Sometimes there's nothing simpler nor better in life than a shopping spree and spending some of your hard-earned cash.
However, long and excessive queues for the changing room - and even a longer wait to pay can quickly dampen the mood.
TikTok star @natalie_mcc shared a little-known hack on how you can quickly amend this problem whilst at popular retailer Zara.
The TikToker told her 16,000 followers on the social media platform that she discovered the hack whilst in store.
The video - which has surpassed 314,000 views to date - has helped several shoppers with their future purchases, but it might upset many.
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Natalia said: "So, I've just been into Zara for the first time in ages.
"There was a massive queue for the changing rooms - and I thought, 'I can't be bothered waiting in that'.
"And someone said you can book a time slot in the changing rooms, so I have gone onto the app, booked a slot - and then it will say it's available now - and tell you when there's a slot available.
"Now I only jumped a massive queue and walked straight into the changing rooms to try stuff on - if you've got the app, do that!"
If Natalie's hack wasn't game-changing enough for our excessive Zara visits, she also shared another neat trick on how you can surpass all of the long queues to pay for your items.
"If there's a big queue on that self-pay thing, all you need to do is click - scan it on your app.
"And then you can pay for your item on your app - and all you need to do is take the security tag off.
"Does Zara even need people anymore?" She joked.
The video was greatly appreciated by many - having received almost 30,000 likes - with viewers even saying that Natalie "changed [their] life".
Users fled to the comment section of the video to thank the blonde for the life-changing hack when they're next in-store.
"No way this is unreal", one user gushed.
"You’ve just changed my life," a second penned.
"I feel bad for saying it, in case the people who already know wanted to keep it a secret," Natalie replied. "But I ain’t no gatekeeper."
A fourth added: "I. Love. You. This has changed my life!!!"
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