Shocking moment Iceland staff shove and manhandle an elderly customer out of the store while waiting shoppers pile toilet roll onto the conveyor belt as panic buying grips country
- Incredible video shows argument breaking out at shop in Ilford, east London
- Store workers can be heard repeatedly telling the older shopper to ‘get out’
- A young woman shoves him before male colleague pushes him off the premises
- Social media users described their behaviour as ‘disgusting’ and ‘unacceptable’
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This is the moment fed-up shop staff pushed an elderly customer out of their busy store, as coronavirus panic buying chaos continues to grip supermarkets across the country.
Several workers at an Iceland store in east London were caught on video having a loud argument with the shopper by the till, where customers are piling items including toilet paper onto the conveyor belt.
The older man appears to be holding up the queue on the other side of the cashier and staff can be repeatedly heard loudly telling him to ‘get out’.
The customer accuses the male worker of pushing him, and the quarrel then quickly escalates, as a female employee suddenly intervenes.
In the dramatic 45-second clip, she can be seen shoving the man’s arm, before he turns around and retaliates.
He then pleads ‘I’m going now,’ but barely a second later, the young woman’s male colleague grabs the man by his clothes and manhandles him towards the door.
A female employee at the Iceland store, pictured left, can be seen shoving the man’s arm, before her male colleague, pictured right, grabs him by his clothes and manhandles him towards the door
The incident took place at the frozen food giant’s store in Gants Hill, Ilford, and is believed to have been filmed on Tuesday.
The footage comes amid growing demands for rationing, as shoppers were pictured queuing outside an Asda supermarket at 6am, and stripping the shelves bare within an hour.
Customers are seen piling items including toilet paper onto the conveyor belt as the argument breaks out at the store in Ilford, east London
Meanwhile a number of franchises, including Iceland, are offering a ‘silver hour’ for elderly and vulnerable shoppers only, in an effort to allow them to collect their essentials without being disturbed by panic buyers.
Iceland has been approached for comment.