A violent rampage at a Starbucks store in Melbourne has been captured on camera, prompting locals to laments how sadly common such anti-social behaviour has become on the busy city street.
In a video taken by a perplexed Starbucks customer, the furious man can be seen holding a wooden chair and smashing it on the display cabinet several times, while a frightened young woman ordering at the counter starts backing away from him.
Due to the impact, two of the chair's legs break off. Staff helplessly watch on during the man's disturbing outburst before cleaning up the destruction he left behind.
Yahoo News Australia understands police were not called to the incident believed to be on Elizabeth Street. It is unclear what triggered the violence.
Locals react to Melbourne Starbucks incident
The video shared on Saturday currently has more than 1 million views after finding it way to social media, with the customer who filmed the scene captioning it with the menacing title: "Australia is going crazy”.
Several viewers on TikTok commented on how sorry they felt for the "poor staff and lady beside him". Locals were also quick to point out how commonplace this type of behaviour is on one of the main streets in the CBD.
"Classic Elizabeth Street," one person said. [They] need [a] security guard," another aghreed. "This is nothing compared to Elizabeth St Maccas," a third person added.
Others rather amusingly commended the resilience of the glass used in the display cabinet. "Dang whoever designed that glass should use this as advertisement," one person said. "Respect for that glass case! it is strong!" another viewer commented.
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