tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post867281965949690779..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Don’t Menshn Sainsbury’sTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-46695576720186152682014-08-18T19:39:05.276+01:002014-08-18T19:39:05.276+01:00Louise Mensch kind of makes me ill.Louise Mensch kind of makes me ill.Celianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-5103353355562760272014-08-18T18:53:45.368+01:002014-08-18T18:53:45.368+01:00Just on a point of linguistics - "Jewish"...Just on a point of linguistics - "Jewish" isn't a race, so how can any of this be racist?SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-90302869156556563422014-08-18T14:54:27.361+01:002014-08-18T14:54:27.361+01:00I didn't think this woman could get any more o...I didn't think this woman could get any more offensive and embarrassing, but here we are.<br />For one thing, if that Sainsbury's had decided to leave the food on the shelves, there'd have been a repeat of the Tesco incident - rabid so-called "protestors" would have trashed the place, there'd have been thousands of pounds worth of food lost, and the end result would be: no food available for the kosher customers for the next few days. And how much d'you want to bet she'd have seen a picture of *those* empty shelves and pitched a fit about that, too?<br />Her analogy is wrong, too. If the EDL were protesting outside a sainsbury's store that sold halal stuff...then yes, they *would* remove the halal food and hide it in the back. They'd do it for any items from any ethnicity/religion, because at the end of the day, they want to protect their profits, and therefore their stock.<br /><br />For another thing - I've worked in sainsbo's before (in a smaller one, but if was still quite multicultural). They've many faults as a company, but allowing gratuitious offense to random customers isn't one of them. While the staff member who allegedly said 'Free Gaza' had every right to support lifting the occupations, and every right to express their political opinions, it does come across as a bit of a dick move in regards to a jewish customer questioning them about *kosher* products. Which is why I'm a little hesitant to believe that this part of the story isn't a teensy bit exaggerated. There's no way a random staff member would have had any authority over removing stock from the shelves, that would be the manager's decision, and I highly doubt that anyone would be so much of a prick as to (from what I gather from the account) answer the question "where's the kosher food?" with "free gaza! *walk away*". For one thing, there was a huge culture of customer service/never offend a customer/any customer could be a mystery customer in that company, we were always told never to let our real feelings show with them. It might be that bits of the account have gotten a little confused - people did omit the bit about the protestors threatening to smash up the stock in accounts before, so I'm inclined to think that something's missing here. <br /><br />(If it *did* happen that way though, then that worker should be given a warning, because being rude to random British jewish customers because of your views on a totally different country is wrong. Still doesn't make Sainsbury's as a whole racist, though, Louise. It was one of the least bigoted places I worked for.)<br />Dabneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-53729349966508473482014-08-18T11:17:26.624+01:002014-08-18T11:17:26.624+01:00Doesn't she have a tiresome "chick-lit&qu...Doesn't she have a tiresome "chick-lit" tome to be writing instead?Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565067090721329803noreply@blogger.com