Aldi scandal as manager kicks young student out of store
Aldi can be a great place to score a bargain, although if this video is anything to go by, if you attend Mornington Secondary School you might be better off going to the IGA.
In a video posted to Facebook on Tuesday, an Aldi manager kicks a high school student out of his store as part of a blanket ban, following numerous shoplifting incidents.
Anita Duesterhaus, who posted the video of her son Jai being turfed out of the store on Tuesday night, said he went in originally to buy lunch for an excursion.
“He was alone, well presented, polite and had a wallet full of cash,” Ms Duesterhaus wrote. “He was treated like a criminal and told that students from Mornington Secondary were not welcome to shop in his store. The store manager... shooed him from the store like he was vermin.”
As you can see in the video, the store manager saw things a little differently.
“How dare you record me, mate. You can’t record me,” he says.
“You’re telling me I can’t come in because I’m from Mornington Secondary College?” Jai asks.
The manager replies, “Yes, correct. Unfortunately like I said, mate ... tweet it, Facebook if you like, but unfortunately schoolkids have stolen from the store. Students plural.”
This video has been doing the rounds online, with many people commenting and having their say on the incident.
“My daughter told me the same, I’m disgusted and more with the kids [that] have stuffed it up for all the other good kids,” wrote one mother. “They will be losing lots of money as I will not go to that one any more.”
“How many issues has there been?” asked another commenter. “The school should be addressing the situation... it’s a very bad look for the school community but Aldi must have some very strong evidence to make a stand like this.”
What are your thoughts? Do you think the Aldi manager was within his right to turf the student out? Or should he have endeavoured to find an alternative solution?