A woman visiting Aldi has retold a story of her experience as she queued behind an older person at the checkout and it is both heart-breaking and heart-warming. With the OAP shopper short of £1 for their shopping, the cashier's response left the fellow shopper speechless.
Supermarket bosses have already told of customers requesting them to stop scanning when the cashier reaches a certain amount, so we are fully aware of the budgeting constraints of many shoppers amid the cost of living crisis. However, when Nottinghamshire Live's sister publication Manchester Evening News spotted the story of this Aldi shopper on social media, the reality of the depths of the crisis hits home.
The publication said that the shopper retold how an elderly lady in front of her had kept checking how much she was spending and when it came to over what she had and asked for certain items to be credited off. "The ALDI cashier turned around and said it’s only £1 something over, I’ll pay it for you."
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Continuing: "When it was my turn I said what a lovely thing to do and the reply was…we are all battling at the moment and we need to eat. You want to know why my ALDI is special and why I go there…this is why."
Another shopper added: "We do this at work too sadly. It is becoming more regular and it is heartbreaking. We actually had an elderly customer a couple of weeks ago in tears as the price of eggs had gone up and she couldn't afford half a dozen eggs - another customer bought them for her and then brought it to our attention, there are many angels out there and trust me we can tell the fraudsters."
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