At around 9:40PM my Colleague and I closed up shop late after a busy day. About 5 - 10 minutes later these two freaks poke their heads in asking for a product we sell. My colleague tells them we're closed and he starts begging and whining. After a moment I still hear them going back and forth, I turn around and look at these two lads are inching in begging, pleading and coming closer and closer to my colleague, completely set me off and I started screaming at them to get out and leave us alone. Well they come back not too long after, they start up again begging, pleading, inching closer and I freak out again and I end up throwing a soft rubber spatula at them. After that happened she told me she saw them with a phone out and they were recording and after a moment we guessed that they might have been those losers from TikTok, she isn't on that side of TikTok and I'm not a massive social media person but especially not a TikTok person so the only information we had to go off of was what we heard from the Cork Reddit. They ended up coming back but thankfully after the spatula incident they didn't come inside again but at that point we figured it would be best to act unimpressed/ laugh them off as to not give them anymore content which made them swiftly leave... My colleague and I were shaken up even after we left the building, she cried at the bus stop and I despite the day and exhaustion cannot for the life of me sleep. Had we known who these losers were, it wouldn't have been so bad, but we have no interest in that kind of nonsense on their part, so we don't delve into that side of the internet to watch their content. Things are still a blur and my heart is still freaking.
In case you both are jérking off to the posts in this Reddit about you, enjoying your minutes of infamy; You made us feel like we were going to be assaulted in our own workplace. To make two small females feel dangerously unsafe in our own place of work after an already long and shítty day is a kind of cúnt behaviour I do not understand but I do hope that karma slaps you both on the ass. I'm a survivor of SA and my colleague is a young 20 year old woman.
Being unlovable is one thing but to terrorize us BECAUSE you don't have the personality to get famous any other way is sad and pathetic and the only reason you got the content you got is because we didn't know who the hell you were, we thought you were going to assault us, your energy reeks of predation. You not being good enough "influencers " to be known by us was your only win. Now we have a photo and CCTV and we all know what you look like. Even if I lose my job, I have not a shred of regret for trying to protect the both of us from you freaks in the moment. I noticed how you're both not used to people defending themselves but one day someone that isn't an SA survivor dealing with flash backs and a young woman still pretty new to the adult world won't put up with your shít and it will end up much worse than it could've been tonight. Though considering the cowardly look in your eyes as you both ran, I feel like you couldn't manage to concoct even a drop of audacity to do this to a much bigger fella that could knock the jaw right off of you. You would absolutely deserve it though. Not having a real job or hobby isn't an excuse to terrorize people trying to do their jobs and go home. Go touch some grass and let people get on with their lives.
Edit: Okay so upon inspection the privacy rules state no doxxing allowed however the rule exempts public figures which makes sense as they put themselves online. I will post a photo in the comment section and a screenshot of his Instagram handle to also display his number of followers so that they can't slap a ban on me for seemingly disregarding the privacy rule but incase they still consider it a violation the whole post won't be taken down, only the comment.
Edit 2: Hi everyone, my apologies for not responding today, I'm not long back from the Garda station, before that I worked a 9 hour shift. As you can probably tell by that statement, the company viewed the CCTV footage and due to their behaviour shown in the footage, my job is safe. As most of you probably know, they've posted the video. If possible I'd appreciate a few things.
Please report the video if you can. If Gardaí need it, I have it saved to my phone already as evidence.
If you have also been targeted by these guys, please report it to the Gardaí. I went to Anglesea street if you want to report to a station that has already heard of him so they know these guys are menaces.
The college these guys attend, MTU will also be hearing about this from multiple people. If you have been targeted by them as well, please report them to the college. I will be making a report tomorrow.
I currently cannot divulge the CCTV footage publicly due to the direction being taken, only privately. While I'd love to make a counter video and out these fúcks for cutting out the important parts and lying through their teeth, I cannot right now, this could cause issues although I fail to see how but this is why I'm not in the HR department/ a lawyer so I will let the professionals do their jobs.
If you have also been targeted please reach out to the guards. If you need to vent, you can reach out to me. I will get back to you all when I can. I am busy but I will be getting back to you all slowly but surely. If you cannot see the comment where I shared their photo, please comment and I'll share the photo in your thread. Most importantly please stay safe. It's not safe to stand there and take it but because of these lósérs, it no longer feels safe to protect yourselves either. I like many others no longer feel safe.