The Lancashire Telegraph has published a dramatic story about a highly disabled pensioner who has been banned from her local post office after a row with a worker who was praying during his shift.
70 year old Sue James left her mobility scooter outside and despite sever disability walked into the shop and was waiting for about 5 minutes before anyone appeared.
The mum-of-one muttered out loud, ‘This is b****y ridiculous’ before a member of staff ‘jumped up’ from behind the counter and told her: “How dare you speak to me in this way?”
A war of words then ensued between her and the shopkeeper and she told him: “It’s not a church, this is a post office.” She was told to leave the shop for being disrespectful and she was permanently banned.
According to The Telegraph:
Mrs James, who lives alone in sheltered accommodation five minutes away at Lingfield Court, said: “I stood there waiting for five minutes and said ‘this is b****y ridiculous’, when out of the blue a man jumped up off the floor.
“He told me not to speak to him like that because he was praying. I was shocked. I told him it’s not a church, it’s a post office.”
The former Chorley hairdresser now has to travel to the next nearest post office, two miles away in Mill Hill, to collect her pension.
Adam Bux, who has been running the business for several years but was not at the store when the incident occurred, came down in full support of the worker and said it was entirely the right thing to do.
Bux said:
I remember the worker telling me the story and I told him he made the right decision.
He took five minutes out of his shift to do prayers, which he is entitled to do and is stated in his contract of employment.
He was prepared to serve the lady but he told me she was being horrible and abusive. It was his executive decision and he said it was not acceptable.”
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