Woman fired over "disgusting" act to TV crew
A woman who was filmed purposely breathing open-mouthed on a television crew who were covering the anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne has been fired from her job in aged care.
The footage was shared online and drew outrage.
NAME AND SHAME: this disgraceful thing was filmed breathing on a camera crew at today’s anti-lockdown/anti-vax protest in the city. Police witnessed it and took her into custody. “You can’t breath on someone, that’s disgusting!” 🤢🤮 #whatiswrongwithpeople #7newsmelb pic.twitter.com/zCwbdAmrU6
— Teegan Dolling (@tdolling) May 29, 2021
She was seen approaching the camera crew and breathing open-mouthed in their direction while jogging away slowly.
A police officer grabbed the woman and told her, "that's pretty disgusting", and moved her away from the crowd, with her arguing "no it's not".
"You can't breath on someone, that's disgusting," the officer was heard telling her.
She was heard saying "I don't care" and asked police officers not to hurt her.
She was identified as an employee of Baptcare by news.com.au and the company revealed that the woman had left her job as her actions did not align with its values.
"Baptcare does not condone the actions of this employee, which were unacceptable, and out of step with our expectations as an employer, and the expectations of the community more broadly,” a spokeswoman said, according to the publication.
"The employee’s behaviour does not align with our core values, centred on respect and wellbeing for others. The employee also failed to practice social distancing, and did not wear a face mask, mandated at this time so as to minimise the spread of infections, such as COVID-19."