http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/19/tesco-staff-could-face-disciplinaries-over-facebook-abuse-115875-21052852/Tesco workers may face disciplinary action for abusing customers on social networking site Facebook.
Thousands have labelled shoppers "morons", "idiots", "lazy"or "smug" on 87 groups.
Forums include If One More Person Asks Me a Stupid Question, I'll Kick Them and You Know You've Worked Too Long At Tesco When...
One worker even wrote: "Don't you wish they'd all go shop at Asda?" A spokesman said: "If some staff have gone too far, we'll investigate."
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/20/fury-as-waitrose-staff-brand-shoppers-pikeys-on-facebook-115875-21057283/Foul-mouthed Waitrose staff have fired off a volley of vile insults at their customers on social network site Facebook.
Workers branded shoppers smelly, pikeys, ugly and mad and made sexual comments about them.
Disgusted bosses have now launched an investigation into the tirades of abuse.
One Manchester worker wrote: “Pikey skanks wait till the last minute, gathered around the reduced-stuff-bin, or the cake shelves etc, to get the cheapest possible stuff.â€
Another in Brighton added: “There’s a gentleman who comes in every Monday who has probably never showered and stinks of p**s. This guy smells so f***ing bad that I could barely open my mouth to breathe or speak to him.
“People like that shud (sic) be shot!â€
A staff member at the Finchley store in North London called one woman customer a “dirty old loonâ€. The worker added: “You know, the one who you can smell in Fruit & Veg when she is on the Drinks aisle.†A colleague at the same shop boasted of his love for a woman customer. On a Facebook group called The Waitrose Pornstar Family Fan Club, he wrote: “All the lads know who
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I mean. The 6ft tall stunner with massive natural Bristols and a boyfriend who looks like he might kill you for looking at her.â€
And a Norwich employee wrote: “We have this ridiculously dressed, fat, old woman come in. She’s REALLY ugly and wears almost black eye shadow.â€
Yesterday a furious Waitrose spokesman said: “This is completely unacceptable behaviour.
“It goes against our codes of conduct which make it very clear that partners who post this type of material are in breach of their terms of employment.
“The nature of the internet makes it difficult to get content removed once posted, however we do have teams that monitor website activity and will be conducting an immediate investigation.â€
The insults appear on a Facebook page called Waitrose Isn’t a Supermarket, It’s a State of Mind.
Staff were asked to list what annoys them most.
Last week Tesco launched a similar probe after staff insulted customers on the internet.
these places on the internet are all public sites not private so the people concerned cant be amazed that its been picked up and made the papers surely!!!! you should always be aware of what you post can get into the wrong hands and get you into trouble...if its the truth then it doesnt matter but lies and nasty comments will always come back to bite you in the end, whats that saying? what goes around comes around and usually with a nasty sting in its tale..........
well if you arent prepared to back up what you say on forums or social networking sites then you shouldnt be on them in my opinion. which is why you shouldnt tell lies or be what youre not as it will al come out eventually.... i am what i am and you take it or leave it...im not bothered either way but i will stick up for myself against lies and abuse and will only tel the truth...shame a lot more people dont in my opinion but there ya go....
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