Woolworths employee confrontscustomer bulk buying paper rolls as coronavirus clears shelves

Woolworths shop assistant and two bulk-buyers come head-to-head in an argument over paper towels, the latest sought-after product in the coronavirus pandemic

• A Woolworths shop assistant was filmed confronting bulk buying customers
• With toilet paper in short supply, they resorted to stacking up paper towels, tins
• Woman who filmed fracas said the men swore at her when she condemned them 

By Stephen Johnson For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 00:39 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 01:08 GMT, 12 March 2020

A Woolworths shop assistant has been videoed confronting customers who stacked their trolley with paper rolls and tinned food.

With toilet paper in short supply as a result of coronavirus pandemic, two men at the Marrickville Metro, in Sydney’s inner west, instead resorted to stocking up on paper towels and non-perishable items.

The Woolworths employee became frustrated and told them so shortly after 10pm on Wednesday night as they attempted to buy more goods than usual at the supermarket self-serve checkout.

‘Are you going to listen or should I call security?,’ she said.  ‘We’re not letting anyone bulk buy.’ 

One of the men disregarded her directive and told her to ‘call security’ and ‘do what you like’ as the younger man argued he had already paid for two boxes, only to annoy the woman working at Woolworths.

‘There’s no point of arguing with me,’ she said. 

‘Are you understanding now there’s a situation where everybody’s bulk buying?

A Woolworths shop assistant has been videoed confronting customers who stacked their trolley with paper rolls and tinned food. With toilet paper in short supply as a result of coronavirus panic, two men at the Marrickville Metro, in Sydney’s inner west, instead resorted to stocking up on paper towels and non-perishable items

‘We can’t let it happen.’ 

A Sydney woman, who witnessed the encounter, told Daily Mail Australia the men swore at her and the Woolworths employee as she also reprimanded them.

CORONAVIRUS CASES IN AUSTRALIA: 141

New South Wales: 77

Victoria: 22

Queensland: 20

South Australia: 9

Western Australia: 9

Tasmania: 3

Northern Territory: 1 

TOTAL CASES:  141

DEAD: 3 

‘I had to stop the video as I actually spoke to the men myself and said the elderly and disabled need it,’ she said.

The men left the Woolworths after their transaction was refused.

The altercation occurred three days after a 60-year-old woman and her daughter, 23, were charged with affray after they were videoed brawling over toilet paper at a Woolworths at Chullora, in Sydney’s south-west, on Saturday.

Woolworths has this week restricted customers to two packets of toilet paper per transaction with supermarket shelves across Australia cleared of 

Its rival Coles has a one pack per person rule.

The altercation occurred three days after a 60-year-old woman and her daughter, 23, were charged with affray after they were videoed brawling over toilet paper at a Woolworths at Chullora, in Sydney’s south-west, on Saturday

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