Police are investigating a charity worker who shocked mothers when he offered to change their babies' nappies for $1 in the parents' room of a Sydney department store.
The man told four women in the parents' room at Myer's Sydney city store that he was selling dummies for children's charity, with permission from Sydney City Council and Myer.
A police spokesperson said they were contacted by a witness about the incident last Thursday and confirmed that the man was a real charity worker.
One witness told the Sydney Morning Herald there was initially nothing suspicious about the man, but things soon became unsual.
"He was very gentle and polite, anywhere else he could have been very believable. He said Sydney City Council had given him and other people like him permission to be in parents' rooms all over the city to raise money for charity."
When the woman explained she did not want him in the room while she was breastfeeding her baby, the man replied he was blind in one eye and wouldn't see anything.
"Then he said 'As part of our charity we also change diapers for $1,'" the woman said.
"And we all looked at each other and knew this wasn't right."
Police were not contacted by Myer security staff until yesterday. A spokeswoman for the store said they had also begun their own investigation.
"A customer did report to our store a suspicious person and we are currently investigating the situation," she said. "The other thing customers should know is that the only charity activity in our stores is that associated with our own community fund."
The Rocks police are investigating the matter to determine whether any offence has been committed and are keen to hear from anyone else who has had a similar experience.
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