Gifting Season?

[webbo3]

https://twitter.com/Tesco/status/1447955249252155398?s=20

Sorry for putting this in news but I think this needs to put out there, would Tesco rename other religious festivals from other minorities, instead of happy Ramadan, how about happy starving.

[cashier]

They seem to have forgotten this is a Christian country, and no they won't be renaming other religions' festivals, it might cause offence.

[bednobs]

are you so insecure that this bothers you?

[Mamyalynne]

I take it you don't run a retail business.

[bednobs]

"christian country"? literally only by the skin of our teeth. We are nearly a secular country

[Peter Pedant]

you never say happy ramadan

the big blow out at the end is eid al-fitr and I cant recollect anyone saying eid al fitr mubarak ( mubarak - blessed)
BUT

Other greetings you can use (in English or Arabic) include: Eid Mubarak lakum wa-li-'a'ilatakum – Blessed Eid to you and your family. Litanzil 'alaykum barakat Allah fi Eid al-Fitr hatha – May God's blessings be showered on you on this Eid al-Fitr. ... Eid Mubarak – May you celebrate this every year.

I note they are using lakum - 2nd plur, and one is leik - there is no vous-tu divide in arabic

[wolf63]

I am not bothered about what they call it - but it isn't much of a sale. 46 items!

[Togo]

Harr Harr have a good starve. Lock your sheep up.

[Peter Pedant]

// We are nearly a secular country

and so we should be - France is a Roman Catholic gondree and has much stricter church state separation - laicite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism_in_France
one of the subject where the wiki treatment in a different language is rad difft, and not a translation.

a/c to the French, laicite is a way of life, idea, concept and not a translation of church state separation

[Peter Pedant]

oops
soza
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%C3%AFcit%C3%A9_en_France

[webbo3]

mamyalynne@18:56
\\I take it you don't run a retail business.//

No, but I've worked in plenty and was involved in the buying side of a large garden centre, so I do know stuff, do you. ?

[webbo3]

bednobs @18:53
\\are you so insecure that this bothers you?//
Yes it does its called Christmas. I take it you don't celebrate it then.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, I have retail experience and the main point is selling your wares to as many as possible - not using a word in an advert indicates nothing.

[Mamyalynne]

Put 'Christmas' in the Tesco Search box, I promise you it won't come up blank.

[Togo]

//the main point is selling your wares to as many as possible//

Phew that's a relief. I was beginning to think that advertisements were only for black or brown people. Can I still get life insurance and an eye test then?

[royfromaus]

They don't seem to have a problem saying Christmas.

https://twitter.com/search?lang=en&q=Christmas%20(from%3ATesco)&src=typed_query

[bednobs]

crumbs webbo i never had you down as an insecure snowflake!

[webbo3]

mamyalynne @19:32
\\Yes, I have retail experience and the main point is selling your wares to as many as possible - not using a word in an advert indicates nothing.//

And the biggest market in this country is.....?

[Mamyalynne]

I'm not playing your silly games, try posting a thread in R&S about your Christian beliefs and see what some of the replies are like (ps that's why I don't start threads in there), yet Tesco mention 'Gifting Season' and there's an outcry?

[royfromaus]

And the biggest market in this country is.....?
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Go on...

[maggiebee]

I detest everything about Tesco and wouldn't step inside one of their stores even if everything was half price.