A Tesco shopper was furious when they spotted a staff member filling up their car at a petrol station despite it being closed to the public amid the fuel shortage crisis.
Huge queues have been building up at a Tesco branch in Leicester over the past week. Protests across the UK have seen pumps run dry, with the Tesco garage among many forced to turn away customers.
Drivers are being advised to fill up with what they need with the majority of petrol stations in Cambridgeshire, Kent and London closed as eco activists continued to block oil terminals.
One motorist was left fuming when he noticed a supermarket worker filling up their car with £53 worth of fuel, reports Leicestershire Live. Tesco said it would not tolerate abusive behaviour towards its staff after footage of the incident emerged.
Frustration boiled over after he spotted that the station was closed and coned off but that the staff member was allowed in.
He then posted a video on TikTok of him confronting a worker at the petrol station and their colleague who was filling up.
In the video, the man said Tesco had "closed the petrol station" but that staff were "getting petrol all day long."
The man then swore while walking up to the pump and said the worker had put £53 worth of petrol in his car.
One staff member said that it was a colleague who was filling up and asked him to stop filming but the man refused.
He said: "So you guys have got petrol, but you're refusing to give it out? I literally have no petrol. I need to get to work. So what about other people?"
In further efforts to explain the situation, the worker said that he is a key worker.
But the motorist appeared to become angry and began shouting and swearing at staff in the video which reportedly shows him using homophobic language.
Tesco told Leicestershire Live that the worker filling up his car was a delivery driver and was allowed to get fuel from the forecourt when it was closed so that he could travel to work.
A spokesperson said: "We do not tolerate abusive behaviour of any kind towards our colleagues, and the use of homophobic language towards any Tesco colleague is clearly unacceptable.”
