All kicking off at Wolverton Tesco

Posted by AvadaBalaclava@reddit | miltonkeynes | View on Reddit | 23 comments

Hat man who pushes the trolleys has been told by new manager that he can no longer wear his funky hats for “health and safety”

We must rise up

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BananaHomunculus@reddit

Oh ok. Time to make this managers life fucking miserable then.

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Curvybass@reddit

Apparently they’ve u turned and he can wear his hats. I made my protest this morning!

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Successful-Piece1564@reddit

i spoke to him today actually nice guy

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butthole_network@reddit

Ah "health & safety" - the scapegoat for all bad managers who realised "because I don't like it" wasn't a good enough reason.

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Impressive_Horror_58@reddit

I`d like to see the risk assessment for that decision - the sombrero could be deemed to be PPE, limiting his exposure to UV, a real issue for outdoor workers.

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GreenAmigo@reddit

This suncream has to be applied every 1hour a hat works all the time...

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Same here, you could argue it's uniform violation, but the guy is on the spectrum and it keeps him happy and it doesn't bother anyone so let him do it, if the manager wanted to argue uniform violation then don't hide behind its health and safety.

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absolutejester@reddit

Only health and safety I can think of is if he's required to wear a helmet, if not then it's bullshit.

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newtonbase@reddit

They said the sombrero obscured his vision so they've banned him from wearing any non uniform hat.

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GreenAmigo@reddit

That gentleman makes me smile going shopping as he add something special.... we all don't need to be the same.

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Fair_Future7245@reddit

What???

We must protect him at all costs.

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Fantastic_Shame_6169@reddit

What can we do about this? Start review bombing the Tesco as one star on google?

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newtonbase@reddit

Loads of posts on the Massive about this. According to them petitions are the answer. They are not.

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tiphphin@reddit

Very little will cause me to reach for a pitchfork, but hat man always makes my day brighter.

I'm fairly sure that wearing a hat in the Sun or rain is good for health and safety...

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Substantial_Steak723@reddit

Always ask for proper context, this pushes idiot jobsworth managers into a corner and gives you leverage when you take it further, dress code annoyance (everyone should look like a drone) is not enough, and headgear is not generally included nor mentioned... Thus.

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Accomplished_Bank713@reddit

Philip is awesome and should be encouraged to wear whatever headgear he wants! How do we protest?

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absolutejester@reddit

All show up in funky hats.

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AvadaBalaclava@reddit (OP)

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jordansrowles@reddit

You just know this'll end up in the local rags, they'll ask Tesco for a comment, and they'll tell him to stop being a jobsworth

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absolutejester@reddit

So they're gonna give him a helmet then right?