Man scolds neighbor for watching World Cup, 'taking jobs' from Americans
Amherst, Massachusetts, police received a call Sunday from a woman who claimed her neighbor gave her the business for cheering too much while watching the World Cup, according to MassLive.com. And as if the standard whining about the World Cup wasn't enough to make said neighbor sound like a stereotypical sports jerk, the specifics of the incident read like a Bingo card of 'merica-loving, soccer-hating xenophobia:
Later that night, police received a call from a woman who had received a call from her neighbor scolding her for taking jobs away from Americans.
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