While Jenny was at the checkout of our local Tesco supermarket, waiting to have her shopping totted up, she overheard a woman ahead of her voicing her opinions on immigration.
The woman was being very anti-immigrant, so Jenny was prompted to voice a more pro-immigrant opinion.
At this, the cashier refused to deal with Jenny's shopping and said she would have to be attended to by another cashier - which she was.
But what are things coming to if a supermarket cashier can refuse to deal with you because she doesn't like your opinions?
I've never seen that before, and I wonder if Tesco staff are actually allowed to refuse service to a customer, or whether the cashier was acting improperly.
Jenny has emailed Tesco's chief executive, Ken Murphy, to complain. His reply will be interesting.
Update (November 8) Tesco has apologised for the cashier's behaviour and says "This member of staff has been spoken to about her actions and this kind of interaction will not happen again". Result!
