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Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ (www.theguardian.com)
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Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago

Those motherfuckers made his four-year-old cry.

I hope corporate throws the book at them.

[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nope.

In an email later sent to Gray, Hobbycraft said they were continuing to investigate. “We would one again like to apologise for your recent experience in our store,” the email said. “We hae a zero tolerance approach to racism … and this is not how we want any of our customers to feel."

“Your situation involved the purchase of age restricted product which requires age verification, meaning all colleagues are trained to ask for ID should they believe the customer is under the age of 25. As you were unable to share ID with our colleagues, they were unfortunately unable to authorise the sale.”

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Always believe corporations.

[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Corporations aren't people. But they are fucking liars.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Absolutely right. (Sorry if my sarcasm wasn't obvious.)

[-] uis@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

25? Sounds arbitrary enough to not be mentioned in laws. How good consumer protection in UK? Can you file for age discrimination?

[-] kureta@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

25? what an arbitrarily high age limit. It's probably law, not company policy but even then.

[-] rooster_butt@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

They probably need to be 18. 25 is just what you should look to be over if they can skip asking for ID. When I worked at a bar we were told if the person looks under 35 you have to ask for ID to prove they are 21.

[-] uis@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Our comments are similar, lol.

what an arbitrarily high age limit. It's probably law, not company policy but even then.

I would expect 14, 16, 18 or 21 mentioned in law, not 25.

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