A cafe has appealed to the public for help to identify a rude pedestrian who shoved a plate into a worker’s face and injured her.
The community in Essendon, north Melbourne, has rallied around cafe La Vallee after it shared CCTV of the incident on Tuesday.
‘We are beyond shocked at the… behavior of this grown woman,’ La Vallee wrote alongside the clip. If you know her please send us a private message.
‘This incident led to one of our beautiful staff members chipping their tooth from the plate she pushed into her face.
‘We 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.’
The footage shows the waitress walked around a corner holding plates to serve to a table when the woman, walking the other way, almost bumped into her. She hit the plate up and into her face and then followed up by slapping the plates on the ground.
Thousands of Aussies viewed and shared the short video with many condemning the woman’s actions.
‘Hope your staff member is okay and hope the woman is caught,’ one wrote.
A cafe worker (above) in north Melbourne suffered a chipped tooth after a passerby shoved a plate into her face
The woman appeared to nonchalantly smash the plate into the waitress as she walked past
Businesses on the street have rallied around the waitresses offering her dental work and food
‘Why did no one stop her? Enough just standing by and watching – citizen arrests need to happen more,’ another said.
Even billionaire Melbourne local Adrian Portelli weighed in one the clip, writing: ‘This behaviour needs to be stamped out. It doesn’t belong here.’
Several local businesses also offered a hand in helping La Vallee recover from the shocking attack.
‘This is disgusting behaviour. I am the owner of Healthy Smiles on Keilor Road, Niddrie, and I am more than happy to fix your staff member’s front tooth free of charge,’ one wrote.
‘This is a cowards act and your lovely waitress shouldn’t have to go through this.’
Sear Steakhouse commented: ‘When healthy smiles gets her teeth sorted, bring her down the road for some steaks with her family on us. Keilor road will stand together.’
No charges have been laid over the incident.
Daily Mail has contacted La Vallee for comment.
The worker was standing outside La Vallee in Essendon (above) when she was attacked
The cafe shared images of the woman (above) in the hope of identifying her