A McDonald’s employee is looking for higher safety from the quick meals big after he was assaulted by a bunch of youngsters whereas at work.
Khobi Dawson, 22, was allegedly assaulted whereas working on the Raymond Terrace McDonald’s restaurant, within the Hunter, two weeks in the past.
The group turns into disturbed after Dawson asks them to take what seems to be alcohol exterior.
They then allegedly threw cutlery at 4 employees earlier than Dawson intervened to attempt to calm the state of affairs.
“They began getting in my face and saying would you like a combat,” Dawson instructed 9News.
The group may be seen on CCTV repeatedly hitting Dawson as he exits in entrance of the service counter.
Then his co-worker Luke tries to intervene, swinging a grill scraper on the group to attempt to save his co-worker.
“If (Luke) hadn’t been there, I do not know what the result would have been,” Dawson mentioned.
“My supervisor was on the cellphone with (the police) the entire time (we have been) attempting to get them out, however they did not arrive till 20 to 25 minutes into the combat.
“What are we imagined to do on this state of affairs?”
Dawson is an apprentice plumber and solely works weekend shifts at a quick meals chain to earn some additional money.
Now, McDonald’s is looking for higher worker safety following the alleged assault.
“I want to see adjustments to insurance policies and issues that permit us to lock the entrance doorways to stop an entire crowd of individuals from coming in when we’ve got restricted staffing,” he mentioned.
“It could value them extra in the long term if somebody received damage worse than me.”
A McDonald’s Australia spokesperson mentioned there have been already safety measures in place.
“McDonald’s Raymond Terrace has quite a lot of security measures in place, together with 24-hour CCTV monitoring, alarm techniques and safety guards on night time shifts from Friday to Sunday,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Six youngsters, between the ages of 13 and 17, have been charged in reference to the alleged assault.