Wal-Mart apologizes to Muslim woman over cashier's comment


Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has apologized to a Muslim woman who complained that a cashier in Utah mocker her veil, saying to her, "Please don't stick me up." The Council on American-Islamic Relations said the incident occurred on February 2.

According to the Associated Press, Rolando Rodriquez, a vice president and regional general manager for the company, sent the woman a letter saying that "I can assure you that the associate in question was disciplined in accordance with our employment policies as a result of the situation."

In addition, the store involved will hold sensitivity training sessions for its employees, with an emphasis on Islam-related issues.

It looks like Wal-Mart is handling this well, but I hope that the "discipline in accordance with employment policies" involved the immediate firing of the worker. If you need sensitivity training to know not to say stuff like that, you're probably too messed up to be working in retail.

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