The young man in the report is my grandson. I live in Cleveland, Ohio and am very connected to the construction industry. While I understand that people's behavior can be controlled by only themselves, I hope that the principals at Shea take this driver's action seriously as a time bomb person like this can explode at any time with great consequences on a job site.
While I do not typically use this platform to express personal opinions, I must make an exception. Shea Concrete Products participated in the Chelmsford, MA July 4th parade today, presumably to showcase one of their shiny new trucks. My 13 yr old autistic son, his young brother, and a small group of other children as young as 5 enjoyed most of the parade, playfully swapping squirt gun blasts both from and against parade participants as has become the tradition in our little community parade. When the Shea Concrete Products truck drove by, the burly driver smiled at the kids, admonishing them "not to make him come out after them." Thinking he surely must be joking, my autistic son and his friends playfully shot their water pistols. Suddenly the truck stopped, halted the parade, and the driver jumped out storming towards the children. He then dumped the refill water bucket at the kids and forcibly threw it at my terrified son's head. When the adult crowd reacted with shock at this over-reaction, the driver angrily screamed "you (bleeping) clean the truck!" and sped away to rejoin the parade. read more