A Melbourne cafe has shared a shocking video of a random attack that left a staff member with a chipped tooth. <\/p>\n
Footage posted online on Tuesday afternoon by La Vallee in Essendon shows a woman walking past the Keilor Road premises just before 1pm on Friday.<\/p>\n
Dressed in a black jumper and jeans and wearing large sunglasses, the \u201cgrown woman\u201d comes close to colliding with a staff member carrying several plates.<\/p>\n
The woman instantly and violently knocks the plates from the waitress\u2019s hands, chipping her tooth in the process, before continuing to walk down the street as if nothing has happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are beyond shocked at the abhorrent behaviour of this grown woman,\u201d staff wrote on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you know her please send us a private message \u2014 we need assistance in identifying this individual. <\/p>\n
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\u201cThis incident led to one of our beautiful staff members CHIPPING THEIR TOOTH from the plate she pushed into her face.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love being part of the community in Essendon, and we hope our followers can share, tag and suggest this to local friends so we can get some justice AND hold this person accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking to news.com.au, a manager said the staff member was \u201cokay but obviously shaken\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lady did say some expletives to our staff member. Sadly this isn\u2019t the only issue we have recently experienced.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on the radio after the incident one staff member said the waitress was \u201cpretty traumatised\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was in pain, she was covered in egg and she had blood coming out of her mouth. Her top three teeth, the first one was broken and the other two were out of place so she had to get those top three fixed,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
Commenters, including billionaire Adrian Portelli, rushed to condemn the woman\u2019s actions. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis behaviour needs to be stamped out. It doesn\u2019t belong here,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely shocking behaviour, so sad to see,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cTotally not okay. Hopefully someone recognises her,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n
Kindness also came through in the comments with a Brazilian jio jitsu studio offering a \u201c12 month self defence membership free of charge\u201d and a local dentist offering to fix the tooth at no cost.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe attend there on a regular basis and they\u2019re absolutely shocked. Absolutely grateful for the dentist who is actually offered to fix the staff\u2019s tooth for free. What a beautiful kind gesture,\u201d one woman wrote.<\/p>\n
Random and unprovoked attacks on hospitality staff in Melbourne are not new.<\/p>\n