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Coles has apologised after a comedian posted a brutal skit mocking the supermarket for forcing customers to scan their own groceries.
Melbourne funnyman Joe Salanitri shared a clip titled 'employee of the month' last week in which he argued that Coles should be paying him for scanning a trolley-load of shopping and packing his own bags.
'I'm working for Coles now, we, we are working for Coles now,' he said in the foul-mouthed rant.
Coles' apology
'So I'm going to send you [Coles] my tax file number so I can start getting paid.'
The tongue-in-cheek tirade clearly struck a nerve with everyday Aussies as his post racked up over 35,000 likes and was flooded with almost 2,000 comments.
'They should give us a 10 percent discount if we self serve,' wrote one.
Another joked that they wanted an invitation to the Woolworths and Coles Christmas parties since they were a 'staff member'.
The post eventually caught the attention of the Coles social media team who admitted it had been a 'hard watch'.
'We're sorry we let you down,' the Coles
