Asda's new pronoun badges for staff

[BessyK]

My BIL who works at our local store has just received this information, he thinks Asda's gone mad. Asda are also funding Diversity Role Models with £100,000 over the next year. Looks as though they're jumping in with both feet.

Urgh. ‘Ask me my pronouns’ is such narcissism.

Why on earth would I need to know a shop worker’s pronouns? Where would that even come up when asking where the balsamic vinegar was?

Is it compulsory or recommended/suggested OP? If not compulsory it would be interesting to see how much employees pick this up.

Phew another reason to go to Waitrose.

mrskeats
Love it!

I can’t think of many times I have ever had to use the pronoun of a supermarket worker so it does scream of “aren’t we great” from Asda trying to score points.

The ask me my pronoun is particularly bad. In the nicest possible way I don’t care about the pronoun of someone I will rarely see and never interact with more than please, thank you and general niceities.

It says "for colleagues who wish to wear them".

My local Aldi like to swap their badges around. Fair play to them I say.

I always chat to the staff, but do not need to pry into their lives

Oh FFS.

And also Walmart hardly treat their staff well.

I wonder how many staff will wear them verses how many staff will think it's a ridiculous waste of time and money.

I guess it saves people asking them about their collective bargaining rights.

You don't get this twaddle in Aldi or Lidl

Trying to think in what scenario these would be necessary.

Oh aye, that’s the biggest issue for Asda employees - not the enforced contract changes, the closure of staff canteens, the equal pay claim, the union busting by Walmart.....

It might be voluntary but I suspect people will end up feeling the pressure. Before long not wearing one will be seen as an aggressive act.

Quite lineman

He shouldn’t have shared this information with you, and you most certainly shouldn’t be sharing it on the internet. He can get severely disciplined for sharing company information meant only for colleagues.

Seems reasonable to me. I have a friend who is a very masculine looking and sounding woman (born female, not trans or anything) who gets sick of people assuming that she's male (they do so even when she dresses in a more feminine way, it's quite astounding). There are always going to be people who are outliers, for whom asking is better than assuming

Sorry, but if I was that woman, I can't see how someone asking 'so, are you are you a bloke or a bird then?' is any better to be honest!

It might be voluntary but I suspect people will end up feeling the pressure
Yes, its an aggressive tactic.

Isn’t it transphobic to make people state their gender?

I don't give a shiny shite what Asda worker's pronouns are?
Under what circumstances would I use them?

I'm guessing that's why they've got the "ask me..." badge. For those who are men on Monday Wednesday and Fridays, and women in Tuesdays, Thursday and weekends. Saves you having to have two badges.