Woolworths prank slammed as cruel for telling customers freezer was broken and items are free

A man has committed a cruel prank on grocery shoppers after impersonating a Woolworths staff member and announcing a deal that was too good to be true.

In a video uploaded to TikTok, the man could be seen strolling down the supermarket aisle before grabbing the intercom system’s microphone and asking for the attention of all customers.

‘The refrigeration system is temporarily broken so for the next two minutes, everything in aisle 15 is now free. Thank you,’ he said.

The prank fooled some shoppers with the vision showing them rushing to the freezer aisle to open doors to grab the goods and race to the checkout.

One man is even seen stacking tubs of ice cream in his arms as his child stands next to him.

The men performing the prank then laughed as customers rushed to grab their frozen goodies.

The person who uploaded the video called the man a ‘straight menace’ with the footage being viewed more than 700,000 times.

The comment section was split as to whether the prank was funny or just plain cruel.

‘Problem is the hard-working people that have to put it back together,’ one person commented.

‘Savage without a doubt,’ a second said.

‘People believed it is the sad part,’ a third wrote.

While others said he was a ‘legend’ and a ‘menace’.

A spokesperson for Woolworths said their shoppers would not be fooled by the cruel prank.

‘Our customers are a savvy bunch and would see right through this,’ the spokesperson said.

A spokesperson for Woolworths said, ‘Our customers are a savvy bunch and would see right through this’