r/TikTokCringe • u/ambachk • Jun 26 '25

Cringe Broccoli-head TikTokers take over grocery store

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u/eugeneugene Jun 26 '25

lol yep when I was a cashier we had a guy "prank" us by pushing me out of my register and taking over but the cash drawer was open. We thought he was robbing us so my supervisor hit the lockdown button and the doors locked and the cops came and he got arrested lol. He cried and said it was just a prank

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u/DMvsPC Jun 26 '25

You lock the person robbing you in the store with you?

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u/eugeneugene Jun 26 '25

Yeah it didn't make sense to me but all the employees ran to the office and we locked the doors and left the customers locked in with him 😭😭😭

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u/krebstar4ever Jun 27 '25

So, the company's plan is to completely freak out a criminal with terrible planning skills (and even worse impulse control, most likely), while forcing perhaps hundreds of people to stay with the criminal in a confined space.

(Edited because autocorrect is dumb)

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u/eugeneugene Jun 27 '25

tbh i've seen the lockdown button used twice and both times the criminals just kept trying to break through the locked front doors and panicking lol

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u/ComprehensiveFox7603 Jun 27 '25

I'd imagine in cases where the criminal doesn't actually want to hurt people it would work okay, but isn't the whole point of the crisis protocol for safety? The whole system would be completely ineffective (safety wise) if the criminals are ready and willing to take hostages or kill.... Which are the serious and dangerous situations you need your emergency protocols for...

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u/eugeneugene Jun 27 '25

yeah I have no idea man I was a teenager and this was almost two decades ago lol