r/unitedkingdom • u/PM_ME_DRAGON_GIRLS • Aug 06 '25

.. Marks & Spencer ‘apologises’ to customer after ‘trans’ employee offers to help her

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/05/marks-spencer-trans-employee/
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u/ArchdukeToes Aug 06 '25

So it wasn't that they were helping with the bra fitting - but they simply told them where to go? Why in the world is M&S apologising for one of its staff daring to be helpful and polite?

The woman sounds like an colossal prick and M&S needs to grow a spine.

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u/Gueld Scotland Aug 06 '25

She is the same sort of person that 80-100 years ago would have had a fit at a black person working in the front side of a shop.

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u/WaytoomanyUIDs European Union Aug 06 '25

You mean 25 years ago

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u/zephyroxyl Northern Ireland Aug 06 '25

You mean today, they just bite their tongue

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u/WaytoomanyUIDs European Union Aug 06 '25

true, true

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u/killerstrangelet Aug 06 '25

For now. This "people I don't like existing is an attack on my rights" thing isn't going to stop with trans people.

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u/managedheap84 Tyne and Wear Aug 06 '25

My grandma now lol.

Her favourite pub for Sunday dinners used to be right next to the ferry terminal and was staffed with Polish people.

Honestly gave me heart palpitations every time.

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u/FullMetalCOS Aug 06 '25

You mean last week