80-year-old Applebee's diner beaten for asking young man to stop swearing

A man in Florida faces a battery charge after allegedly punching an 80-year-old man who asked him to stop cursing and talking about a woman's private parts at an Applebee's, according to reports.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports the customer was having dinner at Applebee's in Port Orange in Florida on Sunday night when he heard 26-year-old Mikie Sawyer repeatedly using expletives.

According to police, Sander politely asked Sawyer to stop using the 'F' word and to stop talking so loudly about body parts. He also told Sawyer that "in my Germany, you don't speak in such a manner."

But Sawyer told Sanders he didn't have to stop cursing if he didn't want to before punching Sanders in the face and pushing him to the ground, according to WKMG.

Police said an eyewitness backed up Sanders story and told police that he also heard Sawyer cursing loudly.

The witness said that after Sander asked Sawyer to stop, Sawyer told him, 'I don't care where you are from, whether it be Russian or Dutch, take your (expletive) to the other side of the bar,' before punching him.

Following the punch, Sawyer departed with two friends. When a restaurant manager followed him into the parking lot, Sawyer charged the worker in a "threatening manner" and warned that he "would also kick [the employee's] ass too."

Sawyer, who was apprehended during a traffic stop, was arrested for battery and disporderly conduct, a misdemeanor. (

The man's left cheek was "discolored and bruised," according to the affidavit.

Sawyer's right-hand knuckles were bruised as well, deputies said.