felt humiliated and insulted by two tesco female staff yesterday

as a 54 years old gay man raised a Catholic with autism myself, I’ve previously worked for Tesco for 17 years before Covid where there were previously 2 other staff members with autism that I’m aware of at my former store who ended up being driven out by bullying and when I worked there, there was a well established culture of bullying in my former store where other colleagues would openly back and support bullying behaviour - however, what you experienced as a customer was totally inappropriate and has clearly crossed a line because it was totally unprofessional - clearly, bullying has got much worse in Tesco since Covid and is extending to customers as well with these racist and prejudiced attitudes - you really do need to take legal advice and take legal action against Tesco, as they do need to be held accountable for their actions in a court of law in front of a judge and jury

@justanobody00 I'm so sorry that happened to you and no, you're not overacting and yes, it is completely unacceptable, particularly as you were veiled. I wouldn't accept being fobbed off with no email address and being told you've got to go in to the store. What a cheek. The two staff members are clearly thick and extremely ignorant. If you want I'll put the CEO of Tescos email address in a minute, I emailed recently a complaint, nowhere near as serious as what happened to you but it was dealt with the same day by one of his 'specialist PAs'. I'd never trust a local duty manager to deal with anything. Try and have a relaxing evening; there are more good than bad I'm sure but it's sad that such ignorance exists.

just to act as devils advocate, but not to belittle your experience. My friend and I were in Marks some years ago. We were in the midst of a conversation laughing away. But at the same time there was a gentleman with his son who was disabled and was very distressed making high pitched noises. The father came over to us shouting how horrible we were for laughing at his son’s predicament when we tried to explain that we’re not, he would not have any of it. Sometimes we can be over sensitive. But if these two ladies were talking about you, please try and ignore it they have the problem not you. Don’t let their ignorance keep you inside hiding away. You have as much right to walk this earth as any other person.