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   From: dei@fired.com   
      
   A woman who was captured in a now-viral video engaged in a violent   
   altercation with staff at a San Francisco restaurant this past weekend has   
   been arrested and fired from her job.   
      
   The video that was posted on TikTok and then reposted repeatedly across   
   multiple social media sites documented the altercation between Shireen   
   Afkari and several staff and bystanders at Hazie's restaurant in Hayes   
   Valley.   
      
   In the video, Afkari goes behind the bar, holding up her phone to capture   
   her own video and yelling expletives at staff.   
      
   Bartender Michael Marchese said he and his colleagues were trying to   
   diffuse the situation and document it, but Afkari wouldn't stop.   
      
   "She was quite enraged," Marchese said. "A lot of people were like, 'Oh,   
   she was on the verge of leaving.' She wasn't. She ended up slapping one of   
   the bussers, I believe."   
      
   Video also captured the moment Afkari slaps a phone out of a staff   
   member's hand. From a different angle, Afkari struggles with him over the   
   phone. Then she seemingly goes at another off-duty employee, who drops her   
   to the floor.   
      
   As the video continues, Marchese has to forcibly remove Afkari from the   
   restaurant while others remove the man who was with her. Afkari then grabs   
   Marchese's hair and refuses to let go.   
      
   "I needed to give her an incentive to let me go, so I grabbed her phone   
   and, yeah, I chucked it across the street hoping she would run after it,"   
   Marchese said.   
      
   But Afkari runs after him. He responds by tripping her. That's when he   
   heads back in the restaurant, trying to get away from the situation.   
      
   The manager who was on duty when the altercation happened said he was the   
   one who actually cut off the couple because he realized they had already   
   had way too much alcohol before they walked into the restaurant. They said   
   that's what set Afkari off in the first place.   
      
   Afkari was arrested and detained for public intoxication, according to San   
   Francisco police.   
      
   She's also been fired. A post pinned to San Francisco-based fitness app   
   Strava's Instagram account reads, in part, "We don't condone violence of   
   any kind and this does not reflect the standards we expect of our team."   
      
   NBC Bay Area attempted to contact Afkari for comment but was unable to   
   reach her.   
      
   As for Marchese, he said he wasn't injured and appreciates people reaching   
   out to him and his colleagues about the incident.   
      
   "People who work in hospitality go through a lot," he said. "I've been   
   spat on, I've been slapped at a bar before, homophobic slurs, been   
   sexualized by guests. It just happens and, you know, you gotta move on."   
      
   https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/woman-at-center-of-san-francisco-   
   restaurant-fracas-arrested-fired/3999559/   
      
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