Kmart customers have expressed their horror after a ‘porn-like’ moan was heard in the store.
Marie Waring and her partner said they were ‘stunned’ when they heard the erotic sounds playing at the Kmart store in the Tauranga suburb of Bethlehem, New Zealand, last Sunday.
“I heard the sound of soft female moaning coming from somewhere and then it stopped,” Ms Waring told the newspaper Bay of Plenty times.
The pause was short, she then said ‘it started again, this time with a little more intensity’.
“They were 100 percent sexual feminine sounds. It didn’t sound like excessive porn, it really sounded like a girl having a good time.’
A couple shopping in Kmart, Tauranga (pictured) got more than they bargained for when their browsing was interrupted by sounds from the store’s speakers that left customers ‘absolutely shocked’.
Mrs Waring asked her partner if he could hear it too. He would.
She thought it might have come from the aisle where speakers were sold, but that wasn’t the case. The sound seemed to come from above.
Although Ms Waring found it all quite funny, she “came face to face with another customer who looked absolutely shocked.”
When they got to the register, she asked an employee what the noise was, but they simply replied that they “didn’t know how it happened.”
Although she had only gone to the store to return a defective product, she said she “walked out with several items I didn’t need and a free porn soundtrack.”
Ms Waring later sent an online message to Kmart asking: ‘How on earth was porn playing over the Bethlehem Kmart speakers this afternoon?’
A reply sent just 17 minutes later read: ‘Hello, thank you for bringing this to our attention. We apologize for the inconvenience and frustration this issue has caused you.
‘We will pass your feedback on to the appropriate team and ensure the issue is addressed in our Bethlehem store.
Marie Waring and her partner said they were ‘stunned’ when they heard ‘porn-like soft moans’ playing at the Kmart (pictured) in the Bethlehem suburb of Tauranga, New Zealand, last Sunday
“We truly value our customers and their shopping experience and we will ensure we do better in the future.”
Ms Waring has also posted about the issue on a Facebook group focused on finding bargains at Kmart and other stores in New Zealand, which has 283,000 members.
Among the hundreds of replies was one that said: ‘I’d say someone picked up an unattended microphone in dressing rooms etc and had some fun.’
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Kmart New Zealand for comment.
