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Lush Edinburgh say they wouldn't serve anyone in "woman" T-shirt

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Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 03/08/2020 19:55

Apparently some stickers found their way onto the Lush Edinburgh storefront causing horror and consternation on Princes St this morning. They are too awful to be shared, obviously, but clearly they carried some message of hateful bigotry - or biological fact as it used to be known.

Anyway, staff on the thread are letting it be known that anyone wearing a T-shirt carrying the dictionary definition of a woman would not be served - haven't seen a comment on what would happen if it said 'I ❤️ JKR'. Not sure how legal that is.

www.facebook.com/116815671689234/posts/3431297510241017/

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jakeyboy1 · 03/08/2020 23:19

My dad read one of the signs in their window the other day about everything not allowed in their stores. Concluded they don't want people to actually spend money with them.

Smallsteps88 · 03/08/2020 23:18

before producing my I❤️JKR tote to carry it away in

Oooh I have a woman AHF tote!

Sales assistant : “Do you need a bag today?”

Me: Smile

fatblackcatspaw · 03/08/2020 23:17

ewww that blog

SonEtLumiere · 03/08/2020 23:16

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womanaf · 03/08/2020 23:14

I’m imagining going to lush, picking up 83 sparkly thrush balls, letting them run it all through the till before producing my I❤️JKR tote to carry it away in and watching cashier have an attack of the vapours.

Ideally I’d be able to shoulder in some kind of Real Life variation on the Pretty Woman gif that’s all over Twitter too. ‘You work on commission. Big mistake.’

goldfinchfan · 03/08/2020 23:14

Yet their statement of their ethics on their website states EveryOne is Welcome!

so they are also Liars

Totickleamockingbird · 03/08/2020 23:13

Well, I will take my custom elsewhere.

Thisismytimetoshine · 03/08/2020 23:07

Same as Body Shop, really. What is it with these gobshites?

Smallsteps88 · 03/08/2020 23:06

and I only know about this due to their stance today.

Same! As well as other stuff that has been posted both here and on their own post. Lots of light being shone on Lush today!

CasuallyMasculine · 03/08/2020 23:05

It’s such a shame Lush have disappeared up their own backsides in an effort to be woke.

In the old days when they were Cosmetics To Go they were totally unique, witty, accessible, and their products were amazing.

Tragic, really.

PotholeParadise · 03/08/2020 23:02

[quote blurpityblurp]They have a history of forcing women female vagina-having staff into sexually abusive work situations.

mitheringsfrommorningside.wordpress.com/tag/lush-cruelty-free-kisses/[/quote]
I bought stuff from Lush. I don't think I'll ever stomach doing so again and I only know about this due to their stance today.

I hope they don't mind doing without my money.

tobee · 03/08/2020 22:56

Quote fail.

tobee · 03/08/2020 22:54

No, no beard.

There is a flowery shirt though.

Pillypocket666 · 03/08/2020 22:54

Can someone come up with a one liner that we can all post? repeatedly?

RufustheSniggeringReindeer · 03/08/2020 22:54

The children bought me a bath bomb for mothers day

I swear to god it turned my bath water black and had what looked like whale sperm on top 🤮

I did NOT get in that bath

(I wasn’t the one to compare it to whale sperm...but it was very apt)

thenightsky · 03/08/2020 22:51

@fatblackcatspaw

oh I like this comment 'This is so brave of you but can I ask how you're enforcing it? I mean, I presume you'll have some sort of questionnaire to complete prior to entry but I have misgivings about the accuracy because a) most people go for the middle answer regardless; and b) some people lie. So I could end up being in a shop with someone I disagree with which is fundamentally unsafe for me. The sign with the zeros (I get we don't all have enough O letters and I'm not judging) is a good first step but please back this up. Maybe contact Jeremy Kyle for one of his lie detectors - he doesn't need them any more. Or get a really sinister penguin asking the questions. (They're trans so that's ok - my son told me.)
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slug · 03/08/2020 22:48

@CousinKrispy I get shampoo bars online from gruum

ErrolTheDragon · 03/08/2020 22:47

@StillNotAGirl

Would they serve someone wearing a man definition tee-shirt I wonder?

And would it make a difference whether it was a man or a woman wearing said tee-shirt?

Hmm

Their tiny minds would probably be blown by the photo of Fionne Orlander in an AHM t-shirt.
SerenityNowwwww · 03/08/2020 22:46

They sell soap. When did they decide that telling people what to think was part of their remit? Stinky, glittery rubbish anyway.

Thisismytimetoshine · 03/08/2020 22:45

@CountreeGurl

I think it is great to see a business standing up for what it believes in. If you don't like it don't shop there, simple.
Businesses exist to make money. There's no need for them to espouse any cause or belief unrelated to the product it sells whatsoever; let alone one as dumb as "women adult human female". Pure stupidity can hardly be described as great.
fatblackcatspaw · 03/08/2020 22:37

lawsuit?

KarenKuruma · 03/08/2020 22:37

Help me brainstorm a second, what would you include as "signs of racism, sexism, homophobia"...?

As y'know, they are as equally not allowed as AHF t shirts.

I mean something like a swastika would be obvious, but I mean the less obvious kind - the type of thing some random person wouldn't think twice over. Very out of date example would be some of the FCUK T-shirt's

BaronessWrongCrowd · 03/08/2020 22:32

@doadeer

On their Facebook post they said they wouldn't serve a woman wearing a t-shirt that says Woman - noun - biological adult human female.

That's bonkers!

I'm really saddened by this. I love Lush but I can't shop with them anymore.

Isn't that discrimination on the basis of sex? In which case wouldn't Lush UK be breaking the law as they would be discriminating against a protected characteristic as per the Equalities Act 2010.
Binterested · 03/08/2020 22:27

I really wonder when businesses are going to stop pontificating at us all and get back to selling products at decent prices, without exploitation, and with decent service. I don't want any product with a side order of moral instruction.

Surely this corporate shit will become unfashionable soon. Imagine if Tesco bombarded you with adverts telling you to go to church....This is just a 2020 version of that.

As for Lush, they haven't got a decent product to rely on so they surely cannot be long for this world. Their products are ghastly and stinky and the shops are a blot on the High St with their awful cringe campaigns and their overwhelming pong.

doadeer · 03/08/2020 22:26

On their Facebook post they said they wouldn't serve a woman wearing a t-shirt that says Woman - noun - biological adult human female.

That's bonkers!

I'm really saddened by this. I love Lush but I can't shop with them anymore.

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