A fast-food worker has told of the terrifying moment he was verbally and physically abused by two men while working at a McDonald's store, south of Adelaide. Police are investigating the incident.
A fast-food worker has told of the terrifying moment he was verbally and physically abused by two men while working at a McDonald's store, south of Adelaide.SA Police say they are investigating the incidentThe 20-year-old staff member, who wanted to be identified as Akshay, said he was attacked while delivering food to a customer's vehicle outside of a Melrose Park store at about 2:00am on Tuesday.
The attack has prompted more calls for authorities to start enforcing new tougher penalties for assaulting fast-food workers. Akshay said he had asked a customer to park his vehicle in a waiting bay while waiting for an order about 1:50am."He was not happy with that, so he came out of the car and I just opened the gate and he was already standing over there," he said.
"First of all he verbally abused me, so I just handed over the food and asked him to stop abusing me."After that, he started to again beat me, so I was not able to do anything." He said another man then got out of the car to join in the abuse, and his glasses were broken in the assault."Then the other guy came out of his car and he also started abusing me, and they both were trying to beat me, which led to these cuts on my face," he said.He said his manager then intervened, locking the store door to keep the two men outside, calling the police.The victim said the assault had impacted his mental health to the point that he struggled to sleep.
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