The corpse of an employee covered in umbrellas to keep the store open

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An employee died in a Carrefour supermarket in Recife (northeastern Brazil), but his body was simply hidden by umbrellas and the store remained open, customers said, the brand admitted in a statement. .

The facts came on Friday but came to light on Wednesday, and the news went viral, with photos of the alley where the corpse was covered by wide open green umbrellas.

MY GOD! A man died at Carrefour, in Recife and his body was covered by umbrellas and surrounded by boxes to prevent the supermarket from stopping activities. Remembering that a security guard from the network beat a doguinho to death! pic.twitter.com/n4JqWf2FxQ

— UpdateChart (@UpdateChartUC) August 19, 2020

Carrefour apologizes

“Carrefour apologizes for the inadequate form with which it treated the sad and unexpected death of Mr. Moises Santos, victim of a heart attack, in the store in Recife (Pernambuco). The company was wrong not to close the store immediately after the fact, pending the funeral service, ”wrote the local subsidiary of the French group in a statement. The company said the victim, working in the sales sector, had received first aid and called for medical assistance.

Carrefour assured that after the death, the instruction was not to move the body. The company apologized to the victim’s family. The wife said she was “outraged”. “Human beings have no value, we are only interested in money. I think it’s a matter of respect. (…) It’s a horrible feeling, ”Odeliva Cavalcante told Brazilian news site G1.

Sales representative dies at Carrefour unit in Recife and body is covered by umbrellas https://t.co/mNelZ2U14Z # G1 pic.twitter.com/cYTBoH9kTY

– G1 (@ g1) August 19, 2020

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