Chili Wise, Round Foolish

The red on the manager's smock wasn't chili sauce:

A Wendy's restaurant manager almost lost his life to a disgruntled customer early Tuesday morning.

The cause?

Chili sauce. The shooter wanted more.

According to Miami-Dade police, just after midnight, a man was going through the Wendy's drive-through at 18181 NW 27th Ave. As he picked up his meal, he told the attendant he wanted extra chili sauce.

When he didn't get his sauce right away, he began arguing with the attendant.

Then, when he did get his sauce, he wanted more.

The attendant told him restaurant policy prohibits a customer getting more than three packets.

The customer insisted on 10.

The female attendant complied, but the customer continued arguing.

The attendant asked the customer to pull up so the manager could come out and speak with him.

''The manager came out to inform him of company policy, and he shot at him several times,'' said Mary Walters, a Miami-Dade police spokeswoman.

The manager was struck in the left arm. He was taken to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital and is expected to recover.

The customer fled in a brown four-door vehicle with a female passenger.

Sadly, the corporate office won't appreciate the branch's rigorous adherence to policy as they sign the manager's worker's comp checks.