A train operator has been forced to apologise after an alleged racist remark was made over a station public address system.
The incident took place at the Wallsend stop of the Tyne and Wear Metro, when an eastern European man was allegedly begging passengers for money.
An announcement made over the PA system said: “We’ve had numerous complaints about your behaviour demanding money and begging. You might do it in your country but you’re not doing it here.”
Okay, I would take issue with it if I was one of the managers as it’s highly unprofessional. But it is not racist.
Last time I looked Eastern European men were white Caucasians just like most of the British population. So how was that comment racist? It patently was not racist.
Precisely.
Exactly. I’m rather tired of this “if its not British, it’s racist” lark. It’s so lazy
Reading the statement from the train company it does not seem at all concerned that its customers have been harassed and maybe even intimidated by this man.
Why would they?
They know they have a captive market, for the main. What are they going to do, walk to work?
“Forced to apologise” to whom, might we ask? Fuckwits pandering to SJWs and giving away their ignorance as usual.
Will the next announcement be “We apologise for the prevalent aggressive panhandling but our resident SJW’s complained about us trying to get rid of them…” Regardless of origin these beggars are a right pain in the fundament, at least they understand being told to £^&k off and no I don’t want a bloody big issue either.
I accompanied my mother to see her brother, in a care home in Kent, last week. AS we came back into Blackfriars on Thameslink, a woman came down the carriage placing tissues and begging notes on empty seats next to passengers.
When I told my mother this was a regular occurrence on these lines(though haven’t seen them on the Tube for a good couple of years) she looked as me as if I was mad for putting up with it!
I do wish people would learn the difference between xenophobia and racism.
If we didn’t let the buggers in, then there wouldn’t be a problem…