>Don't poke sleeping bears
>Don't mess with a man's food
>Don't disrespect a man
...Guy had it comin'. Some of you would be surprised how some of the last people you'd want to antagonize on this earth are not at all what they seem. Just because they're retired doesn't mean they are not just as dangerous (if not more so).
@definitionofinsanity best way to describe this kind of situation? You don't poke a retiree from that kind of business because you are now the reason they are working the rust off.