Annabel Bassil was managing a Sydney bar when a man she
didn't know smacked her on the bum, an action that landed him
in court for common assault.
Upon being smacked, the 22-year-old was shaken, reduced to tears
and felt violated. Police were called and the man was thrown out of
the bar. The next day Ms Bassil made a formal police complaint.
"I had no previous interaction with this customer, he
simply walked in, saw me and hit me. which he attempted to justify
by saying that it was fine because he had a wife," she later
said on Facebook.
Attitudes of male colleagues to bar manager's police
complaint
While the 41-year-old man laughed it off as just a joke and a
friendly pat, Ms Bassil said the smack on her bottom humiliated
her, caused her to question her worth and negatively impacted her
mental health.
