I was cornered and it was outside along the side of the building). Finally, the newest story now is that there were several witnesses saying they saw everything and that after I got toby off my back he started to walk away (and that I hit him in the front of his head while he was facing away from me, somehow.)

I cant even get unemployment because walmart/sams told the unemployment people i was fired for workplace violence and misconduct. On top of that, this happens when I am in the middle of paying for dental work and in the middle of a fucking pandemic where people aren't doing much hiring to begin with.

I know I'm fucked and can't do anything to make Sam's hire me back even though I need the job very badly, but I will be finally getting unemployment benefits, as soon as the workforce commission appeals tribunal gets back to me. It is very good thing I called the police and wrote my affidavit and had the officer statement supporting my side of the story because otherwise I would have not had any document to support my unemployment appeal.