Wild moment Aldi staff confront shopper after he is accused of despicable act at the checkout
Tense footage captured the moment Aldi staff confronted a shopper after he was accused of ‘blatant racism’ and erupting at a mother, her son and a cashier.
Pariya and her 11-year-old boy were shopping at the supermarket at Ingle Farm, in Adelaide’s north-east, on March 9.
The pair took their groceries to the checkout and waited patiently as the cashier scanned their items.
Pariya claimed the man had been in the queue behind them when he suddenly became frustrated and began to punch the groceries on the conveyor belt.
‘I asked him what he was doing… it kind of escalated from there,’ she told Yahoo.
‘He said we were what’s wrong with this “effing” country. The checker was obviously not white… my son has a dark complexion with dark hair… it was disgusting.’
Pariya filmed the ensuing outburst on her phone with footage showing an Aldi staff member ordering the man to leave.
‘You’re always nice to me, and you’re rude to her,’ she said pointing towards the checkout worker.
Pariya and her 11-year-old boy were shopping at the supermarket at Ingle Farm, in Adelaide’s north-east, on March 9
‘You’re rude to everyone else here who doesn’t look like me. Stop it. Grow up.’
The man eventually listened to staff and left the store after paying for his items, but Pariya said the incident really shook up her son.
Pariya said neither her, her son nor the employee behind the counter were white and that their skin colour quickly became a target for the man’s attacks.
‘I was just shocked… we left, and I hugged my son,’ she said.
‘He was upset all weekend because of him, it was his first real time facing racism… it was devastating.’
She added the incident was not the first time something like this had happened to her in public.
Pariya uploaded the video to TikTok where many social media users similarly condemned his behaviour.
‘If more people stood up to racism, then the racist wouldn’t feel so comfortable spewing their hate,’ one woman wrote.
A second added: ‘The casual racism in this country is WILD.’
‘This is outrageous! I hope ALDI bans him,’ another said.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Aldi for comment.
