A DRUNK and angry customer who was filmed berating staff during a chaotic violent rampage inside a San Francisco restaurant has been arrested.
The alleged viral bar brawl woman, identified by police as Shireen Afkari, was filmed barging into the restaurant kitchen of Hazie’s to hurl abuse at staff because she and her date were refused service.
Afkari can be seen in the footage shoving her phone in the faces of staff members while unleashing a vicious verbal attack.
She slapped away the hands of staff members trying to subdue her and hit a waiter who was filming the bizarre altercation, before aiming her abuse at bartenders.
Defending her fellow staff members, a female restaurant employee tackles Afkari to the ground before a full on brawl erupts.
Eventually staff are able to manhandle the couple and drag them outside.
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Once outside, Afkari grabs bartender Miguel Marchese by the hair and refuses to let go.
Miguel told SFGate the abuse began around 9.30pm when the pair had their cocktails removed from their table because they were deemed too intoxicated to be served.
Miguel said he wanted to maintain the safety of other guests, so knew he had to get the couple outside.
“She’s kicking me all over and then she ends up wrapping my hair around her hand,” Miguel said.
“She weaves it around her hand quite tightly, and she pulls on it for dear life. So that was quite a predicament to be stuck in.”
It’s not until the quick-thinking Miguel grabs Afkari’s phone and throws it as far as he can.
The deranged Afkari lets go to chase it “like a rabid dog going after a bone,” he said.
A bystander sticks a foot out to trip Afkari face first into the pavement, but even then the rampage doesn’t stop.
The woman and her date push and shove the staff until police arrive.
Afkari, an executive for a popular fitness app, was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department.
She was transported to SF County Jail and detained for public intoxication, police said.
On Instagram, Strava released a statement saying they were aware of an employee who exhibited extremely concerning off-hours behaviour.
They concluded the statement by saying that ultimately, “We made the decision to end the individual’s employment”.
Miguel said working in the service industry fortifies people into being resilient.
“This is the life of being a bartender,” he said.
“I’ve been a bartender for over eight years. I’ve been slapped, I’ve been degraded, I’ve been given homophobic slurs, I’ve been sexualized.”