Thug rule
Your correspondent who was fined in a car park owned by a Tesco store for apparently not displaying a 'blue badge' should perhaps refer to the main branch of the one of the three Tesco stores in Dumfries, where at least 50% of the vehicles using disabled bays do not display any form of blue badge. I have written to the manager of this store twice in the last year and have received the usual avoidance spin that multinational companies use to disclaim responsibility. As a result of their lack of policing this store is now boycotted by many disabled customers.
Asked on 19 December 2009 by
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Honest John
It's a dilemma faced by every supermarket manager. Does he antagonise some very nasty, vicious bullies who might take reprisals against his store and his staff? Does he turn away big customers who, because they spend maybe £1,000 a week at the supermarket, feel they have a right to park near the doors? Or does he leave them alone? Sadly, a boycott by disabled customers who don’t spend much won’t have much effect.
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