More PC gone mad

[Specialone]

Tesco store in washwood heath, brum about 3-4 miles away from me, have re-painted the white parking zone blue cos it was felt to be insensitive to local residents (predominatly asian now).
WTF is going on in our country?
The story was printed in our local free gazette and tesco hadnt issued a statement at time of print but verbally have admitted it to a local estate agent, who wrote to the gazette originally.

I didnt get this from the daily mail either.

[Dave20046]

Bet gargamel's distraught.


awful joke I know

I'd take it with a pinch of salt until tesco comments, but perhaps it's part of their gameplan for world domination (we have 10+ stores in sheffield now). And they must be doing well off their customers if they can blow money on crap like that - maybe worth giving asda a visit.

[Specialone]

Bet gargamel's distraught.


awful joke I know
I would critise it if i understood it ;)

[yorkie_chris]

One of the local supermarkets other year whinged on the PA about England flags on peoples cars being offensive.

About half the folk in there dropped their shopping wherever they were and walked out, which was nice.

[Specialone]

Bet gargamel's distraught.


awful joke I know

I'd take it with a pinch of salt until tesco comments, but perhaps it's part of their gameplan for world domination (we have 10+ stores in sheffield now). And they must be doing well off their customers if they can blow money on crap like that - maybe worth giving asda a visit.

That area now is like downtown bagdad, i dont go there anyway :(

[Specialone]

One of the local supermarkets other year whinged on the PA about England flags on peoples cars being offensive.

About half the folk in there dropped their shopping wherever they were and walked out, which was nice.

Cool, respect to them.
What really boils my carrotts is most of the time its not the ethnic minorities that complain, its the dudley do right whites.

[Airwolf]

tesco's are a joke with stuff like this. my mum use to work in the new malden branch, the asian staff could celebrate ramadan and all that.
but the english staff could not celebrate st.george's day! just in case it offended!

[dizzyblonde]

Well you know what Tesco says...

Every Little helps!

[Specialone]

Every Little helps!
Who tho, their coffers ?

[Miss_Undaztood]

Tesco store in washwood heath, brum about 3-4 miles away from me, have re-painted the white parking zone blue cos it was felt to be insensitive to local residents (predominatly asian now).

I don`t get it, why would it matter what colour the parking is ?

[Specialone]

I don`t get it, why would it matter what colour the parking is ?


Exactly, why change it though ?
If it had been blue from the start, nobody would have cared, apart from blue people ;)

[Bri w]

Exactly, why change it though ?
If it had been blue from the start, nobody would have cared, apart from blue people ;)

The greens wouldn't appreciate the blue for fear of the danger to the environment.

[Ed]

Well you wouldn't see black lines, it wouldn't show up on the tarmac:lol:

And if they painted them yellow to keep the Chinese happy then everyone would get a ticket:p

So they need to paint em red, it would keep the Indians on side;)

And have a completely unpainted zone for the French and Italians:cool:

[-Ralph-]

When I ran an IT service desk in a call centre in Aston, I had to sack an Asian employee who had been making sexual suggestions to female customers over the phone. He pulled the race card and said I was discriminating against him because of his race. I asked him to turn around and look at all the call centre employees through the glass wall of the office, and ask him why the rest of the agents were not in the office being disciplined, and who exactly was he being treated differently to, as the majority were either Black or Asian.

Tesco's should be painting all parking areas white and giving them numbers instead, to ensure that they do not offend the minority race in Birmingham, namely white people!

[Specialone]

Whats next?
Banning white wedding dresses?
The list is endless if they want to look at this stuff, muppets .

[carternd]

I don`t get it, why would it matter what colour the parking is ?

If it was black, it wouldn't show up very well. Could have Rainbow lines, but that would be a tad pricey. Pretty though!

Sorry, am I allowed to say black, or white? Or must I say reflective or non-reflective of the entire visible spectrum?

[madnlooney]

hope they take the white bread off there shelfs while they are at it

[Paul the 6th]

I'm just waiting for someone to start a post with the immortal

"I'M NOT RACIST BUT..." :razz:

[carternd]

I'm just waiting for someone to start a post with the immortal

"I'M NOT RACIST BUT..." :razz:


I'm not sexist, but male and female connectors are an unnecessary innuendo and offensive to female mechanics in this day and age. I demand they are re-named.

[Paul the 6th]

better make that a uniform thing for computer, power and sound cables then :)

[Biker Biggles]

Im not racist but-----This is a black day for Tescos.OOOPS
Sorry Im off.

[Paul the 6th]

I've got a black dad.... what do you think about that?

[-Ralph-]

I've got a black dad.... what do you think about that?

Are you white? - In that case I think the window cleaner has more in common with you than you think. ;-)

[Biker Biggles]

I've got a black dad.... what do you think about that?
Im a substitute for another guy.;)

[Paul the 6th]

lol it was binky who originally made the black dad comment when my missus dropped the "I'm not racist but..." introduction :D

didn't half make me laugh :D muhahaha

[Captain Nemo]

what a load of sh1te.

companies started using blue lines a long time ago to differentiate between a normal parking space and a disabled space.as in blue badge holders space, this is the kind of stuff that stirs 5hit up in the same reactionary was as XXX bans England shirts !!!

i doubt theres an ethnic person on teh planet would be offended by "white" lines

[ChrisSV]

A KFC near me, has stopped selling bacon incase it offends the ethnic majorities **cough** i mean minorities.
And i once went into B & Q and bought some black outdoor piping, 3 pieces, and the checkout woman went " so thats 3 off white pieces of pipe then" to which i replyed no its bl00dy black piping :D

[-Ralph-]

i doubt theres an ethnic person on teh planet would be offended by "white" lines

I doubt there was an ethnic person involved in the decision to repaint the car park, otherwise he/she would have told their colleagues not to be so stupid. All it actually does is stick it in the face of coloured people even more, because all of the decision makers were obviously white, and felt the need to make some kind of change due to the presence of coloured people, who are obviously all too thick to realise that the colour wasn't chosen just to spite them. If I was a coloured person I'd see it as an insult to my intelligence, I know that white lines are usually used on tarmac, drain pipes are often black, and "chalk boards" have always been called blackboards 'cos they are black, not because somebody want's to be racist.

[yorkie_chris]

Proves my premise that a spade is a spade and left wing do gooder idiots need kicking in the c**t.

[Messie]

YC - even though I know you're a bit opinionated and are not afraid to speak your mind and are really nice face to face, think that's an overly harsh comment. No-one deserves kicking anywhere, just for having an opinion

[yorkie_chris]

YC - even though I know you're a bit opinionated and are not afraid to speak your mind and are really nice face to face, think that's an overly harsh comment. No-one deserves kicking anywhere, just for having an opinion

People can have all the opinion they want... but when they start using "Ooooh you might offend a disabled black lesbian by selling pork chops on a Tuesday" to impose their own silly little rules on people then they fully deserve kicking and worse!

[Messie]

Mmmmmm well not in my book ( the kicking and worse bit), but there ya go! ;)

[yorkie_chris]

Ok a firm talking to by members of whatever "minority" which "might be offended" and a removal from any position with the remotest sniff of power!

We have lots of head doctors in this country... fact that your store manager or whatever is ginger or did not get enough attention from his Ma or whatever is HIS problem not every customer of tesco!

[Paul the 6th]

I am offended by Mcvities hobnobs. Just look at this filth

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/gar617/hobnobs.jpg

[AndyBrad]

hahahahaha LOVE IT..

Look lets just have done with it. I mean why dont we just all wear those tent things burkas or whatever then it wont matter will it as no one will know? actually i wonder if i could get one for the next rideout :)

I mean im not racist but i am...



like your biscuit paul ;)

[ophic]

No-one deserves kicking anywhere, just for having an opinion
Not just for having a ridiculous opinion, no. Fairly harmless. But for acting on that opinion in any way whatsoever, including making daft decisions, then yeah some people deserve a good kicking.

IMHO. Don't kick me. :cool:

[Biker Biggles]

I am offended by Mcvities hobnobs. Just look at this filth

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/gar617/hobnobs.jpg
That takes the biscuit:rave:
No bother getting a BJ if you produced that.:razz:

[carternd]

Proves my premise that a spade is a spade and idiots need kicking in the non-specific gentials.

Fixt 4u!

YC - even though I know you're a bit opinionated and are not afraid to speak your mind and are really nice face to face, think that's an overly harsh comment. No-one deserves kicking anywhere, just for having an opinion

He's a Yorkshireman. He holds opinions so I don't have to!:razz:

[BigBaddad]

I am offended by Mcvities hobnobs. Just look at this filth

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/gar617/hobnobs.jpg


quoted because you can never have enough hobknobs. Try dunking that.

[BigBaddad]

I am offended by Mcvities hobnobs. Just look at this filth

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c154/gar617/hobnobs.jpg

I'm offended cause it's clearly Jewish.

[yorkie_chris]

Fixt 4u!

See that is implying that the store manager of a tescos branch with absolutely no future, a gerbil called steve and no mates (might even be ginger!) who is on a power trip might have some balls. Which is unlikely...

[Owenski]

Hehehe, I'll play the "I'm not a racist but..." card
I'm not a racist but... the following will definetly preceed accusations that I am.
I believe in a open and welcoming community, I belive that everything should please the majority.
So the minorities should just STFU an deal with things the way they are.

(Note: I'm very aware it will have been the gibbons at the board room table who decided to make this and many similar changes, but all they achive by doing it is producing discussion like this which further increases the divide).

[yorkie_chris]

There's a fine balance to be struck, you wouldn't tell disabled people to STFU and deal with the stairs... :-P

But then again I doubt any ethnics ever gave a flying f*ck about the colour of the lines in the car park!

[Owenski]

[QUOTE=yorkie_chris;2278446]There's a fine balance to be struck, you wouldn't tell disabled people to STFU and deal with the stairs... :-P
QUOTE]
you would ;)

[yorkie_chris]

I resemble that remark

[Owenski]

I resemble that remark


hehe thats genius

[carternd]

See that is implying that the store manager of a tescos branch with absolutely no future, a gerbil called steve and no mates (might even be ginger!) who is on a power trip might have some balls. Which is unlikely...

Since you appear to know the gentleman personally, I retract my remark...