RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT — A local woman in her late twenties unleashed a catastrophic tantrum Tuesday afternoon after her computer screen went dark during what sources describe as "an important video call," reducing the alleged adult to a pudding of tears and screams that neighbors reportedly heard through closed windows.
The hoodie-clad cry-baby, seated comfortably in her home office moments before the incident, was mid-sentence when her monitor allegedly flickered and died. Witnesses say what followed was a meltdown of staggering proportions that would make any toddler proud.
"She just started wailing," said Martin Berkowitz, 42, a neighbor who was walking his dog outside. "Full ugly-crying. I thought someone had died. Turns out her screen just turned off."
According to multiple accounts, the sweatshirt-wrapped sobber immediately began shrieking wordless wails of anguish, her face contorting into a red, tear-streaked mess. The crying escalated to full-body convulsions as she pounded her fists on the desk with such force that the monitor teetered dangerously.
Then came the destruction.
Eyewitness reports indicate the woman stood up, still screaming, and shoved her keyboard off the desk, sending it clattering to the floor. She then grabbed the monitor with both hands and shook it violently before hurling it backward, where it crashed against the white wall, leaving a visible dent. The curtains on the nearby window were ripped partially from their rod as she flailed past them, shrieking at a volume that sources compared to "a fire alarm made of pure rage."
"She was stomping around like a two-year-old who got told 'no candy,'" said Jennifer Mills, 35, who lives in the adjacent unit. "I could hear her through the wall. Just screaming and banging things. I almost called someone."
The cozy-hoodie cry-queen then collapsed to the floor, reportedly rolling on her back and kicking her legs in the air while sobbing into her hands. At one point, she allegedly grabbed a nearby lamp and threw it across the room, narrowly missing the window.
The tantrum lasted approximately eight minutes before the woman exhausted herself and sat whimpering in the corner, surrounded by the wreckage of her home office.
No charges have been filed. The computer screen could not be reached for comment.