A woman who posts under the name Emily Allison said in a TikTok video that a stranger at an Aldi store started placing items on the checkout belt before she had finished unloading her own groceries. She said this was the second time something similar had happened to her. Allison, who uses the handle @emilyallisonfit, said she was in the middle of unloading a full cart when another woman approached and began adding her own items to the end of the belt. She said there was barely any room left, yet the woman kept placing items there anyway. Allison said in the video that she had to keep pushing the woman’s items back to make space for her own. She said the woman then placed the checkout divider down, marking off a section for her items, even though Allison’s groceries were not yet fully on the belt. Allison says she considered speaking up but held back to avoid conflict Allison said in her video that Aldi stores typically operate with a small staff, which she described as creating a fast-paced checkout environment. She said customers at Aldi need a quarter to rent a cart and are expected to bag their own groceries, which she said adds to the pace shoppers must keep. @emilyallisonfit who does this?! #rant #aldi #storytime ♬ original sound – emilyallison She said she “kept almost saying something like, can you wait? Or like, can you stop?” but decided against it because she did not want to “start something or come off like a Karen.” She said the other woman continued placing items, including cabbages, ranch dressing and pork chops, while she was still unloading her own cart. According to Allison, proper grocery store etiquette involves the person checking out placing the divider down once they are finished, which she described as a signal for the next customer to begin. She said the woman in this instance did not follow that sequence. Similar unspoken norms can sometimes lead to unexpected outcomes, like when a Missouri woman at Aldi tries to help an old lady. Allison also said in the video that both instances of this happening to her involved women, which she said surprised her. She said she would have expected that kind of behavior from a man, but not from a woman, adding that shoppers generally follow an unspoken set of norms in grocery stores. “I also find it strange that both times it happened to me, it was a woman, because I feel like maybe from a man I would expect that kind of behavior, but a woman, like, you’re always in the grocery store. Like, we have this unwritten code of how we behave in a grocery store, and this isn’t it,” she said. In the comments section of the video, a user wrote, “That’s why you keep your cart at the end and block the way… rude but keeps it from happening.” Allison replied to that comment, writing, “That’s what I did and she still reached OVER the front of my cart to place her items on the belt.” Another commenter, using the name Danyell R, wrote, “I hate when the next customer is lingering near me by the credit card machine.” Allison replied to that comment as well, writing, “These are the times I miss the Covid 6 feet rule.” Similar frustrations about store policies have led other customers to share their own Aldi experiences. A user named Mel commented, “I loved the 6′ rule because I love my personal space. Standing right next to me won’t get you checked out any faster, back up.” Another commenter described a similar experience, writing, “This man was so close to me, I could feel his breath! I had to take a step to the side, turn to him and tell him to please back up. And he looked at me like I was the problem.” A commenter asked how old the other shopper was. Allison replied, “About my age, maybe a few years older.” The same commenter then wrote, “So totally should have known better.” The other shopper has not been identified, and it is not known whether she is aware of the video.