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"Dude, You're Getting a Dell"

Our disaffection for Dell Computer is well known and documented on this site. When the agressive smiley kid appeared in the TV and magazine ads with the "Dude" slogan, we cringed. We wanted to warn somebody! Happily, an unfortunate man with 124 public drunkenness arrests on his record saved the day. (The arrest record is up to 128 according to some web sites). "Paul Sanchez" can be the new "Dude" mascot, when he gets out of the court-imposed drying out period, and the happy go lucky smarmy kid in the ads can go back to hustling drinks in college bars.

We are not inclined to make fun of Sanchez; the poor man has enough problems without Dell in his life. Did it all start with an innocent purchase of a Dell 3800 Inspiron? We will probably never know.

Dude, You're Getting a Dell!

Dude, You're Getting a Dell! San Francisco -- Heeeeeee's back. Paul Sanchez, the public drunk who had been picked up a dizzying 124 times in San Francisco the last time we counted, is back in jail again -- having clocked up another four arrests for some form of public drunkenness.

Sanchez now resides in the medical wing of the County Jail, doing a 130-day stretch for resisting arrest after throwing an empty vodka bottle at a cop. The cop had revived him while Sanchez lay passed out in a doorway near Castro and Market.

Sanchez is a legend among the city's beat cops and paramedics -- and he's become Exhibit A for the growing problems caused by the city's street people.

His latest arrest, while hair-raising, was also typical for Sanchez.

It all started Sept. 25 when the cops got a call about a drunk passed out in a store doorway where Sanchez has repeatedly been picked up in the past.

Officers showed up and found Sanchez, sleeping in his own excrement. They woke him up and told him he was violating the stay-away order imposed on him five arrests ago.

"F-- the judge! I can stay here if I want to!" Sanchez screamed, according to the police report. Then he picked up the empty vodka bottle and threw it at the cop. ...

excerpted from: Matier & Ross Report, San Francisco Chronicle, October 6 2002

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