English girl told to leave Polish shop

[Perdita]

An English teenager was allegedly told to leave a new Polish supermarket in East Yorkshire because of her nationality.

Student Kaley Leighton explained that she likes to try "new things" and decided to buy a drink at the Polski Sklep in Goole on her way home from college, reports The Daily Telegraph.

However, the 17-year-old claimed that the shopkeeper immediately asked her if she was English and then ordered her out when she replied that she was.

She said: "He said to me 'Get out of my shop' twice. He said it really aggressively and I didn't know what to do because I was on my own, and he was a big man. I just said 'okay' and left.

"I felt angry, upset and embarrassed and couldn't believe what had happened."

The teenager has now spoken to East Riding Council and made a complaint of racism against the store.

[Katy]

thats shocking, its really harsh shes only a young girl as well

[Siobhan]

Wow.. I find that surprising as I have gone to loads of Polish shops here and never had any problems.. I have one very close to me with some really good stuff in it

[Abigail]

An English teenager was allegedly told to leave a new Polish supermarket in East Yorkshire because of her nationality.

Student Kaley Leighton explained that she likes to try "new things" and decided to buy a drink at the Polski Sklep on her way home from college, reports The Daily Telegraph.

However, the 17-year-old claimed that the shopkeeper immediately asked her if she was English and then ordered her out when she replied that she was.

She said: "He said to me 'Get out of my shop' twice. He said it really aggressively and I didn't know what to do because I was on my own, and he was a big man. I just said 'okay' and left.

"I felt angry, upset and embarrassed and couldn't believe what had happened."

The teenager has now spoken to East Riding Council and made a complaint of racism against the store.

I saw this on digital spy last night. This is actually in my home town. I don't know the lass but can't believe it got into the Telegraph. There's even a facebook group for it

I can understand where she's coming from. The Poles (and other immigrants) in my town can generally be a bit rude and have little patience with the British people. Some of them are good people and will stop to talk but on the whole, they're not.

[di marco]

i cant believe that! thats disgusting! if it had been the other way round it would have been a big deal, the polish would be the first to moan if they were chucked out an english shop

[Perdita]

Where I live, it is hard to find a non-polish or non-russian shop assistant. They tend to be quite arrogant and act as if the world owes them a living.

[Siobhan]

I must just live in a really nice area then... I have heard people go on and on about non-nationals and I have found all in my area to be nice and polite

[Perdita]

I am sure there are nice Polish people around, but here in Germany they have a bad reputation for stealing cars and flogging them back in Poland, so they might not always get treated nice by their neighbours.

[Abigail]

Yep, the polish in our town have a bad criminal record. Assault, battery, theft, shoplifting, the list goes on. Every week there is at least half a dozen reports in the local paper about immigrants in court.

[Trinity]

We have loads of eastern european people working in hospitality and catering especially in Scotland.

They seem to be just as nice if not nicer than some of the Scots who think that they are too good to be in that type of job.

Having said that, as a student I worked in hospitality for a while, waitressing in a 'nice' hotel, and the Great British public are a rude,rude lot. Perhaps constant insults and rudeness on the part some of the customers result in waitresses and shop assistants being surly and unpleasant, too?

What goes around comes around, as they say!

With regards to the girl being told to leave the shop because she is English - if it is true then it is disgraceful. You have to wonder if there wasn't more to it than that, though.

Why do we expect foreign workers to be more pleasant than UK born and bred workers?

Perhaps we should all concentrate on being pleasant ourselves and see how people react then?