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Morrisons suspends staff for wearing a Poppy

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  • Tropez
    Tropez Posts: 3,696 Forumite
    Pollycat wrote: »
    I've seen the report in the Huffington Post and even they have printed the suspension letter complete with Morrison employee names. :eek:

    The headline says:

    but it wasn't a Lee Rigby tribute poppy, was it?

    It was a 2012 Remembrance poppy that he decided was a tribute to the soldier sadly murdered last week.

    Apparently Morrisons have revised their stance on staff in non-food areas not being allowed to wear registered charity wristbands.

    I wonder what the replies would have been if someone posted "I found a 2012 Remembrance poppy badge in my Morrison's granary loaf"?

    Exactly! Morrison's, sadly, cannot win either way here due to actually being sensible. I, for one, am glad that people working in food prep areas in a store are not permitted to wear any old item of jewelry that they desire, or charity wristbands (least of all because the wrists are a hive of bacteria buildup!) because it is unhygienic and unprofessional on top. We don't know where that wristband has been, nor do we know where that poppy has been. As you say, it's a 2012 one... which means it's been sitting around for months now; and for all we know, underneath a cat litter tray.

    Unfortunately, reactionary muppets like Louise Mensch who take to Twitter to promote their pseudo-patriotic spiel (despite the fact she doesn't live here anymore and has a picture of New York as her Twitter banner) won't consider this or blatantly ignore it so that they can mobilise their followers into abusing some poor Morrison's rep on Twitter due to the supposedly horrid slight against the armed forces.

    And you know, on another note, I'd rather not be reminded of a horrific murder when shopping for bread and cheese.
  • Slowhand
    Slowhand Posts: 1,073 Forumite
    Link to letter in OP now deleted.
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    Morrison has issued a statement confirming the letter and suspension is indeed true

    *removed due to personal details*

    Is that because it's May?? :D
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
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    It's on the BBC now and apparently Morrisons have said that they allow poppies in October and November

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22689008
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  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    It's on the BBC now and apparently Morrisons have said that they allow poppies in October and November

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22689008

    I think that's fair dos, personally. I'm a bit black and white about these sorts of thing, but I do feel that endless outpourings of public support can dilute everything. If you have poppies all year round then what do you do at Remembrance Sunday? Have even bigger poppies? A bit like one minute silences - a beautiful way of showing your respect and for really heinous events, two minutes seem appropriate. But three? Four? Where does it all end? Will we all be stood heads bowed for half an hour when something really, really awful happens?

    It's a society that's continuously obsessed with bigger! Better! More! It all loses its meaning eventually :(
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    lazer wrote: »
    I also hate that the bbc/ITV seem to make everyone wear them - even people who aren't british and probably wouldn't otherwise wear them

    You do realise that wearing a poppy isn't just a British thing?
  • runningwoman
    runningwoman Posts: 79 Forumite
    Anyone know if Morrisons are still doing half price on Ben and Jerrys/ Haagen Daas ice cream? - I meant to pick up a tub when I got an offers leaflet but forgot about it.
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 35,765 Forumite
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    Slowhand wrote: »
    Who 'leaked' the letter?

    According to the BBC website, the employee posted it on Facebook.

    It's headed "Private and confidential" - what part of "Private and confidential" does this man not understand? :huh:
    Anyone know if Morrisons are still doing half price on Ben and Jerrys/ Haagen Daas ice cream? - I meant to pick up a tub when I got an offers leaflet but forgot about it.

    I guess that puts things into perspective. :rotfl:
  • hamish222
    hamish222 Posts: 716 Forumite
    My MIL works for Morrisons and they are not allowed to wear a poppy in November at her store.
    Yearly Grocery Budget - £100.77/ £3500. January Treats Budget - £11.80 / £100.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    I think that's fair dos, personally. I'm a bit black and white about these sorts of thing, but I do feel that endless outpourings of public support can dilute everything. If you have poppies all year round then what do you do at Remembrance Sunday? Have even bigger poppies? A bit like one minute silences - a beautiful way of showing your respect and for really heinous events, two minutes seem appropriate. But three? Four? Where does it all end? Will we all be stood heads bowed for half an hour when something really, really awful happens?

    It's a society that's continuously obsessed with bigger! Better! More! It all loses its meaning eventually :(

    Yes, this is exactly how I feel.
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