A garbage man in England has been fired after being caught on camera riding a snowman on the sidewalks of a family performing kung fu.
The footage shows the garbage worker in orange uniform delivering half a dozen shovels – including some Bruce Lee-worthy roundhouses – to the six-foot snowman, decapitating the structure and finally reducing it to half its former stature .
The snowman was built by neighborhood kids in Hereford – a cathedral town near the Welsh border – after a recent snowstorm, homeowner Sophie Taylor, 25, told Herefordtimes.com.
Taylor said her 3-year-old son Joseph waves through the window at the garbage trucks every week.
And then “he’s going to do that in front of him,” she complained about the worker, who was fired by his company.
Joseph saw the destruction through the window and was brought back to tears, the mother told the Mirror.
“On Tuesday he came running to me in tears, sobbing: ‘The garbage man broke my snowman’ and he started kicking.”
Meanwhile, the so-called garbage man has told the Mirror that he will build another snowman for the child, if the family wants to, but he is “not sorry”.
‘I don’t think I should say I’m sorry. His family knew it wouldn’t be there forever, ”Callum Woodhouse, 19, told the outlet.
Besides, the snowman had it coming, Woodhouse said, claiming it “blocked my path.”
‘I decided to kick it because I didn’t think it would hurt anyone’s feelings. I don’t think snowmen have feelings, ”said Woodhouse, telling the Mirror that he is an expectant father.
It would melt and snow again. I didn’t expect it to have such an impact on a three-year-old child. “
Video of the unprovoked snowman attack has gone viral in the UK, sparking fierce online discussions as to whether the “refusal staff” should have been “fired” for destroying the snowman “while at work . “
“This has clearly shown its character,” complained @ BarbsK5. “Would you like to employ him?”
“Yes, all day long,” responded @ BaldEagle877. “He kicked water.”
“Seriously stupid, but that[‘s] bloody to lose his job, especially in these times, ” replied @pvarrasso.
“It’s a snowman,” noted @ petersimpson2. “Get over it.”