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UK: Muslim Tesco worker sues chain for $26,000, claiming that work colleague broke wind in his face

Oct 22, 2018 9:34 am By Robert Spencer

Islamic advocacy groups in the UK and the US, along with their media allies, would have you believe that Muslims in both countries are victims of discrimination and harassment on a massive scale. Hence there are university and sometimes even government studies of “Islamophobia.” But behind such claims, we find that Jews are vastly more often the victims of hate crimes than Muslims are, and “Islamophobic hate crimes” are frequently incidents of this kind: denied on the one side and wildly exaggerated on the other. Even if Atif Masood’s claims are true, his monetary demand is wildly disproportionate. What’s more, his claim is unprovable, such that if his reward is denied, he can claim that as “Islamophobia” as well. It’s a foolproof scam.

“The £20,000 fart? Tesco worker sues chain after work colleague broke wind in his face,” by Benedict Moore-Bridger, The Evening Standard, October 18, 2018 (thanks to Inexion):

A Tesco worker is suing the supermarket chain for harassment and race discrimination after a colleague “broke wind in his face”.

Atif Masood, 42, a customer assistant at a branch in Thornton Heath, is demanding £20,000 — claiming the farting amounts to “bullying”.

He says he has not received an apology, and that Tesco has not investigated his complaint properly. Mr Masood claims it was one of a number of acts of less favourable treatment he suffered because of his Muslim background.

Tesco denies the claims despite an internal investigation stating it was found that there was “sufficient evidence” from CCTV footage to support his farting allegation.

In legal papers submitted to the London South employment tribunal, Mr Masood claims there was “too much racism” in the Thornton Heath store, and felt he was discriminated against by colleagues because he was Pakistani.

He claims that WhatsApp messages sent to him were “derogatory” and he felt insulted by alleged comments such as “Muslims are terrorists” and being called “a liar” in front of customers.

The documents, seen by the Standard, claim Mr Masood raised with bosses a “very serious and disturbing act” that in December last year a senior colleague had “broken wind in the claimant’s face”, in the presence of another worker — and that those two members of staff “started laughing at the claimant”.

Mr Masood, through his lawyers, Rahman Lowe Solicitors, alleges it amounted to “unwanted conduct which had the purpose or effect of violating his dignity or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating and/or offensive” [situation], and in the “act of breaking wind in the claimant’s face, a smelly environment for him because of his race”. Mr Masood, who has worked for Tesco since 2006, raised an internal grievance, which in February this year found no evidence of race discrimination and that the statements were made with the intention of being a “joke”.

Although acknowledging that the farting grievance had been upheld, Tesco said the accused colleague “vehemently denies” that he passed wind in Mr Masood’s face. In papers submitted to the tribunal in July, Tesco denied all the claims on behalf of all those accused. Tesco also said in the papers that Mr Masood failed to substantiate his allegations and that his grievance appeal was dismissed after “due consideration”….

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  1. Jay says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 9:49 am

    The world has gone mad!! If England allows this mass invasion of people that don’t want to acclimate to
    English values and customs, and want to change all the rules of society, this is the kind of trivial
    lawsuits they will encounter. It’s absolutely pathetic that this lawsuit got this far! England has much bigger problems to address like terrorism. Attacks on innocent people daily on their trains, and in streets
    and restaurants, and churches, has risen enormously!! And of course no-go zones . And the cost to the tax paying citizens to support all the invaders, with welfare, housing and medical expenses.
    England is surrendering their sovereignty and customs little by little and cannot see it!
    Winston Churchill is not resting well today. God save the queen!!

    • Ecosse1314 says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 1:27 pm

      England does have big problems. Mainly due to the fact it has no sovereignty. That is vested in the parliament of the UK and N.Ireland. You realy should stop being a complete fool.

      • gravenimage says

        Oct 22, 2018 at 6:24 pm

        In what way does Jay’s concerns over Muslims flooding into England and waging violent Jihad there make him a complete fool?

      • Dave says

        Oct 23, 2018 at 6:16 am

        Ecosse, we are in the process of leaving the constriction of the EU. Soon we will be free.

  2. The Remorseless Headsman says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 10:08 am

    This begs the question, “What was Mr. Masood doing so that his face was positioned by the alleged perpetrator’s hind quarters”? It sounds like Mr. Masood simply found what he was looking for, end of story.

  3. D-spot says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 11:14 am

    British humour – most of us enjoy a good laugh, muslim sensitivities {when not bombing, raping and murdering their fellow citizens) is open season for the Brits – would love to see the CCTV footage posted – , worthy of Monty Python!!

    • mortimer says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 11:29 am

      The law-suit could also explode in the complainant’s face.

      • Ray Jarman says

        Oct 22, 2018 at 1:37 pm

        +++++++1

    • Greg Murphy says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 6:39 pm

      No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!

      • gravenimage says

        Oct 23, 2018 at 10:29 pm

        🙂

  4. mortimer says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 11:24 am

    Brits often have BAKED BEANS for breakfast, so what else is new?

    By the way, Egyptians also eat beans for breakfast … a dish called ‘FUL MADAMMAS’ (or fava bean salad).

    So what else is new?

    • FYI says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 11:39 am

      For the scholars of islam to ponder..

      What happens in a mosque… if the holy yusuf,while bending over saying his “prayers”,farts in the face of the man behind him?
      What if it is deliberate and intentional with malice aforethought?
      What if a riot breaks out over the breaking of wind in the ‘holy’ space of a mosque?
      Will violence be the solution as it always is with “the religion of peace”?
      Is it an “insult to allah”?Is it the voice of the “prophet”?An islamic act of terror involving chemical weapons?
      Is ibrahim itace muhammed in the building talking about “mithraist” anuses again and smelly women?
      Will the holy yusuf be beheaded for insulting islam/its prophet?
      What if the imam farts during one of those hate “sermons”?
      And what has farting got to do with racism?

      • Ray Jarman says

        Oct 22, 2018 at 1:43 pm

        I swear that if there was a posting about a bunch of fools who were going to block traffic or pedestrian traffic, I would not only eat a bowl of beans, I would fry a pan full of garlic. Hell, I might even eat a BLT sandwich while I walked past them.

        • Joss says

          Oct 23, 2018 at 5:48 am

          Accompanied,, Ray, by a woman -preferably with bare arms – leading a black dog!

        • Joss says

          Oct 23, 2018 at 5:55 am

          Accompanied, Ray, by a woman with bare arms, leading a black dog.

      • Harold Armitage says

        Oct 23, 2018 at 3:52 am

        More English humour.
        They are known as “Arse sniffers!”

  5. Jayell says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 1:38 pm

    Muslims are responsible for over 90% of terrorism worldwide and I would think virtually all of it the UK. Furthermore it has been literally sanctioned in the Qur’an. So there’s a greater-than-average chance that he would be a terrorist. The Qur’an also specifically sanctions dishonesty, so therefore it would be quite likely that he would have a tendency to lie. So the unwelcome media comments are not without justification. However, Tesco’s can hardly be responsible for what theiir employees say to each other at any time, and least of all out-of-hours via social media unless it involves an illegal act that might warrant disciplinary action and referal th the police. Saying horrible things and expelling gaseous substances from anus have never been illegal on the UK, so the only reasonable outcome is that muslim makes an expensive fool of himself.

    • b.a. freeman says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 2:56 pm

      … the only reasonable outcome is that muslim makes an expensive fool of himself.
      —
      yes, Jayell, but given that the judge is likely to be a leftist, and the jurors, if any, will also be at least nominally leftist, neither what the law says, or what is reasonable, has any bearing on the outcome.

    • Anne Smith says

      Oct 23, 2018 at 11:45 am

      Unfortunately saying horrible things about Islam is now regarded as a “hate crime” under Theresa May’s stealthy implementation of Sharia.

  6. Sheikh Anvakh - ❌❎ (Labour is a racist endeavour) (@Sheikh_Anvakh) says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    As it commands in the Koran: Use the Unbelievers laws against them. How it must stick in his craw, that Tesco was founded by a Jew.

  7. Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 2:07 pm

    Fortunately, sharia has a fatwa for everything, including farting in the mosque:
    https://islamqa.info/en/answers/110273/she-passes-wind-continually-does-this-mean-she-cannot-go-to-the-mosque

    But our Muslimah sisters can be assured that queefing is perfectly okay:
    https://islamqa.info/en/answers/2175/passing-wind-from-the-front-passage

    Allah knows best!

    • FYI says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 3:54 pm

      They have wudoo to help

      wudoo voodoo……Not camels that pass in the night…but the winds of allah…..

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 6:30 pm

      Hilarious, Mark!

  8. EVILSPEAK says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 3:42 pm

    Taking into account when they pray they all have their arses in someone’s face you think he’d be used to it by now. Just give him a few thousand Tesco Clubcard points and tell him to sod off.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 6:32 pm

      Yes–given this is someone who regularly has he face up other men’s a**es, this is ridiculous.

      • Peter WF says

        Oct 24, 2018 at 12:37 am

        I gather from this that muslims must have one good quality – ability to hold their wind!!

  9. EVILSPEAK says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 3:46 pm

    Taking into account when they pray their face is usually inches away from another Muslims arsehole you think he’d be used it it by now. Give him a few thousand Tesco Clubcard points as compensation and tell him to piss off and grow up.

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 6:40 pm

      Yep.

  10. Salome says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 4:12 pm

    What does a fart look like on CCTV?

    • Pumbar says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 5:23 pm

      Him.

  11. gravenimage says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 6:22 pm

    UK: Muslim Tesco worker sues chain for $26,000, claiming that work colleague broke wind in his face
    …………………………..

    This actually happened twice to me when I was working crummy jobs when I was first at university–both times with coworkers on ladders.

    The first time, at a restaurant, was clearly an accident. My coworker embarrasedly apologized, I accepted, and told him it was no big deal–and then stood carefully off to the side while still keeping a good grip on the ladder.

    The second time, at the International House in Berkeley, was moron who had already revealed himself to me as a jerk and a poor worker. He kept on breaking wind, laughing and “apologizing” implausibly each time. I finally told him to get off the ladder, because I wasn’t going to hold it any longer. Later I told my boss that I wasn’t going to work with this idiot again. First my boss had a good laugh himself, then said OK. It didn’t much matter, because that coworker didn’t show up to work after a couple of days.

    Did I ever consider trying to sue my employer? Of course not.

    But then, I’m not a lying supremacist Muslim.

  12. Greg Murphy says

    Oct 22, 2018 at 6:37 pm

    I don’t want to talk to you no more, you empty-headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

    • gravenimage says

      Oct 22, 2018 at 6:40 pm

      🙂

  13. ontheridge says

    Oct 23, 2018 at 12:51 am

    The judge should tell him he must bring the proof in a bag or it will be thrown out and he must pay court costs.

  14. dan christenen says

    Oct 23, 2018 at 2:49 am

    Was the fart accompanied by any offending odour ? Or was it pure CO2 and CH4 ?
    The damages sued for, must be proportional to the odour concentration – you know – “British fairness”.

  15. Malcolm Jackson says

    Oct 23, 2018 at 3:53 am

    All part of the Muslim gravy train.

  16. Joss says

    Oct 23, 2018 at 6:01 am

    Accompanied, Ray, by a woman with bare arms, leading a black dog.

  17. Dave says

    Oct 23, 2018 at 6:18 am

    Could this be the wind of change?

    • dan christenen says

      Oct 23, 2018 at 9:29 am

      Chicago in US is no longer “Windy City”; that noble title is now transferred to Thornton Heath in UK.

  18. pumbar says

    Oct 23, 2018 at 8:44 pm

    Maybe he could get a carbon niqab?

  19. Clarence D'Souza says

    Oct 24, 2018 at 10:33 am

    A fart is a lion roaring between two mountains.

    A fart comes out crying and goes out flying.

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