Man accidentally gets trapped inside Aldi
A man has shared a hilarious video of the moment he got locked inside an Aldi store — and what he did until cops arrived.
A man has shared a hilarious video of the moment he accidentally got locked inside an Aldi.
Taking to TikTok, the shopper, who goes by the handle Khaos Blackmetal, explained how he was shopping at his local store in the US which usually closes at 9pm.
However, because of the pandemic, staff had shut the store earlier.
He claimed customers were not warned the store was closing and so he found himself trapped inside until help finally arrived.
“Oh my gosh, this is no s**t,” he said in the video.
“Check this out — I just got locked inside Aldi and they don’t close till like 9pm. OMG.
“Can anyone hear me? I’m locked in an Aldi,” he continued to shout, while laughing.
The man said he had to call police because the alarm was activated and he couldn’t get out.
So, upon waiting for help to arrive, he headed over to the booze section.
“I don’t have to worry about starving to death because there’s plenty of food and there’s also a bunch of alcohol on that rack,” he said.
After enjoying some beer, he said: “Still waiting to be let out. Upgrading to wine since I feel like I own the place.”
He said police showed up 30 minutes after his call and arranged for a manager to open the door.
“That police officer is cracking up,” he said in the clip. “Thirty minutes and a bottle of wine later, help arrives.”
He explained in the comments section the incident happened in April 2020, “shortly after all the toilet paper disappeared and most people were staying in their homes for two weeks”.
He also revealed another customer was also trapped inside with him.
“The manager was confused and cop was laughing. There were actually two of us that got locked in there,” he said.
Unsurprisingly, the video has gone viral, with the shopper’s clip attracting more than 6.7 million views, over 470,000 ‘likes’ and thousands of comments.
Most TikTok users found the man’s experience to be hilarious.
“Party at ALDI!” one TikToker wrote.
“I got locked into Target last month,” said another.
One person said with all the food, alcohol and blankets Aldi has, they “would have camped out and surprised the opener the next day”.
Some retail workers were confused about how the shoppers came to be locked inside the store.
“I used to work at aldi, it took us an hour to clean the store. I’m wondering where were you the whole time,” one person asked.
“OK former employee here, HOW? It takes us at least an HOUR to close down and we checked the entire store before leaving!? Someone losing their job!” said another.
Responding to comments, the shopper said that he didn’t hear any staff announcements in the lead-up to the store being closed early. “Myself and another shopper were locked inside. Cashier didn’t even look for us,” he said.
Originally published as Man accidentally gets locked inside US Aldi store
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