The controversy spread like wildfire in networks when the president of the Trans Footprints association of the province of Malaga, Cristina Alias, denounced that she had been the victim of a ‘trans’ attack in a supermarket of the Lidl chain in the capital, when the supervisor He has taken him “gentleman” at least “between three and four times” as explained by the affected person.
Alias’ account of the events is that, after calling him “gentleman”, she corrected him but, while the worker apologized, she continued calling her “gentleman”.
The version of the worker, who did not go to work the next day because she was very anxious about what happened and the chain has given her paid leave, is quite similar to the offended woman, with the difference that she explains that she did not do it with sarcasm or bad intention, but the error was the result of nerves. This is what the general secretary of the CCOO Lidl union section, Ángel Trujillo, told La Vanguardia, who recounts that the worker “understood that he was a man and called him a gentleman”, after which the client corrected him and “the colleague began to apologize and nervously, he called him a gentleman again”. “The woman felt offended but it was not her intention nor did she do it sarcastically,” says Trujillo.
“The company has no intention of punishing the worker,” explains Trujillo, who reports that what happened has been investigated by talking to those who were there at the time and that “it was a mistake and a misunderstanding and the result of nerves” and “It has not been a free attack.”
“The partner is very bad” because of what happened. She was resting today Friday and “the company has offered her paid leave, not as punishment but because she has gone to the press store and she did not have to experience that complicated moment in the workplace given her condition.
The general secretary of the CCOO Lidl union section has assured this newspaper that the company has called the affected party to apologize and explain what happened, after which Alias ??”has accepted the apology”. “This should stay there,” says Trujillo.
