Father-of-one says he was once selecting up an item for his wife, when employees rudely refused to let him input that small a part of the shop ‘for safety causes’; spokesperson handiest says they don’t permit men near the section’s trial room
A‘brief’ bout ofshopping at a popular retail chain within the town earlier this week escalated right into a quarrel between a male buyer and feminine staffers, culminating with undercurrents of an all-out gender conflict.
The incident came about on Monday night, when 38-year-old JohnMendonca walked in to the Pantaloons department at Akurdi. The employee of a well-known instrument company and father to a three-yearold child was once at the store to pick out up a corset that his wife had asked for. He narrated to Mirror that it was once round four.30 pm when he entered the small and reasonably empty undies section, situated proper next to the billing counter.
Immediately, Mendonca was once advised by means of a couple of female staffers that handiest ladies may input that section.
“My first reaction was once to in a well mannered way indicate that there is no board caution men that they particularly can't shop in this a part of the shop. When they could no longer give me a right kind solution, I asked who was once in charge and they called a senior counterpart, recognized handiest as Ujjwala. She attempted to oust me from there in a rude means,” shared Mendonca, including, “Her exact words have been ‘Tum jaise mardon ko andar nahi bhej sakte hum. Ye security and safety ka matter hai (We can't permit men like you in here as this is a matter of safety). She stated they might convey out the items of what I wished to shop for one by one and display them to me outdoor if I was that exact about what I wanted.”
This argument persevered for just about two hours, with out a other buyer intervening. In the midst of this, the female Pantaloons employee also hailed a random girl client and asked if she would really feel ok with a man’s presence within the undies section.
“The female buyer stated she was once completely nice with it. Still, the staffers stood their floor and stated they really feel ladies would be uncomfortable with a man in this a part of the shop. They asked me to do a survey of the same and return if I felt in a different way,” stated Mendonca.
During this melee, Mendonca’s wife, who works at a distinguished health facility, called him to ask if he had received the corset. “I passed the telephone over to Ujjwala, who in any case understood that I came from a real position. A couple of senior staffers came to me and apologised. They attempted to calm me down with a voucher, which I returned,” stated Mendonca, claiming that he spoke to nearly four ranges of officials after the interplay, all of whom promised to habits a team of workers training exercise and come out with a right kind policy on the right way to treat men visiting the undies section.
“I also escalated the matter to the Pantaloons regional industry supervisor, who recognized himself as Alhad. After a while, he stated the woman staffer alleged that I touched her inappropriately. I asked him to check the closed-circuit tv (CCTV) digicam photos,” stated Mendonca.
The instrument trade employee added that lots of his female colleagues expressed anger about the way in which he was once handled despite no in poor health intentions, and had taken up cudgels on social media.
Meanwhile, when Mirror contacted Pantaloons Akurdi store supervisor Nitin Hadawle on Tuesday, he stated an investigation was once being launched into the incident internally. “In the previous, we now have clearly observed displeasure at the faces of female consumers each time men input the undies section. That can have been the rationale those staffers flagged this buyer’s access. We are probing the matter. I am unaware if the female staffer involved has made any allegations of molestation in opposition to the man,” stated Hadawle.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson from Pantaloons commented at the building by means of e-mail, pronouncing, “In the pastime of the privacy of our ladies consumers, we discourage men from being near the women’s trial room house. In this incident, it's unfortunate that the buyer felt angry on being asked by means of store staff to transport clear of the undies section’s trial room house.”
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The incident came about on Monday night, when 38-year-old John
Immediately, Mendonca was once advised by means of a couple of female staffers that handiest ladies may input that section.
“My first reaction was once to in a well mannered way indicate that there is no board caution men that they particularly can't shop in this a part of the shop. When they could no longer give me a right kind solution, I asked who was once in charge and they called a senior counterpart, recognized handiest as Ujjwala. She attempted to oust me from there in a rude means,” shared Mendonca, including, “Her exact words have been ‘Tum jaise mardon ko andar nahi bhej sakte hum. Ye security and safety ka matter hai (We can't permit men like you in here as this is a matter of safety). She stated they might convey out the items of what I wished to shop for one by one and display them to me outdoor if I was that exact about what I wanted.”
This argument persevered for just about two hours, with out a other buyer intervening. In the midst of this, the female Pantaloons employee also hailed a random girl client and asked if she would really feel ok with a man’s presence within the undies section.
“The female buyer stated she was once completely nice with it. Still, the staffers stood their floor and stated they really feel ladies would be uncomfortable with a man in this a part of the shop. They asked me to do a survey of the same and return if I felt in a different way,” stated Mendonca.
During this melee, Mendonca’s wife, who works at a distinguished health facility, called him to ask if he had received the corset. “I passed the telephone over to Ujjwala, who in any case understood that I came from a real position. A couple of senior staffers came to me and apologised. They attempted to calm me down with a voucher, which I returned,” stated Mendonca, claiming that he spoke to nearly four ranges of officials after the interplay, all of whom promised to habits a team of workers training exercise and come out with a right kind policy on the right way to treat men visiting the undies section.
“I also escalated the matter to the Pantaloons regional industry supervisor, who recognized himself as Alhad. After a while, he stated the woman staffer alleged that I touched her inappropriately. I asked him to check the closed-circuit tv (CCTV) digicam photos,” stated Mendonca.
The instrument trade employee added that lots of his female colleagues expressed anger about the way in which he was once handled despite no in poor health intentions, and had taken up cudgels on social media.
Meanwhile, when Mirror contacted Pantaloons Akurdi store supervisor Nitin Hadawle on Tuesday, he stated an investigation was once being launched into the incident internally. “In the previous, we now have clearly observed displeasure at the faces of female consumers each time men input the undies section. That can have been the rationale those staffers flagged this buyer’s access. We are probing the matter. I am unaware if the female staffer involved has made any allegations of molestation in opposition to the man,” stated Hadawle.
On Wednesday, a spokesperson from Pantaloons commented at the building by means of e-mail, pronouncing, “In the pastime of the privacy of our ladies consumers, we discourage men from being near the women’s trial room house. In this incident, it's unfortunate that the buyer felt angry on being asked by means of store staff to transport clear of the undies section’s trial room house.”
She stated they might convey out the items of what I wished to shop for one by one and display them to me outdoor if I was that exact about what I wanted
At Pantaloons, men can’t buy lingerie
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