Primark have a 'Mr Brown' code which means "trouble" for shoppers. Primark shoppers have been told to be on the lookout for hearing the code, which is uttered by staff members in stores of the bargain fashion giant up and down the land. If you ever heard a member of staff make an announcement to say: "Can Mr Brown come to the checkout", it's likely someone in the store had landed themselves in trouble.
The Primark worker claimed the guards who stood at the door in 2020 when she posted her videos to ensure no one was stealing were from Brown's Security Company. And that's who the message was for - staff just didn't want to alert customers that security was on the way. Poleighh Soper’s video, titled ‘Secrets of an ex primark employee’, has been viewed, liked and shared thousands of times since appearing on the social media platform READ MORE Spain warns UK tourists Majorca and Ibiza 'can't take' their 'type' of tourism She explained hearing a request for ‘Mr Brown’ on the tannoy in a Primark store is in fact a call for security.
“Say your security company that stands by the door and makes sure nobody is stealing...
say their name is like ‘Brown Security Services’, that’s who they’re calling,” explained the TikTok user. “So, when they say ‘Can Mr Brown please come to the customer service checkout’, they’re actually calling for security – they just don’t want the customers to know that,” she added. “You know when you go to the till and you’v.
