Disgraceful moment a Sydney courier is filmed performing a disrespectful act on a Gladys Berejiklian parcel – before he’s sacked on the spot
- The CouriersPlease worker filmed himself at a sorting facility with a package
- He discovered the package was addressed to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian
- ‘You know what you do with this?’ he said, before throwing it across the floor
- CouriersPlease said in a statement the worker was ‘dismissed immediately’
A freight handler who threw a package addressed to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian across the floor has been sacked after footage of the incident went viral.
The CouriersPlease worker filmed himself in a sorting facility as he came across a black-wrapped package with the premier’s details on the label.
He then shouts out to a fellow worker to take a look at the package.
‘I got a shipment to Gladys… you know what you do with this?’
He then throws the package about four metres onto a concrete floor, turns the camera around and pretends to spit into his mask in an act of disrespect.
‘I got a shipment to Gladys… you know what you do with this?’ the handler said, before throwing the package across the floor
CouriersPlease had since posted a statement to its website about the incident.
‘CouriersPlease has been alerted to a video circulating on the internet in relation to a parcel addressed to the NSW Premier’s office.
‘The content of the video in no way reflects the values or code of conduct, at CouriersPlease.
‘The freight handler in the video was dismissed immediately as part of our investigation and we are also speaking with our franchisees and employees to ensure everyone adheres to our code of conduct.’
The incident reflects frustration with Greater Sydney’s extended lockdown, now in its tenth week and due to run until the end of September.
NSW recorded 1218 locally acquired Covid cases and six deaths on Sunday, the highest daily tally throughout the pandemic.
But despite the cases numbers, Ms Berejiklian again committed to restoring personal freedoms to fully vaccinated residents once the state hits 70 per cent double-dose coverage.
She said the state could reach 70 per cent single-dose vaccination coverage within days and at double-dose coverage – expected around mid-October – a number of freedoms would be restored to the fully vaccinated.
‘We will stick to our word,’ Ms Berejiklian said on Sunday.
‘No matter what the case numbers are doing – of course we want to see them come down – double-dose 70 per cent in NSW means freedom for those who are (fully) vaccinated.’
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