Swift action by the St Catherine South police yesterday quelled what could have easily become a serious fight at a construction site when a vendor and a construction worker clashed over a bulla.

The hot-*lo**ed dispute, which began shortly after 10 a.m., involved two men who were clearly over their 30s. They exchanged harsh words through a fence that separated them at a worksite close to a housing scheme in Portmore, St Catherine.

"Yuh waan see de big man dem a shub stick thru de fence a try stab dem one another,"one woman laughed while relating the incident to THE STAR after we arrived on the scene. By this time the police were already issuing a warning to the vendor.

"All big stone dem a try fling thru de fence," the amused woman further stated. "Mi neva see nothing like this yet, de man dem a fight over bulla inna de sun hot."

tempers

When this newspaper went to the site, tempers were still somewhat heated as the worker who was on one side of the fence was still trying to clear his name.

"Mi nuh owe yuh fi nuttin. Mi pay yuh already," he said. The vendor, who was on the other side of the fence denied this, however, stating that the worker still owed him $60 for a bulla.

The police said that they were actually passing when they noticed the disturbance and stopped to investigate. The police said that both men indeed had a dispute over $60 and a bulla during which stones were thrown and sticks drawn.

The lawmen let both parties off the hook with a warning after speaking with the foreman at the site who promised that the fight would not go any further between his worker and the vendor.

Even as THE STAR left the scene, commuters could still be heard laughing while others were seen re-enacting the funny fight.