Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Muslim checkout assistant in London refuses to serve customer because it's... Ramadan

(London) When Julie Cottle popped into the local Tescos supermarket, she was somewhat taken aback when the man behind the till refused to serve her. When she asked why, he pointed at the ham and wine in her basket and said:
‘I can’t serve you that because I’m fasting’.
When Juile Cottle went on to complain to the Tesco branch manager, he backed the staff member and asked her to use the self-checkout. After she went to the media, Tesco decided to step in. A spokesman for Tesco said: “We’re here to serve our customers the products they choose to buy. We don’t have a specific policy and take a pragmatic approach if a colleague raises concerns about a job they have been asked to do.
“We apologise to our customer for any inconvenience on this occasion.”
Oh great, but hang on, what's this?

The supermarket said that managers would be "speaking" to the staff member concerned, but insisted that he would not be fired.

I wonder how long it will be before Muslims force British people to stop eating during Ramadan and closing shops down.