You’ve probably heard of the “walk of shame.”
Nowadays, there’s agrocery shoppingequivalent to this.
It’s called the “aisle of shame,” and it’s found exclusively atAldi.
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The label applies specifically to the middle aisle at the German-based discount grocery chain.
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None of this stuff would ever appear on a normal grocery list.
It’s all impulse buys, which is presumably where the shame comes in.
The accompanying photo shows a shopping cart loaded up with an air fryer, toaster, and coffee maker.
“AOS got me,” wroteanother, using a common abbreviation for “aisle of shame.”
“I work in an activities dept, think I can claim the leggings as a work expense?”
Ironically, no one seems particularly ashamed about what they find in this so-called shameful place.
If they did, they wouldn’t be shamelessly posting about it on social media.
Instagrammers, meanwhile, regularly caption their quirky finds with whimsical hashtags like #aisleofshamegotme.
