Sacked B&Q worker banned from all stores for foul-mouthed rant over loudspeaker
'This is a customer announcement. I just got sacked and B&Q are c***s. F**k everyone. Have a nice day.'
A former B&Q worker says he’s been banned from all stores after calling his colleagues ‘c***s’ over a tannoy when he was sacked.
‘This is a customer announcement,’ Adam Powis, who filmed himself, says in the video at B&Q in Weston-super-Mare.
‘I just got sacked and B&Q are c***s. F**k everyone. Have a nice day.’
Recalling the events of November 11, the 18-year-old from Bristol said: ‘I don’t really get embarrassed but my heart was racing.
‘I was on my way out and I thought it would be funny so I acted a bit irrationally. I didn’t really think about it.
‘I made a mistake at work and then they took it further than they needed to so I was a bit annoyed. It wasn’t anything serious.’
The student claims he was sacked for vaping outside the designated smoking area.
He said he ‘acted irrationally’ because other staff members had done the same without losing their jobs.
‘I didn’t think I deserved it because people have done worse things and they’ve not been fired. I’ve seen other staff [vape outside the designated area] and that’s why I was a bit baffled,’ he added.
‘I actually enjoyed the job. I was good at it and I was never late. I wouldn’t even talk bad about the company but I felt I was treated differently.
‘I understand the criticism, but a joke is a joke and you can either take offence to it or you don’t. It was directed to staff in a sense but it wasn’t malicious.’
Adam claims the ‘banning notice’ he received last week means he will be treated as a ‘trespasser’ if he enters a B&Q store, and threatened with legal action.
He brushed off the alleged ban, saying he ‘doesn’t shop there regularly anyway’.
But he does have some regrets, admitting: ‘I probably shouldn’t have [made the announcement] but it happened. I do regret it a bit. Not because of what I said but more about future job opportunities.
‘If a company sees it then they might think I’m that sort of person but I’m good at my job and [in] the moment I got a bit heated.’
A B&Q spokesperson said: ‘We are unable to comment on individual cases. We have agreed processes in place, and any decision to review a colleague’s employment is not taken lightly and considers all relevant circumstances.’
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