We went to Aldi for a quick grocery run after having our lunch at the nearby business area. This…read morelocation's Aldi seemed to be a bit larger than other Aldi's I've visited. The self-service kiosks were not working for some reason. However, the person at the checkout counter was super fast and was helpful to pull up a cart to hold our items as our kid started to fuss a bit. The produce was fresh, as usual just like any other Aldi.

GOING BANANAS This…read moreNaperville ALDI was out of some basic items, and being yelled at by a lunatic in front of the store has permanently put me off. Before we get to the juicy bits, I'll say that this cost-effective grocer is located on Route 59, near a movie theater and Paris Bistro (a terrific French restaurant). It's a larger, newer building than most other ALDIs boasting a decent selection of wine/beer. I noticed that prices were a little higher than at our ALDI on Boughton & Weber, but maybe that's to be expected in Naperville. They didn't have frozen meatballs or chicken tenderloins from what I could see, which hasn't been an issue before. Maybe the latter is related to that chicken flu? What transpired before I even walked in was absolutely wild. A few feet from the entrance, a guy angrily accosts me while pointing a finger and hurling profanities. This male Karen was several orders of magnitude angrier than he needed to be, a real-life equivalent of cartoon characters when steam pours out of their ears: Pissed off guy: "Do you always nearly run over kids with your car, dipsh*t?!?!" Me (confused, convinced he's speaking to someone else): "uhhh dude what on earth are you talking about??" Guy (irate): "Yeah you, dipsh*t, I saw you back over by the Panera and I FOLLOWED YOU HERE." Me (now concerned a random person was hunting me down): "I'll be honest with you man, I have no clue what you're getting at, but I was watching the road the whole time, there's no kids around here, and you need to seriously chill out." Guy (shouting): "you're a reckless [redacted] and you better slow down next time, dipsh*t!!" *storms off into store* He went off on me for what felt like a long time. I still have zero idea what he was fuming about, but I know he was definitely not your average ticked-off. Part of me thought I'd become a chalk outline and this ALDI was going to be featured on the 7 o'clock news......thankfully it never came to that, but it was bizarre and disturbing enough to spur me from coming back here again (there's two ALDIs closer to me, anyway). Here I thought Naperville was known for swingers, not for people who want to take swings *AT* you! * TL;DR * Never a dull moment, I suppose. Not even on a Sunday afternoon doing a standard grocery run. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -1.5 stars for not stocking some of the essential things other ALDI locations have always had. -1 star for the parking lot psychopath. It takes a truly unhinged maniac to follow a person you don't know at all, then berate them in public with swears a'plenty. Dude was majorly triggered, for real. Been here a few times and that's probably enough to call it quits, nothing particularly special about the place. Let this serve as a cautionary tale/friendly PSA to be on your guard; some people have simply lost their damn minds. Stay safe out there folks.