The Range has been forced to issue a public plea to some rather cheeky shoppers concerning a particular display.
The store issued the plea on social media(Image: Getty )
With October just around the corner, Halloween decorations are starting to pop up in shops as people gear up for the forthcoming seasonal festivities.
For those keen to deck out their entire home with ghostly adornments and hair-raising animatronics, The Range might be their first port of call.
The high street giant has issued a “public service announcement,” though, in a desperate plea to its customers to “please stop.”
The retailer, which boasts numerous branches across the UK, took to Facebook to urge shoppers to halt one ‘sly’ behaviour while perusing their stores.
This year, the homeware store has surpassed itself by offering an extensive array of decorations – including creepy clowns and moving skeletons, according to Plymouth Live.
The store asked: “Please stop playing tricks in our stores by moving the groom’s head into a cheeky posit(Image: The Range)
However, one particular decoration has garnered significant public interest – albeit perhaps not for the reasons intended.
The store’s Standing Animated Bride and Groom, dressed in period-style costumes for a “ghostly look”, emit sounds for “more spookiness” and have glowing eyes to “frighten” guests. It’s currently on offer for £77.99, down from £129.99.
The product description on the website states: “Add a spooky yet enchanting feel to your space with the Standing Animated Bride and Groom.
“This terrifying bride and groom duo are clad in vintage-style wedding attire, lending them a spectral appearance. They feature light-up eyes and emit sounds to create a chilling atmosphere in any festive setting.”
The Range has been compelled to issue a public appeal after mischievous customers kept repositioning a £77.99 Halloween decoration in a rather rude manner.
The high-street store is asking customers to “please stop playing tricks”(Image: The Range / Facebook)
The decoration, which shows a bride clutching her groom’s skeletal head, has become the target of countless pranks with shoppers shifting the groom’s head to a more provocative spot on the bride’s body.
Following the playful shenanigans witnessed in shops across the country, The Range turned to social media to make a nationwide declaration.
“PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Please stop playing tricks in our stores by moving the groom’s head into a cheeky position on this bride-and-groom duo,” it said.
“Nothing naughty here! This Standing Animated Bride and Groom just got married and are totally in love.”
Accompanying the message, the retailer posted pictures of how the decoration should actually appear.
It said: “So, get your minds out of the ghoulish gutter. We’ve shared the correct display, so you know exactly how these lovebirds should be set up (PICTURE 1).”
The post has predictably generated enormous engagement, accumulating more than eight thousand likes and over one thousand comments.
One person joked: “Skeletons getting more action than I got on my wedding night, apparently grooms arent meant to get drunk at their wedding.”
Another quipped: “Too late, you’ve planted the idea now! Can’t promise every store display across the UK is going to stay PG… love really does move in mysterious ways.”
A third chimed in: “Last time I went into the range, that is exactly how that display was set up, defo gave me a giggle.”
One individual commented: “I don’t live near a range, so please continue doing this! ! ! Ignore the fun police and keep making everybody laugh. I guarantee that even if staff ask you to stop, they are probably secretly having fun with it, lmao.”
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Another added: “Now that you’ve announced it, I can guarantee that every single display will now look like this.”
A user named Kerry posted: “So funny. When my sister and I were younger, we’d do funny things like this, but there was no social media back then, lmao.”
Maria remarked: “I actually went in the range earlier and did a double take at this display glad I’m not the only one thinking it looks a little risky.”