Police have arrested a man working as a sign spinner in Florida for distracting drivers.
Ryan Brown, 22, was holding a sign for Cornerstone Tiles and Flooring in West Palm Beach and dancing when a deputy arrested him at 12:35pm Tuesday.
According to the arrest report, a driver flagged down the deputy to complain that Brown's enthusiasm in performing his job was distracting.
The Brooklyn, New York native allegedly stepped off the median strip and danced on Okeechobee Boulevard with headphones on while holding his sign.
According to the Sun Sentinel, the deputy drove to the intersection at Okeechobee, Wabasso Drive and Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard and encountered Brown. 'I explained to him why I had made contact with him and he started yelling at me telling me he is a working man not allowing me to tell him why I had checked out with him,' the deputy's report stated.
Brown cursed at the deputy and reportedly tried to reach into his pocket. The deputy told him not to but Brown allegedly refused. The deputy arrested Brown on misdemeanor charges of failure to obey police, unlawful use of a state right of way and resisting arrest without violence.
He was booked into Palm Beach County Jail around 1pm and released four hours later.
Brown's boss says the arrest was 'not fair.'
'He loves to dance, and some people like it and some don't,' said Hector Peart, who owns Cornerstone Tile and Flooring, Inc told the Sun Sentinel.
Peart has no intention of letting his employee go after the incident. 'He will be back to hold the sign,' Peart told the Sun Sentinel. 'He will just have to do it a little differently.'
I was just down in Florida and saw a bunch of these sign spinners on corners. I first noticed it in Kendall there was this one spanish cat really getting down, flipping the sign behind his back, doing all types of shyt and waving at passing cars. People were waving back and honking their horn. Old dude even stopped and gave the guy a thumbs up.
