A teenage gaming couple got trapped inside a Currys PC World store after they got too engrossed in an Xbox game to notice staff locking up.
Nathan Bamping, 19, and girlfriend Olivia Johnson, 18, were stuck inside the branch for 40 minutes because workers failed to notice them as they left at closing time.
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You're probably wondering 'what on Earth were they playing?' It was the F1 2020 racing sim on Xbox Series X.
By the time the pair finished playing they realised nearly an hour had gone by and the shop had completely closed. Must be a good game then.
Data analyst Nathan said: "We'd only intended to have a quick go, but it's so addictive that we spent ages racing each other.
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"When we finally got up we found all the doors were closed, the shutters were locked and the staff had gone.
"As we walked around looking for an exit, we were triggering all these alarms. I tried to call a Currys helpline but couldn't get through. I rang my mum in a panic, but she didn't know what to do either.
"We started to wonder if we might be stuck in there for Christmas. It was like Home Alone, but set in a Currys store.
"It was quite scary at the time, but in hindsight it's actually quite hilarious."
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The couple were rescued from the store in White City, Manchester, 40 minutes later by a manager who was alerted to the alarms as he was on his way home for the evening.
It turns out that getting locked in really sold it for Nathan and Olivia. It meant they played the Xbox Series X enough to go back in and order one.
A spokesman for Currys PC World said they would send them a free extra controller to apologise.
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The spokesman said: "Our stores are designed to be palaces of discovery where customers can demo and interact with amazing tech.
"As part of our end-of-day store closing process our colleagues check for any remaining customers before locking up. In this instance, our usual stringent processes fell short and we missed two customers who were in a covered gaming simulation.
"We have apologised to the customers and as a gesture of goodwill, we've offered a free controller to go with the console they have ordered from us."
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