Volunteer or not, his forgetfulness will have cost him dear. A client of the Aldi branch in Baden (AG) told the misadventure which will have a total of 600 francs for a cursed cursed pistachio at 85 cents. The woman swears that she scanned all her items at the automatic checkout and having returned the crescent manually, since she has no barcode.
But now that by leaving the store, a staff member arrested him, saying that the croissant had not been recorded. “At the beginning, I thought they made fun of me,” Aargauer Zeitung “told the client. Of course, there was no intention behind it. I had not noticed that the pistachio croissant had not passed. ” The 50 -year -old says she apologized several times and immediately paid the 85 cents.
But she also had to sign, in the store, a declaration of confessions. “I felt like a criminal when it was just a misunderstanding,” she said. It has been prohibited from access to all Aldi branches in Switzerland. The duration of the measure is not known. In addition, she had to pay a fine of 200 francs. But that does not stop there: Aldi denounced the case to justice, which gave it a criminal prescription for minor flight, with a new fine of 100 francs and 300 francs in expense. She opposed but was dismissed.
“In the event of theft, processing costs are invoiced and a ban on access to all stores may be pronounced,” said Aldi to the Argovian newspaper. As a rule, the police are called. Whatever the value of stolen goods, all flights are generally reported. However, management and store security personnel are required to assess each case individually. ”
