After the proprietor of a fish and chip shop uploaded a video online honouring the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, angry British citizens hurled eggs at the business.
After sharing a video of herself popping and spraying champagne immediately after Her Majesty’s death, Jacki Pickett, the proprietor of the Jaki Fish and Chip Shop in Muir of Ord, came under attack.
A whiteboard sign that read, “Lizard Liz Dead and London Bridge Has Fallen,” was also held up by Ms. Pickett.
A sizable crowd of locals gathered outside the establishment to protest the apparent anti-monarchist post and booed and berated Ms. Pickett.
Police were summoned to break up the gathering, and they were compelled to shut the store because they were worried about the owner’s safety.
A police representative confirmed to The Press and Journal that seven officers were dispatched to the store on Thursday night.
Although a video purportedly showing Ms. Pickett leaving the store after consuming champagne hours earlier surfaced, police said there is “no allegation that a crime was committed.”
She has, however, received harsh criticism from the public as a result of social media users who have expressed their dissatisfaction with her behaviour.
One individual commented, “You do not belong to us, we want you to go.”
Another repeated, “I hope you’re out of business and run out of the Muir in the month.”
“Highlanders,” by which I mean “real genuine Highlanders,” are nice, kind, and polite individuals who choose to live here rather than merely because they were born here.
Although Ms. Pickett appears to have removed the video from Facebook, upset locals have continued to criticise the establishment online.
Peter Mcmurray wrote, “Dreadful ignorant tube of an owner… truly wish it fails.”
“Absolutely disgusting behaviour.” Disrespectful and dishonourable! Iain McNab added.
Not a shred of regard for anybody or anything except herself, Alan Hassan reiterated. Never again will I set foot in your store.