Supercheap Auto hero finally speaks
Darren Woolfe – the former Supercheap Auto worker who found viral fame recently – has finally broken his silence.
After being labelled a hero by many, with the clip of him apprehending an alleged shoplifter amassing more than 7 million views – he remains remarkably humble, saying he was just doing his job.
“You don't expect that to happen when you go to work, you don't expect someone to be filming something like that. You go in and do your job and go home,” he shared.
His employer was not so quick to praise, however, and temporarily stood him down from his role – which he revealed, even two weeks on, has been especially hard.
“It's been a struggle, a huge impact on myself and my family... they are my number one focus at the moment.”
Supercheap Auto have been widely slammed online over standing Mr Woolfe down but said it had policies in place that prevent confronting alleged shoplifters for everyone's safety.
The owner of rival store Autobarn at Burleigh Heads, Michael Farrar, said that he has lost more than $15,000 worth of goods to shoplifters in the last year.
And so Mr Woolfe has now taken up new job with the new company.
'In businesses you can measure a lot of things with KPIs like performance, but loyalty you can't measure,' Mr Farrar said.
'So I thought he's a very loyal kind of guy and the sort of person I want on my team.'
Mr Woolfe shared that he is looking forward to clocking in at his new job at Autobarn, and finally putting his viral fame behind him.
'It's a new start for me... I just want this finished,' he said.
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