A man says he has been “traumatised” after seeing a viral video of himself in a grocery store where he had no idea he was being filmed.
At first look, the TikTok posted by Rustam Raziev might seem like nothing more than a heartwarming random act of kindness.
The video shows a man in a grey jacket waiting to pay for his groceries at Coles checkout in Melbourne before a stranger swoops in and sneakily pays for the lot.
The video, which has amassed more than six million views, was captioned: “My mission? Being myself. Helping others. Become a better version of myself.”
But for the man in the video it has had the complete opposite effect.
Esa, who didn’t want his full name published, told the ABC that he had no idea he was being filmed and only found out when he saw the video published online.
He didn’t even realise that his groceries, amounting to about $33, had been paid for by a stranger, let alone that he was being videoed.
When he went to pay the cashier told him everything had been paid for and when Esa asked why he simply said, “It’s all done”.
Esa was understandably confused but said he thought it must have been some special promotion being run by the supermarket.
It wasn’t until a few weeks later when his friends showed him the TikTok video did he realise what had actually happened.