The CEO of Polish paving Drogbruk, Piotr Szczerek, apologized publicly after being caught on video taking a boy’s cap during US Open, in an episode that went viral and generated ample negative repercussion on social networks.
In a statement issued on the company’s official social networks, Szczerek called the act as a “serious mistake” and said he returned the cap to the child.
According to Szczerek, there was confusion at the time of the incident. He believed that Polish tennis player Kamil Majchrzak, who had just won a five -set match, was passing the cap to him, to give his children, who had previously asked for autographs.
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The tennis player confirmed the version, saying that he did not immediately realize what had happened and that the executive acted “in the heat of the moment.”
The video shows Majchrzak removing the cap and offering the boy, when Szczerek, who was next to the child, quickly takes the cap.
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After the repercussion, Majchrzak visited the boy and handed him gifts, including a new cap, in a repair gesture. Szczerek also denied the authenticity of other statements attributed to him that circulated on social networks.
The episode generated a wave of criticism against Szczerek and his company.
In the evaluation platforms, such as Yelp and Trustpilot, Drogbruk suffered a flood of negative evaluations, with the average falling to 1.4 star.
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On social networks, the CEO was accused of selfishness and stealing a special moment of a child, comparing the case to other viral scandals involving public figures.
