Aggressive McDonalds customer has the tables turned on him when he violently grabs a diminutive black female worker... and she fights back, overpowering him (3 Pics)

A white Florida transient was detained after he was filmed brutally attacking a black female fast food employee on New Year's Eve who bravely fought back. 

Daniel Taylor, 40, was charged with two counts of simple battery for the wild altercation that took place at the McDonald's in St. Petersburg on Monday. 

In the shocking video, that has since gone viral, Taylor lunges at the black woman and drags her nearly across the counter. 

But the woman soon resists, pulling Taylor back and then frantically punches the man in retaliation. 

People in the background can be heard asking for the police as the woman pummels the man and demands that he 'stops playing with her.' 

A coworker appears to try to pull the woman off the man but her grip was tight and lethal. He rushed over to Taylor and managed to separate the two.

The irate employee also screamed obscenities at her assailant. 

At this moment, the manager comes over to 'assess' the situation and asks the customer what was wrong with his order. 

As the woman calms herself down and looks for her phone, a battered Taylor screams: 'I want her a*s fired.' 

But the woman quickly retorts: 'No, you're going to jail!' 

Taylor then asserts that he was simply asking a question before adding 'b***h' as the clip comes to an end. 

The 'transient' was detained on New Year's Day and booked at the Pinellas County jail, according to court documents.  

Taylor - who is between 5'7" and 5"8 and approximately 160lbs - is being held on a $1000 bond and was also found to have owed a $11 commissary charge, jail records indicate. 

The West Virginia native was instructed to stay away from the victim and the eatery. 

On Facebook, a woman believed to be his mother posted on Tuesday that her son had been 'homeless for sometime' and 'hasn't been able to find a job.'

But according Doraetta Hesse, Taylor wasn't exactly forthcoming as to the most recent altercation he had been involved in. 

Taylor, from West Virginia, was charged with two counts of simple battery for the wild altercation

'My problem is he called me last night about 6:30 pm,' she explained. 'He had been beaten and robbed. He told me he was going to call 911. To get an Ambulance and the police. He told me he would call me back from the ER.'

Hesse shared that she called the state police but added that since her son didn't have an address in the area, they couldn't do much to help her.  

McDonald's could not be reached for a comment.      

On Facebook, a woman believed to be his mother posted on Tuesday that her son had been 'homeless for sometime' and 'hasn't been able to find a job'