Pink News Trans Summit & Wickes

[Justme56]

https://www.jamesesses.com/p/the-horrors-of-the-pink-news-trans

I was going there next week to get flooring for the ground floor of my house. Not a chance I will be buying from them now, which I’m sure they will be happy to hear. Almost had to accept £1000s from a bigot! How fortunate that the COO got the message out and saved them the horror of having to help witches decide between laminate, vinyl and engineered wood.

Wickes came out to do a kitchen design for me a few weeks ago - their quote was £30k. We were just confirming building quotes before pressing ahead.

Good to know that they don’t want that money - wonder if the kitchen design consultant will be as happy to lose out on their commission?

We’re in no rush so I’ll check out Benchmarx - thanks @PriamFarrl

Elon Musk has signalled that he's not impressed by Wickes COO's attitude. That will keep this trending a bit longer.

It’s all so bonkers. I mean, no one wants to stop trans people from shopping in or working for Wickes. Why do so many companies get in such a mess about this?

I see the Mail are covering this:

I've just sent their customer services a message

Am planning a five figure refurb (budget <five figure sum>) and am starting to price up the work and fittings. I would have looked in your stores but according to your COO I'm a bigot who's not welcome. Turning away customers because of their private beliefs is an odd business model, but whatever works for you, I guess.

He looks like a Thunderbirds villain.

Poor Joe Wicks is getting some grief from dyslexic builders at the moment.

Crossed with a myopic turtle.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/trans-row-pride-month-wickes-ceo-outrage/

The combination of "No LGB without the T" and the CEO's comment that people who believe sex matters are barred from the store essentially equates to "no gays allowed".

Such a bizarre and aggressive stance.

And not particularly sensible, given that GNC women are far more likely to be spending the £££s with them than stereotypically 'girly' transwomen who reject 'manly' pursuits like DIY because it doesn't fit their meticulously curated aesthetic.

I've just emailed Wickes, who have been calling and emailing to follow up on a kitchen measure up and design from a few weeks back. I basically told the lovely lady that in light of the COO's statement this week I would not be choosing Wickes for the refurb and could she please pass my email on to the Head Office to ensure that they can log my reason why not.

🤣🤣🤣

No idea why my post was deleted. I just said that our local Wickes was not as clean and the staff not as well informed as the brand spanking new B&Q opposite.

Oh and that it was less frequented by trade buyers now that Tool Station has been moved out after the demerger from Travis Perkins.

Wickes was spun off by Travis Perkins . Tool station is not part of Wickes anymore, and have moved out of the stores. So you’re alright there ( love the catalogue from TS, so much stuff you never knew you needed)

That must be No Brains...

That must be No Brains...



Bugger. There was supposed to be a gif there!

A member of my extended family works in HR for B&Q. A couple of years ago they were rewriting some staff handbook to be more trans friendly, then the Forstater judgement came through. She raised the matter with bosses, and the rewrite stopped. So that's something.

I messaged Wickes yesterday to ask if it is true that I'm not allowed in their shops any more. I've had an email saying they will reply within 48 hours.

If I worked in the complaints department at Wickes I think I'd be getting a sick note for next week, and spend the time job hunting

You have to wait 48 hours to know if you're allowed in their shops? That's fantastic customer service.

It's OK StephanieSuperpowers I went to B&Q this morning. 😍

The sad thing about all this, and the general rainbow-washing, is that I remember when having a rainbow logo on a business meant something. It meant that you could sit in the pub with your same sex partner and not get kicked out. Two men could book a double room in a hotel without trouble. Two women could look for a one bedroom flat in an estate agents without awkward questions. A company would give perks to same sex partners and not just opposite sex.
Now it’s just who can vertue signal the loudest.

It's amazing what a difference the management change at twitter has made. Now voices that don't buy into genderwoo aren't being silenced, and it's only been a few months.

Taken out of context, apparently 🙄

https://twitter.com/JamesEsses/status/1669735774248476673