.... “I’m disgusted. If he is refusing to do his job he shouldn’t be there.” Mrs Cottle said after calling customer services when she got home she was told the worker could face disciplinary action.
She added: “I hope he does. If he can’t serve food he shouldn’t be working in a supermarket.”
A spokesman for Tesco said: “We’re here to serve our customers the products they choose to buy. We don’t have a specific policy and take a pragmatic approach if a colleague raises concerns about a job they have been asked to do.
“We apologise to our customer for any inconvenience on this occasion.”
[A COMMENT] Perhaps all Christian employees of Tesco should refuse to serve the halal meat they sell.
[ANOTHER] I asked a hijab wearing checkout girl in Waitrose what she thought about selling alcohol and pork and she said she'd asked her imam who said that since she wasn't actually consuming them, it didn't matter. Not all Muslims are nutters. This bloke should be sacked, though. [Brent & Kilburn Times] Read more
