Costco worker praised for refusing to give free energy drink samples to kids TIKTOK: moonie1976_ \/ WIKIMEDIA COMMONSA Costco worker has been applauded by viewers on TikTok after refusing to give out free energy drink samples to kids. A father took to TikTok to blast a Costco employee who declined to hand samples out to children \u2013 but most viewers supported the decision. In a viral clip, Moonie (moonie1976) caught a worker refusing to give samples of Alani Nu Energy drink to his son. When he asked about the sample, the Costco employee clarified that it was an energy drink, and mentioned that the samples were only for adults. \u201cNot for children,\u201d she told the shopper. \u201cOh, OK, c\u2019mon you guys,\u201d the dad replied as he guided his two children away. \u201cDad, you can have one,\u201d the worker offered in response. Moonie refused to take the sample, saying \u201cNah, I\u2019m good with coffee.\u201d He expressed his frustration with the situation through a text-overlay in the clip, writing, \u201cCostco shutting the kids down. SMH.\u201d Viewers praise Costco worker for not giving samples to kids The vast majority of TikTok users in the comment section sided with the Costco employee, and praised her for doing the right thing. \u201cThat\u2019s a good thing!! energy drinks can be very harmful to your body,\u201d one person wrote. \u201cGood for that woman.. children should not drink that junk,\u201d another added. \u201cEnergy drinks can kill adults. It causes heart issues. People have died from drinking them. That\u2019s why kids can\u2019t have them,\u201d a third shared. \u201cWhy is this a \u2018smh\u2019 it\u2019s an energy drink? But I\u2019m sure if she would\u2019ve let them he would\u2019ve made a video pissed about it,\u201d someone else said. The TikToker seemed unbothered by the criticism, as he later posted a parody video in which he approached a mall worker and requested the strongest energy drink for his children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Costco worker praised for refusing to give free energy drink samples to kids TIKTOK: moonie1976_ \/ WIKIMEDIA COMMONSA Costco worker has been applauded by viewers on TikTok after refusing to give out free energy drink samples to kids. A father took to TikTok to blast a Costco employee who declined to hand samples out to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}