Black Woman Was Filming Her Grocery Haul at Albertsons When an Employee Suddenly Accuses Her of Something: ‘You Just Put It in the Cart’
Filming content in a grocery store can get awkward when other shoppers or employees end up in the frame. And as arguments over being recorded inside stores have shown, not everyone is comfortable when a camera is pointed their way.
TikTok creator Lex (@famousslex) claims she was filming a grocery haul at Albertsons when an employee walked into her shot and apparently thought Lex was recording her. Lex tried to explain that she was a content creator and that the camera was there to capture her shopping.
But the explanation didn’t seem to end the issue. Lex kept filming as the interaction continued, later claiming the employee had simply walked into her camera angle. The video has since gained more than 1.1 million views, with plenty of viewers having thoughts about who was in the wrong.
So, What Happened in the Aisle?
In the video, Lex is filming herself while explaining how she gets different angles for her content. She places the camera near her shopping cart and shows how she records herself grabbing an item before putting it inside.
That’s when an employee can be heard speaking to her about the camera. Lex explains, “No, I’m a creator. I create content.”
She then continues showing how she films herself shopping. “When you need a different angle, you’re just gonna put it inside the cart,” Lex explains while moving the camera. She demonstrates the shot by picking up an item and placing it in her cart.
The employee can then be heard saying, “And you just put it in the cart like that.” Lex doesn’t stop recording. Instead, she continues with her grocery haul, telling viewers, “So I am gonna be grabbing another one. I wanna get some guac.”
In the caption, Lex directly tagged Albertsons and explained what she claims happened. “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?” she wrote.
Viewers Had Plenty To Say
A large number of viewers sided with Lex and questioned why the employee remained near the camera if she didn’t want to be recorded. “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,” one person commented.
“Love that you kept recording,” another wrote. Someone else added, “Always minding our business.”
Some viewers also felt there was a racial element to the interaction. Those reactions come as Black shoppers have spoken about feeling watched inside stores.
“They are obsessed with us,” one commenter wrote. Another said, “Always in our business damn.”
Others focused on the cameras stores already use themselves. “Mind you, there’s cameras throughout the store,” one viewer pointed out. Another wrote, “we’re all on camera every second of the day believe it or not. so people need to stop being so uptight about being recorded.”
Not everyone agreed with Lex, though. At least one viewer understood why someone might be uncomfortable unexpectedly ending up in a creator’s video. “im sooo glad nobody does content in stores where im at.. cause i hate it,” the person wrote.
Other commenters claimed Lex had a First Amendment right to record because the store is a public place. But being open to the public doesn’t necessarily make a grocery store public property. Stores are private property and can have their own rules about customers filming on the premises.
That makes Lex’s question to Albertsons about its filming policy especially relevant. But judging by her account, she wasn’t trying to make the employee part of her content in the first place. She was filming her grocery haul, and the employee happened to walk into the shot.
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