Lauren continued her story on TikTok, saying she wanted to leave the store after the man, and chose to open up a store credit card in order to stall for time. However, when she finally left the store, the man was outside and began to follow her. 

The man attempted to get Lauren’s attention by claiming that he had a money-making opportunity for her. He suggested they go to her car to talk more about it. Lauren was torn between going to her car and locking her doors, or avoiding her car altogether because she worried he could find out more information about her from her license plate.

Lauren then spotted another car in the lot and ran towards the driver, prompting the suspicious man to run away. Lauren said, “Thank God that I was aware of what was going on in the store when he was following me and then [made] better decisions to not go with him.”