The owner of a south Manchester restaurant has hit out after staff were 'abused' by a customer, asking "what the f*** do my staff have to do to feel safe?"
In a string of tweets, the owner of the 'Baity' restaurant in Didsbury took to social media to share the shocking ordeal.
Ali Yousef said that a drunken man had walked into the premises holding a beer after the kitchen had closed and became 'abusive' after he was asked to leave and denied a table.
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It was then alleged that the angered customer began 'throwing chairs across the room' whilst customers were seated and staff were still serving the remaining tables.
He also emptied the remainder of his beer bottle all over the venue, owner Ali claimed.
Some staff even had to cower behind the counter for safety, the restaurant said.
The thread of three tweets said: "Once again my staff get abused physically and verbally.
"Intoxicated gentleman with beer in his hand walks in after kitchen is closed and demands to be seated.
"Staff explained kitchen has closed. He began to get abusive and wouldn't budge.
"After being told several times to leave he began throwing chairs across the room whilst customers were seated and my staff serving.
"Some of my staff had to shelter behind the counter whilst he did this.
"After again more verbal abuse he decides to finally leave but not before tossing his beer all over the place."
The restaurant then added that they called the police, adding: "What the f*** do my staff have to do to feel safe?
"We don't even serve alcohol and we still deal with this c***. We've had enough."
The Manchester Evening News spoke to Ali Yousef, owner and manager of Baity, who said there have been four incidents in the past year involving staff being threatened.
And last year, the restaurant took to their Instagram page to share their 'zero tolerance' policy after numerous female staff members were subjected to 'verbal and sexual advances' by customers.
He added: "I don't sell alcohol due to my Muslim faith so having it thrown about in my shop was quite sad.
"We get people often saying 'well it's part of the job' but no, it isn't.
"Hospitality staff are young, normal people who just want to be respected and work their shifts.
"A culture change is needed and more needs to be done for them to be respected like any other worker in any other sector."
