I was in my local Somerfield this morning - it's a tiny place with 3 very narrow aisles that employs a number of local fish wives (as well as some nice people too) and some nasty little man in some sort of managerial position.
I have never been impresed with the level of proffesionality by some people in there - talking about dates and nights out etc, and the manager bloke is quite rude to customers too - not verbally but in behaviour, like tutting if you and your pram can't get passed his trolley of stock.
But this morning as I was squeezing passed him and two other members of staff all stacking the same shelf with two pile of crates . I heard him say quite loudly during a conversation:
"Have you seen our new cleaner?" "Did you understand him?" "I'm not being racist or anything but there's a bit of a language barrier"
I was really shocked that he was saying this so loudly in a shop that had quite a lot of customers in - especially given the recent headlines following Celebrity Big Brother. I dont know where the cleaner had gone, I had seen him earlier on sweeping up outside where the trollies are kept, but as far as the manager knew he could have been in the next aisle, along with anyone else who could have taken offence.
Do you think it is unreasonable to take this further?