An ugly confrontation that was sparked when a Melbourne bartender spat in a neo-Nazi customer’s beer has ended in two sackings. Police in Victoria are investigating an allegation that a group of customers were given more than $600 by the manager of a Melbourne pub after an ugly confrontation that resulted in two staff members being fired. The incident happened at The Irish Times pub on Little Collins Street on Tuesday, August 2. A male bartender allegedly spat in the beer of Jimeone Roberts, 29, after taking issue with a neo-Nazi tattoo on his right shoulder. The tattoo in question is a Sonnenrad, or “sun wheel”, a symbol that was used by the Nazis in Germany and has since been adopted by neo-Nazis and white nationalists. The Herald Sun reports the pub’s manager, Nitin Parashar, paid Mr Roberts’ group $651 after they allegedly threatened to leave negative reviews online and go to court over the incident. (…) Footage from the immediate aftermath of the alleged spitting incident shows a group of men confronting the bartender. “I’d like it if you guys (would) leave,” the bartender says. “I want to have my say,” one of the customers shoots back. “Go ahead. What do you have to say?” asks the bartender. “You spat in the bloke’s beer,” says the customer, which the employee acknowledges with the word “yeah”. “End of discussion. I don’t give a rat’s arse if you don’t like what he wears, what he chooses in his particular life. At the end of the day mate, you spat in the bloke’s beer.” “It was a sign of disrespect,” the bartender explains. (…) “Following the incident, the Irish Times management took immediate disciplinary action by terminating the two employees involved in the event, which violated our workplace code of conduct. (…) Mr Roberts, Mr Erikson and Mr Sewell are all prominent far-right figures. Earlier this month a magistrate slammed Mr Roberts for putting up anti-Semitic posters in Melbourne’s streets, calling his actions among “the most disgusting, vile, repugnant acts of anti-Semitism and racial behaviour that I have ever seen”. Magistrate David Starvaggi also called his behaviour “tantamount to pure evil and vile hatred that has got no place in modern Australian society”. Speaking to The Herald Sun, Mr Roberts said the incident with the pub’s employees was sparked by the tattoo on his arm.
via news.com.au: Melbourne pub staff fired for spitting in neo-Nazi’s beer during confrontation over tattoo
siehe auch: Melbourne pub FIRES two bartenders after they SPAT into a neo-Nazi’s beer – but furious Aussies have slammed the venue and say the workers deserve a pay rise Two bartenders were fired from The Irish Times pub in Melbourne this month Bartender spat into the beer of neo-nazi Jimeone Roberts after seeing his tattoo Footage shows Mr Roberts and his friends blasting the employee at the pub The pub apologised, but many have defended the bartender’s actions