British woman disparages Heathrow shop staff for speaking in Hindi
British woman disparages Heathrow shop staff for speaking in Hindi
The ongoing language issue in Mumbai has reached UK. A British woman slammed a Heathrow Airport staff for speaking in Hindi. It has become a debatable issue. The woman’s post on X has gone viral.
The comments section of the post was soon flooded with reactions.
Online users call her post discriminatory and unnecessary
The British woman’s rant Marks & Spencer staff at Heathrow speaking in Hindi sparked backlash online as the internet called her post discriminatory and unnecessary.
As per Lucy White describing herself as a Public Policy Specialist she had just landed at London Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 and stopped by an M&S outlet where she overheard three staff members conversing in a “different language”.
She asked them what language are you speaking?’ They responded ‘Hindi’. She has a voice recording and their names to report to M&S. We must confront them every time,” she said.
White’s decision to report the employees for simply speaking Hindi – India’s most widely spoken language – didn’t sit well with users online. While several tried to understand her point, most users questioned what rules the staff had broken and why she found it offensive.
Comments flooded in soon after. A user said, “I don’t see the issue with this. If I go to France with my wife, I’ll speak English with her – it’s our native tongue. What am I missing here?”
Another user added, “What arrogance. If they’re not dealing with customers, what’s the problem? Did you speak fluent Spanish during your entire holiday in Spain?”
One of the users asked, “So long as they’re not addressing *you* in Hindi, why is it your business? Staff are allowed to talk to each other in their own language while doing routine work. This is not racism – this is common sense.”
“I’ve worked with three Polish colleagues for over 20 years. They speak to each other in Polish and to me in perfect English. I don’t see why that should be a problem for anyone,” said a user.
Another user questioned her double standards: “You just returned from Rome. Did you only speak Italian there?”
News Edit KV Raman
