What started out as a regular, Saturday trip to the mall turned into a nightmare for local boyfriend Jeff Rowan.

“My girlfriend told me she just wanted to stop by Forever 21 for a couple minutes,” said Rowan in an exclusive interview with The DailyER. “A couple minutes pass, and the next thing I know, it’s Tuesday!”

Once Rowan’s significant other stepped into her changing room, all hell broke loose. One wrong turn in the jewelry section led the inexperienced shopper into a labyrinth of cute bags and cheap blouses.

“I thought I would never see Jeff again,” said Rowan’s girlfriend Linda Parker. “I reminded him over and over to not stray away from the shoe section, but I guess you can never be too careful with these things.”

Luckily for his survival, food was anything but difficult for Rowan to find. “Everywhere I turned there was a half-empty bag of McDonald’s or a remnant of someone’s Panda Express,” he said. “Never have I been more thankful for a staff’s inclination to not clean their store.”

Rowan was found the following Saturday by Parker on a visit to return a yellow sweater that was just a little too small. The couple assured The DailyER that they will be more cautious the next time they venture out into a scary department store.