A Black Los Angeles woman who posts on TikTok as Lex (@famousslex) said in a video that she was filming content inside an Albertsons store when an employee questioned what she was doing. Lex said she was standing near a “Meal prep made easy” display in a black Adidas T-shirt and black track pants, holding a phone and talking through camera angles. The first TikTok video has drawn about 1.1 million views, 102,500 likes, and almost 1,300 comments. In that clip, Lex said she was not bothering anyone. An older female employee in a grey shirt and black apron stood nearby and, Lex said, commented on the filming. Lex said in the video that she kept directing an off-screen camera operator. She said she wanted viewers to see her grab items from different angles. She later showed herself placing food in a shopping cart and said, “You just put it in the cart.” Lex said two other workers later told the employee she was allowed to film Lex said the first employee asked, “Are you a vendor?” Lex said she answered that she was not a vendor and that she creates content. She said the employee then walked away pushing a cart. @famousslex Hey @Albertsons, I was filming content while shopping and an employee accused me of recording her when she just happened to walk into my shot. Is there a policy on content creators filming in your stores? #groceryshopping #contentcreator #saxophone #albertsons ♬ Saxophones getting louder – Slowed – AntonioVivald On-screen text in Lex’s first video stated that the employee later told another coworker that Lex was recording her. Lex said that was not what she was doing. She said the employee had been standing there watching her film and then ended up in the shot when the camera turned. Filming disputes in stores have drawn attention on social media, as when a woman asks a McDonald’s employee why she is being cursed out after being told she recorded her. Lex said she smiled, walked toward the camera with a small food container, and kept giving filming directions. She said that when a different angle was needed, the phone should go inside the cart. The first employee then returned with a second female employee. Both were pushing carts, Lex said. Lex said she demonstrated the shot again. She showed her hand placing a container labeled “Garlic Herb Cream Cheese” into the cart. She said she was going to grab another item and wanted guacamole. She then placed a guacamole container in the cart next to the cream cheese and repeated, “and you just put it in the cart like that.” In a second TikTok video posted the same day, Lex appeared in a store aisle pushing a cart. She wore a gold chain and pink patches under her eyes. On-screen text read, “Unpopular opinion: Don’t let nobody tell you that you can’t film content in a store if you’re not bothering anybody.” Lex claimed the woman came up to her while she was filming and told her she could not do that. She said the woman was about to get managers. She then said two other workers then came up and indicated they knew her and that she could film. Lex said people should not let anyone tell them they cannot film or try to have them kicked out or have management called. She said someone will have their back. Looking away from the camera, she asked, “The f–k is wrong with that b–ch?” She then said she was “currently filming my motherf–king content. Thank you. F–k.” @famousslex I was so mad yall I’m happy the other 2 workers stood up for me! @Albertsons #contentcreator #groceryshopping #saxophone #albertsons #venting ♬ Welp, Didn’t Expect That – Yu-Peng Chen & HOYO-MiX The Albertsons website does not appear to say anything about filming inside its stores, while Walmart clearly states that unauthorized filming is not allowed. Since Albertsons is private property, similar restrictions on filming may apply there as well. Viewers left mixed comments under the first video. Some said they do not want to appear on a stranger’s camera. One commenter wrote, “Do people not understand not everybody always wants to be filmed. It makes people feel very uncomfortable.” Such confrontations can escalate, as a woman at Walmart said teenagers whispered about her and followed her with a camera. Another commenter said they were glad content creators do not film in stores where they shop. They wrote, “im sooo glad nobody does content in stores where im at.. cause i hate it.” A third commenter said they also do not want to be on anyone’s camera and agreed with the employee. They wrote, “I don’t wanna be on anyone’s camera. So I agree with her.” Other commenters pointed to filming in a public store. One wrote, “public place u have right to record.” Another noted store surveillance and wrote, “Mind you, there’s cameras throughout the store.” One commenter said the employee’s choice was to step out of the shot. They wrote, “when I see a camera and I dont want be filmed i dont stay infront of it …. walking away is 100% what you should do lol.”