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Shocking footage has captured the moment a restaurant allegedly threw plates at cafe staff after they were asked to pay a public holiday supplement for their meal.
The man is said to have erupted over the extra cost after enjoying a few meals with his partner at the Whiskey Business Cafe in Capalaba, west Brisbane, last Monday.
When told of the 15 per cent tax, payable for dining out on Ekka People’s Day – the name given to Royal Queensland Show Day – he refused to pay it.
CCTV showed him arguing with staff, then walking away, taking a meal and throwing it at staff over the counter, before throwing a second plate.
Cafe owner Kylie Baker told Daily Mail Australia that a plate had missed her head “by an inch, two inches at most”.
A customer was furious after being asked to pay a bank holiday supplement on top of the cost of two meals at a cafe in Redlands
As Whiskey Business owner Kylie Baker dodged the flying plates, she claimed a young member of staff was hit in the leg by a broken plate. Pictured is Ms Baker (left)
CCTV footage showed the man picking up a plate and throwing it on the counter, then doing the same with a second meal
“I’ve never seen anything like it in 30 years of working in the industry,” she said.
“He was hostile from the start.”
As Ms Baker dodged the flying plates, a young member of staff was hit, although he was not injured.
“Billy was hit in the leg by one of the broken plates, but he’s fine,” Ms Baker told customers on the cafe’s Facebook page.
The client refused to believe that Monday was considered a public holiday in Redlands, Ms Baker wrote.
“After he got verbally abusive with me, he resorted to violence.
“The plates he threw with all his might towards the counter were aimed directly at me.
“The first, which was completely unexpected, only missed my head by a few centimeters. The second, I also managed to dodge.
“At the time, three of our junior staff, all under the age of 16, worked alongside me on the counter.”
Her young staff were left in tears and everyone working in the cafe was still ‘savage’ a week later, she told Daily Mail Australia.
The man reportedly ordered Nutella waffles, a salmon bagel and an egg Benedict for himself and his partner before the confrontation began.
Other customers immediately reacted to the angry customer, surrounding the man, who was then questioned by police.
“Thank goodness no one was seriously injured,” Ms Baker wrote. ‘How, well it was a miracle.’
Customers immediately reacted to the angry customer, surrounding the man
The chilling incident happened at the Whiskey Business cafe, in Capalaba, in the Redlands west of Brisbane. Pictured is the interior of Whiskey Business
The man ordered the Nutella waffles from the cafe (pictured) but threw away his meal without eating it
Ms Baker shared two videos of the incident online, but blurred the man’s face. “It’s not my intention to name and shame,” she said.
“Please be kind to each other and to your hospital workers the next time you go out. We are just doing our job,” she also wrote.
Queensland Police confirmed a 48-year-old man was charged with four offenses over the incident, including assault, willful damage and public nuisance.
He is due to appear in Cleveland Magistrates Court on September 29.