The woman was seen picking up and throwing handfuls of dirt. Photo / rajra1991 / TikTok
The woman was seen picking up and throwing handfuls of dirt. Photo / rajra1991 / TikTok
Footage of a wild dispute between an elderly Australian couple and a group of tradies has gained a huge amount of attention online, with viewers divided over who is in the wrong.
TikTok user Raj Raj uploaded a video of the altercation on Monday, which he says took place in Greenacre, in southwest Sydney.
The video, which has amassed more than 762,000 views, starts off showing an elderly woman picking up handfuls of mud and throwing it at the tradesmen working on her neighbour’s house.
The man who uploaded the video also has footage of a number of other construction sites on his TikTok page.
The woman is heard screaming as she picks up soil from part of a torn-up driveway and hurls it at the workers.
One of the workers then tells the couple to “speak to Ausgrid”.
“If you want, I can run a new cable now,” he adds.
The footage was filmed in Greenacre. Photo / rajra1991 / TikTok
The footage has gained more than 1800 comments, with social media users unable to agree on who is in the wrong in the situation.
Some believe the couple was justified in their anger at having power cut to their home, seemingly without warning.
“Well if you cut their power without notice, then I get why she’s upset,” one person said, with another claiming they would be “raging 10x more than her”.
“Cowboys like this do what ever they want without consideration to neighbours. Happens all the time. Bet no notice or communication,” another person claimed.
One added: “Those poor people have clearly been traumatised by that house being built next door and have finally snapped!!!”
There were other commenters who agreed that the workers needed to tell the couple if there was a possibility their power could be cut, but thought the woman was “overreacting” to the situation.
“If they didn’t give notice of cutting the power, then she has a right to be upset, but damn, the dirt throwing is a little much,” one person wrote.
“Angry that power was cut off … yes! But throwing a tantrum and throwing debris at people is really uncalled for. Wasn’t intentional,” another commenter said.
One person said the woman had a right to be upset but her behaviour was “unacceptable”, particularly the “gesture she made with her hand”.
One person added: “Okay, even if it is the power thing, I would never act like this. I’d just politely say, hey, when will this be back on?”