Mackenzie Mcintyre: Ex-Woolworths worker reveals the strangest purchase a customer made

A former Woolworths employee has revealed the ‘strangest’ purchase he ever saw a customer make after four years in the job.

Mackenzie McIntyre, from Brisbane, once served a man who bought a microfibre mop and a bucket with ringer, a 30-pack of ultra-thin condoms and two litres of pineapple juice.

‘Honestly this man deserves the Victoria Cross, the amount of bravery it takes not to go through self-serve, honestly good on him,’ the 21-year-old said.

The 21-year-old TikToker worked at Woolworths for four years, and encountered the bizarre transaction when he was only 16

The employee uploaded the video on his TikTok, where he goes by the handle @maybemackenzie.

‘I worked at Woolworths for four years and this is by far the strangest transaction I’ve  ever had. Keep in mind this bloke could have gone to self serve too but he didn’t,’ he said.

The young man’s followers were quick to comment on the ‘bizarre’ combination. 

‘This is why I’m happy I work in deli and not at checkout,’ one man said.

‘Average Woolworths shopper,’ another joked. 

Other retail workers shared their strange transactions in the comments section.

‘I worked in a pharmacy and I remember a woman coming in and buying a massager, lube, and a DVD of some low budget movie about pirates,’ one woman said.

The ex-employee was shocked that the customer didn’t go to the self serve checkout with his bizarre purchase. He was confused by the purchases but said the man ‘deserves the Victoria cross’ for his bravery to buy the strange combination

‘Once I saw a guy go through checkout with a pack of pre-cooked prawns paid for them then opened them and started eating them as he walked out,’ another wrote.

‘I had a guy come saying he was making a recipe and bought 20 cans of beans ,20 cans of tuna, 10 cans of peaches, and 10 jars of cream,’ a third commented.

‘Nothing will beat the IGA transaction I put through when I was 15. A continental cucumber and lube,’ a traumatised young woman said.

Is this the strangest request ever received by a retail worker? 

A supermarket shopper was pleasantly surprised to find the highly unusual request he had made with his online grocery order had been delivered.

The man had asked for a drawing of a fire-breathing dragon to be included with his shopping in the instructions section for special home delivery.

‘Please hand draw me a picture of a fire breathing dragon,’ he wrote in his order.

To his surprise, a worker at the Australian supermarket obliged. The employee enclosed a sketch of dragon, scrawled in pen with a short message.

‘Thanks for choosing Woolies!’ it read.

The man had asked for a drawing of a fire-breathing dragon to be included with his shopping in the instructions section for special home delivery, and to his surprise, a worker obliged