The footage, which surfaced on social media, shows a man, woman and child seated at a corner table of the restaurant as they wait for their meals.
A waitress then approaches to serve up their food, but as she places it on the table, the man leans over and smashes an empty plate in her face.
She quickly steps back and walks away as the man shouts after her.
Meanwhile, the woman at the table leans forward to stop him. Moments later, they get up with the child and make a quick exit.
CCTV shows shock moment Nandos customer slaps waitress with a plate
The incident happened in March this year in Stratford, London.
A woman believed to be the employee in the video has since opened up about what happened on Twitter.
She claimed: “The police were present at the time, I reported it to them, and they let him go without taking his details or checking the CCTV.
“I filed a complaint against the officers and their supervisor got back to me and essentially said ‘they’re humans and made a mistake’.”
The Metropolitan Police said: “We are aware of a video circulating online showing an incident in a branch of Nando’s in Stratford which took place in March.
“A report of assault was made to police at the time of the incident, however, it appears this was not progressed promptly by officers.
“We are working to establish why this happened and accept this is not the level of service Londoners should rightfully expect from the Met.
“We have since made contact with the victim and a statement has been taken – we will endeavour to keep her updated with the progress of this investigation.
“There has been no arrest and enquiries are ongoing to locate the man involved.”
Anyone who can provide information about this incident should call 101 ref CAD 1872/21 Aug.
A Nando’s spokesperson said: “This was a shocking and unprovoked attack earlier this year.
“We reported it to the police immediately and have supported our colleague since.
“We will not tolerate this kind of behaviour, the safety of our colleagues and customers is our priority.”
GhostMotley on
It gets worse:
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[˚✧𝖟.𝖊𝖙𝖈✧˚ on X: “the police were present at the time, I reported it to them and they let him go without taking his details or checking the cctv. i filed a complaint against the officers and their supervisor got back to me and essentially said “they’re humans and made a mistake”” / X](https://x.com/zahra_etc/status/1826345775498215685)
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saladinzero on
Jesus, it’s bad enough to randomly assault someone, but to do it in front of your child? That kid has surely seem some shit, and when they track this family down I hope the child gets some therapy to deal with it.
Ex-art-obs1988 on
Oh dear,
More examples of misogyny.
Bet the prick wouldn’t have done it if it was a 6 foot tall bloke.
Overgrown children not been taught to keep their hands to themselves.
AdventurousBus4355 on
Why would you use ‘slaps with a plate’ instead of the actual ‘attacked’ or ‘assaulted’?
ActivityImpossible45 on
Say something offensive on twitter and get arrested meanwhile if you assault someone you are let go Scott free 😨 I wonder what excuse people will come up to defend this when the police were literally at the incident at the time yet still chose to do NOTHING!
IhateALLmushrooms on
Yeah getting paid minimum wage to deal with those assholes is so worth it…
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GnolRevilo on
Why did the police let him go? I thought we were tackling extreme misogyny, no?
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super_nicktendo22 on
“this is not the level of service Londoners should rightfully expect from the Met.”
I mean, *it is.*
slaitaar on
I mean, it’s funny how all these stories are coming out with minorities attacking people, but the “far right” were bigotted racists just acting on hate without evidence.
Edit: Again, not looking to support racism, but I also don’t support sweeping generalisations about immigration concerns, either. Or just ignoring basic demographic facts as to where the crimes are happening etc
Big-Respond-7568 on
They do this all the time in their own counties they see people who work in any service job low and someone they can abuse
integratedanima on
No, this must be a mistake. I was told several thousand times such things do not happen despite evidence to the contrary.
shaolinoli on
I haven’t been to Nando’s in a while but don’t you pay when you order, before the food arrives? Wouldn’t they have his card details easily available if that was the case to identify him?
Winged_One_97 on
She(the waitress) is a woman
he is a big strong man who is not allowed to touch women because of “culture” reason..
The police are scared of being called racist so they let them go.
Sea-Discipline881 on
The absolute bare minimum job of a police officer and they didn’t do a thing. Women and children are really just walking targets in this country.
Macewol on
Can you slap someone with a plate? You can hit them with it, but slap?
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The footage, which surfaced on social media, shows a man, woman and child seated at a corner table of the restaurant as they wait for their meals.
A waitress then approaches to serve up their food, but as she places it on the table, the man leans over and smashes an empty plate in her face.
She quickly steps back and walks away as the man shouts after her.
Meanwhile, the woman at the table leans forward to stop him. Moments later, they get up with the child and make a quick exit.
CCTV shows shock moment Nandos customer slaps waitress with a plate
The incident happened in March this year in Stratford, London.
A woman believed to be the employee in the video has since opened up about what happened on Twitter.
She claimed: “The police were present at the time, I reported it to them, and they let him go without taking his details or checking the CCTV.
“I filed a complaint against the officers and their supervisor got back to me and essentially said ‘they’re humans and made a mistake’.”
The Metropolitan Police said: “We are aware of a video circulating online showing an incident in a branch of Nando’s in Stratford which took place in March.
“A report of assault was made to police at the time of the incident, however, it appears this was not progressed promptly by officers.
“We are working to establish why this happened and accept this is not the level of service Londoners should rightfully expect from the Met.
“We have since made contact with the victim and a statement has been taken – we will endeavour to keep her updated with the progress of this investigation.
“There has been no arrest and enquiries are ongoing to locate the man involved.”
Anyone who can provide information about this incident should call 101 ref CAD 1872/21 Aug.
A Nando’s spokesperson said: “This was a shocking and unprovoked attack earlier this year.
“We reported it to the police immediately and have supported our colleague since.
“We will not tolerate this kind of behaviour, the safety of our colleagues and customers is our priority.”
It gets worse:
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[˚✧𝖟.𝖊𝖙𝖈✧˚ on X: “the police were present at the time, I reported it to them and they let him go without taking his details or checking the cctv. i filed a complaint against the officers and their supervisor got back to me and essentially said “they’re humans and made a mistake”” / X](https://x.com/zahra_etc/status/1826345775498215685)
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Jesus, it’s bad enough to randomly assault someone, but to do it in front of your child? That kid has surely seem some shit, and when they track this family down I hope the child gets some therapy to deal with it.
Oh dear,
More examples of misogyny.
Bet the prick wouldn’t have done it if it was a 6 foot tall bloke.
Overgrown children not been taught to keep their hands to themselves.
Why would you use ‘slaps with a plate’ instead of the actual ‘attacked’ or ‘assaulted’?
Say something offensive on twitter and get arrested meanwhile if you assault someone you are let go Scott free 😨 I wonder what excuse people will come up to defend this when the police were literally at the incident at the time yet still chose to do NOTHING!
Yeah getting paid minimum wage to deal with those assholes is so worth it…
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Why did the police let him go? I thought we were tackling extreme misogyny, no?
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“this is not the level of service Londoners should rightfully expect from the Met.”
I mean, *it is.*
I mean, it’s funny how all these stories are coming out with minorities attacking people, but the “far right” were bigotted racists just acting on hate without evidence.
Edit: Again, not looking to support racism, but I also don’t support sweeping generalisations about immigration concerns, either. Or just ignoring basic demographic facts as to where the crimes are happening etc
They do this all the time in their own counties they see people who work in any service job low and someone they can abuse
No, this must be a mistake. I was told several thousand times such things do not happen despite evidence to the contrary.
I haven’t been to Nando’s in a while but don’t you pay when you order, before the food arrives? Wouldn’t they have his card details easily available if that was the case to identify him?
She(the waitress) is a woman
he is a big strong man who is not allowed to touch women because of “culture” reason..
The police are scared of being called racist so they let them go.
The absolute bare minimum job of a police officer and they didn’t do a thing. Women and children are really just walking targets in this country.
Can you slap someone with a plate? You can hit them with it, but slap?