Sainsbury staff called me stupid, childish and pathetic

I_know_my_ABC_and_my_CMYK

tbourner wrote: »

Would you let a blind person work on the till then? Would you allow a blind person to be a paramedic? How about employing a bricklayer with no arms?
His disability (if he even has one) doesn't allow him to work in a customer facing job - tough luck.

Quick Save used to train their till operators to hit the keys without looking at them.

They did employ a blind person at a store i used to go in, he was more accurate than the ones who could see.

vyle

I_know_my_ABC_and_my_CMYK wrote: »

Quick Save used to train their till operators to hit the keys without looking at them.

They did employ a blind person at a store i used to go in, he was more accurate than the ones who could see.

Blind people can speak, have decent spacial awareness (considering) and don't spout insults like a fountain, and you can also see if somebody is blind so may be more aware/tolerant of any mistakes they might make.

If somebody is calling you a c*nt when you're doing your shopping, it's not nice for you or for others around you. I wouldn't recommend someone with parkinsons to be a brain surgeon. Nothing personal against people with parkinsons, but there are some things you're not suited to, regardless of the best will in the world.

I'm disabled and I know a bunch of jobs that I shouldn't do for my health and because my disability would make me rubbish at them. I would hate to be put in a job I'm not suited to because people are trying to be PC.

marvic31

Can we have some more facts please,

Was there anyone else in the queue who heard this?
Why did you not report it at the time?

If you were abusive to a member of staff, they would not hesitate to get a manager over to report you. If they have lots of complaints about him, then I don't uderstand why he is still on a checkout.

Seriously what manager puts someone with "tourettes" on a checkout?? Is someone having a laugh here.
Who hires someone as a checkout operator with tourettes?

sassy_one

He is free and fully able to do any job he wants, even with a disability and its dis heartening to read people saying complain about a poor guy who is working with a illness!

Can't do right from doing wrong!

sassy_one

marvic31 wrote: »

Can we have some more facts please,

Was there anyone else in the queue who heard this?
Why did you not report it at the time?

If you were abusive to a member of staff, they would not hesitate to get a manager over to report you. If they have lots of complaints about him, then I don't uderstand why he is still on a checkout.

Seriously what manager puts someone with "tourettes" on a checkout?? Is someone having a laugh here.
Who hires someone as a checkout operator with tourettes?

Oh really, please carry on.

Why can't we put someone on a check out, who isn't on the dole, who is working for their living, because they have a disability, namely Tourettes in this case?
Please do enlighten me, as I tell you this, if you had a firm and did that you'd be liable to a claim.

Never read such a anti-disability post on here.

Think you need to read up on the law:

Disability Discrimination act 2005

https://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/ukpga_20050013_en_1

mobile48

Recommend watching Keith Allen's Tourette De France DVD that can be brought or rented on-line.

Action that help people accept jobs for those with Tourette syndrome (TS) is great.

marvic31

Why can't we put someone on a check out, who isn't on the dole, who is working for their living, because they have a disability, namely Tourettes in this case?
Please do enlighten me, as I tell you this, if you had a firm and did that you'd be liable to a claim.

Never read such a anti-disability post on here.

No its common sense, if I went through his checkout( I dont know him from Adam) with my young kids and he starts giving me abuse, do you think I am going to accept that?

For his own safety and colleagues safety, he should not be working in a customer facing role. One day he will give abuse to the drunk or the junkie who will not have any sympathy. Then they bring their pals in, escalates to violence, someone gets seriously hurt.

This is all from personal experience in the supermarket where I worked.

Spartacus_Mills

SukieSoo wrote: »

Allowing for the fact that this guy has tourette’s, would it be wrong of me to write to head office and complain? If he is incapable of taking responsibility for the things he says, is it wrong of me to expect Sainsbury to take some responsibility? I'm not saying they should fire him, but surely they could move him to a non-customer facing position? All they seem to do is just keep telling him off over and over then putting him back on the checkouts knowing he's going to have a go at customers again.

It would not be wrong of you to write and complain. You should do so. Had it happened to me I would. Sainsbury's would not put up with you abusing their staff verbally, indeed some organisations would not hesitate to call the BiB.

You should complain. What action they take is up to them.

To make allowances for any perceived illness or disability is patronising.