Shoppers have been left bemused after trying to check into a Coles with a rather unfortunately placed QR code. 

A video taken at Coles in Croydon, in Melbourne’s east, has gone viral on social media site Reddit showing their QR check in code placed on the sliding entrance door of the store.

However, shoppers have been left unable to sign in as the automatic doors move the QR code out of view when they approach the door. 

The person filming the video walks up to the door and shows the QR code disappearing behind the other side of the door as he approaches, leaving no time to be able to scan the code to check into the venue.   

Posted to a Melbourne enthusiasts group, Reddit users have commented on the hilarity of the video, poking fun at the ridiculousness of positioning of the code. 

‘I think you may have stumbled onto the set of a potential Mr Bean sketch,’ said one, with another replying how easily they could see that occurring.

‘As a proud boy of Croydon I can say; Croydon, you continue to be a bogans paradise, keep it up,’ another wrote. 

‘This reminds me of when I had to point out to a worrying number of people at my workplace that having a sign-up sheet posted behind a window’s pane of glass wouldn’t get the desired response,’ wrote one amused worker.

‘It’s like a race to scan them,’ said another.