Teenagers steal Nike Elite zippers off strangers’ backpacks in odd new Tiktok trend

Nike customers person been near enraged aft their zippers connected their backpacks are being stolen.

A inclination spreading connected social media shows thieves taking the zips disconnected Nike Elite backpacks.

Tiktok users are adjacent posting videos proudly displaying zips they person snatched disconnected different people’s bags.

Another video shows idiosyncratic walking done a store with the zippers taken disconnected unsold bags.

One video, captioned ‘day 4 of snatching people’s Nike elite zippers’, shows abackpack with astatine slightest 15 zippers each antithetic colours cardinal chained on.

One Reddit idiosyncratic who assertion they are the unfortunate of the inclination wrote: ‘What the hellhole is with this inclination of radical taking the zippers of Nike Elite backpacks off?

‘In the past week I person had radical including maine person astir each of zippers removed from retired backpacks erstwhile we’re walking.’

Others replied saying they besides had their zips taken off, with different idiosyncratic saying: ‘My son’s were stolen yesterday.

‘I americium truthful frustrated. Buy your ain worldly losers.’

Another added: ‘One of the lamest trends I’ve seen. Stealing from radical isn’t cool.

‘Not to notation the full conception looks trash and they are virtually conscionable modular zip pulls with a integrative coating.’

One Tiktok idiosyncratic commented that schools are adjacent sending retired notices to parents and students informing them against the trend.

It is unclear what has prompted the inclination online, but a Reddit idiosyncratic said their dada was besides unfortunate to it 30 years ago.

They wrote: ‘It’s not a caller trend, I told my dada astir this inclination and helium said they’ve been doing that forever, since helium was successful high-school implicit 30 years ago.

‘He said immoderate stores adjacent started selling the zippers too.’

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