Man attacked outside takeaway after asking pair to respect queue

A man was taken to hospital with facial injuries after being attacked outside a takeaway outlet on Auckland's North Shore this week — all because he asked two people to respect the queue. Jack Parfitt told 1News he had been waiting in line at Northcross Takeaways on Thursday when a man and woman pushed to the front of the queue. He said he politely asked the pair to let waiting customers order first, but both became aggressive towards him. "The confrontation moved outside and it appeared it was going to turn into a fight until the man pulled out a weapon," he said. He said the woman assaulted him as he tried to leave with his nephew, before the pair drove away, returned with additional weapons, and attacked him again as he walked to his car.