Yesterday, a 'frustrated' and 'angry' till girl working in Aldi, in Benfleet, (Essex) pressed the cancel button on the countertop card machine 'so many times' that onlookers started screaming when smoke was coming from her thumb.
An Aldi customer who witnessed what experts call 'Till Rage' spoke of her ordeal, 'it was ridiculous. She put my card in the machine and then huffed and puffed while shouting to her neighbour on the till behind her.
Another witness stated, 'she just kept pressing the cancel button again and again, and again!! I've seen till girls look angry like that before- I took a step back!'
An elderly customer also spoke exclusively to The Big Pickle News: 'I told the girl to stop, told her you gotta let the machine have time to process what you want it to do. Well, she could have burned me eyeballs with the look she gave me!'
Aldi have declined to comment but have added, 'it is not in our policy to start screaming at card machines. There will be a full investigation in the matter.'
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