Debate rages over who was in the wrong after elderly woman's stoush with tradies
An elderly couple and a group of tradies in South-West Sydney are the latest to go viral after footage of a wild dispute has gained a huge amount of attention online.
The clip posted to TikTok by user Raj Raj has the audience divided over who is in the wrong. The altercation took place in Greenacre.
Clocking up over 762,000 views, the video starts off showing the elderly woman picking up handfuls of mud and throwing it at the tradie working on the house next door. The woman is screaming in another language while pegging mud and dirt at the workers.
“Move move move, what the f**k,” the man filming can be heard saying as the scene unfolds.
“This is Greenacre everyone. Come live in Greenacre it’s a mad place. Shootings, killings neighbours …”
It is not immediately clear why the woman is so upset, but the man filming reveals the workers had cut electricity to her home.
“Boys ripped off the wire,” the man says, panning the camera up towards the powerlines.
“You cut the power,” the elderly man tells the tradies, as his partner continues to scream at the tradies.
One of the workers assured the couple they were going to run a powerline for them immediately , this response prompts the woman to grab more handfuls of dirt and throw it at the man speaking.
“Hey!” the person filming yelled out to the woman, before someone is heard saying “excuse me” in a high-pitched voice.
The woman, still very angry, turns towards the camera, picks up a piece of debris from the dirt and pulls it up over her head ready to throw it at the person filming.
The cameraman immediately hides behind a door, saying: “She is throwing bricks at me. Look”.
The woman drops whatever is in her hand and makes a rude gesture towards the camera before walking away.
“Why you don’t f***ing tell us you cut the power, eh?” the older man asks the workers.
“Not you, not him, not him,” he adds, pointing at all the tradesmen standing around the neighbour’s property.
One of the workers then tells the couple to “speak to Ausgrid”.
The footage has gained over 1800 comments, with social media users unable to agree on who is in the wrong, the elderly couple or the tradies.
Some believe the couple’s actions were justified in their anger at having power cut to their home seemingly without warning.
“Well if you cut their power without notice than I get why she’s upset,” one person said, with another claiming they would be “raging 10 x more than her”.
“Cowboys like this do what ever they want without consideration to neighbours. Happens all the time. Bet no notice or communication,” another person claimed.
Another added: “Those poor people have clearly been traumatised by that house being built next door and have finally snapped!!!”
There were other commenters who agreed that the workers needed to tell the couple if there was a possibility their power could be cut, but thought the woman was “overreacting” to the situation.
“Angry that power was cut off … yes! But throwing a tantrum and throwing debris at people is really uncalled for. Wasn’t intentional,” another commenter said.
You can watch the infamous TikTok here.