To be so angry about this...

[Piemother]

I need to get this off my chest before I burst a blood vessel.

I have just been in my local tesco express. While I was queuing I noticed a poster for a fund raising campaign for a child who has a life threatening disease. I do not personally know the family but most of my friends do so I will rant here and not upset them unduly. The cashier who served me notice I was looking at the poster and commenter how sad the situation was and how she had been told some details of the child/illness. I replied how terrible it was that the family had to ask for money to save their child and what an awful ordeal/task that was. At this point the man in the next till cut in and said 'they are the wrong nationality that's why!' I was a but confused and replied that yes, the treatment required is only available abroad then he said 'no no the nhs would do it for that kid if he was foreign' then he ranted at length along those lines. I am fuming. What he did, whilst at work, was to use the plight of a sick child to justify a racist/xenophobic tirade to total strangers. I told him he was completely wrong and left but I'm just fuming.
I am thinking I will make a serious complaint about this. The xenophobia is one thing but using the child's campaifn as a vessel for his bile seemed so much worse.

What does mn think?

I think, though I'm not 100% sure as I don't shop there that often anymore, that he has been at that branch quite a long time.
Someone in my family works at tesco. I might ask what the possible disciplinary procedure might be. If its a course or whatever I might identify the employee - if its sacking maybe I won't. He was such a knob but I do feel a bit that times are hard just now for most people. I want him to get a bollocking, not the dole.

Definantly complain, to the store manager and head office! Members of staff should not be making offensive remarks.

I have made the complaint. I checks out through a family member what the likely consequence might be. It's more than likely to be a training course as sacking for that kind of offence is apparently v unusual.

I had a feeling it might be with a company like tesco.

Hopefully, if he does go on the course, it will mean he at least learns to keep his horrible opinions to himself; and just maybe he might learn something.

Good for you Piemother

Complain.

I was at the Co-Op once, and there was a young woman with SN in there with her carer. She was making screeching noises, and as I was paying I noticed one of the young cashiers on the next till laughing and say to another member of staff that she wished the young woman would shut up!

I was bloody appalled, so came home and phoned the manager, he took the till details from my receipt so he could work out which till the rude girl was working at. He, also, knew the young woman who was in the shop as she was a regular so was grateful I had phoned up.