A DAD claims he was accused of shoplifting when a store worker mistook a bulge in his trousers for a tube of Pringles.
Simon Lee, 38, said he was rummaging with his boxer shorts when the Asda employee asked: “Are you going to pay for those crisps?”
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Furious gas engineer Simon dropped his joggers in the supermarket petrol station in Fosse Park, Leicester, to show he had no hidden cylindrical contraband.
He said: “As I was waiting in the queue I bent down by the Pringles to tie a lace. Then as I got up I readjusted my boxer shorts.
“That seems to have led the guy behind the checkout to think I was trying to steal something.
“When he approached me, I said, ‘You can’t be serious?’ But he was. He claimed he’d check the CCTV.
“I told him to call the police and then I tugged my joggers down to show him I wasn’t hiding anything.
“I’m doing all right there — but I was surprised they mistook it for Pringles. It must have been the way my trousers creased.
“He said, ‘Don’t do that, mate’, and I replied, ‘Don’t accuse people of stealing with no evidence’.
“All I wanted was a few snacks. I do still love Pringles, mind.”
Dad-of-one Simon, from Nuneaton, Warks, added: “Looking back later I could see the funny side. It was just a cock-up — no pun intended.”
Asda said: “No colleagues at this store are aware of this incident.
“But asking a customer to remove an item of clothing is not something we would ever do.”
