Comments on: Woolies apologises for mocking of gay man in store. But is it enough?

By: Leon de Klerk

Leon de Klerk — Thu, 18 May 2017 03:58:11 +0000

stop ridiculing those gay men who are more feminine. that is who they identify as and it does not mean they have to be transgender. I wish gays within the gay community would stop bashing each other, its bad enough that the straight world still has issues accepting gay people. if we all know what discrimination feels like, why then do we need to discriminate against each other. come on gay community, stop turning a cold shoulder to your fellow gay and rather give them a warm hug. no wonder gay men deal with issues like depression, suicide, eating disorders and isolation. what is the point of living up to a stereotype perpetuated by straight people. we should embrace each other instead of hating on one another. if we don’t we are just as bad.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 08 May 2017 14:36:09 +0000

It is unecessary to be so effeminate in public if you are gay, you put yourself up for ridicule in this world as you should know that people will mock you , laugh at you and no take you seriously. You are not a woman and need to behave more masculine as bless you are in trans state . Don’t embarrass yourself and neither the gay community please .

By: Roy Petersen

Roy Petersen — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 02:45:29 +0000

Just hurts my heart that a person can belittle another person like that. Woolworths needs to have a good hard look at their overall level of service lately. It has gone down dramatically. Always used to support them. So sad. Secret shoppers need to be introduced in every store. It really works. I will volunteer.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:39:32 +0000

It’s very unfortunate but does anyone really care NO they will continue to mock the LGBTI community until the LGBTI community stops supporting Woolies
Do they need staff gender sensitization training YES
Will anything be done about it probably not until the company is made to realise that all customers are important not just the heterosexuals

By: Liza Dickson

Liza Dickson — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:55:51 +0000

This has happened to me as well, Woolies in Main Stream, Cape Town!! Anytime when i get there they always laugh and at times I don’t get much help.

By: Dolf

Dolf — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 06:10:29 +0000

Unfortunate incident but human. I am gay and I also find some of these “fems” either extremely funny or completely embarrassing. Now I notice we have become LGBTIQ clientele. The person made a joke like we
have all done about different things. I do not need specially trained staff and I would urge the LGBTIQ not to drag all gays into their circus. A stand-up comedian needs a reaction from the audience, my view.

By: Sabelo mdletshe

Sabelo mdletshe — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 05:06:03 +0000

In recent days woolworths is just dissapointing, the current pool of employees are generally poor at customer service, long waiting ques,their nectarines are always off, fabric quality of their house brands, stock capacity in their mini stores, quality of their home range, things are just getting poor overall, in solidarity to you I am not going to that strubens valley branch until woolworths announce the said employes havd been dismissed, I live near strubens valley.

By: Margaret van zyl

Margaret van zyl — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 19:13:54 +0000

Woolworths on the whole have to pull up their socks. Pretty poor service. Food crappy. Rest poor. All clothes not worth buying for the price. Not the Woolies I was used to. Obviously dont shop there anymore.

By: Meny

Meny — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 12:25:02 +0000

One homophobic employee does not reflect the policy of an entire company, especially one as large Woolworths. There isn’t a single company of similar size that will not have a few homophobes. Was Zaaiman mistreated? YES. Did he complain about it? YES. Will Woolworths do anything concrete to bring the perpetrators to book? Besides the PR efforts to repair the damage done to the brand, I’d say highly unlikely.

By: Theunis

Theunis — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 11:14:59 +0000

This also hapend to me 5 years ago at woolies in N1 city capetown.since that day i dont put a foot in woolies.