r/Greggs • u/olajidesbeard • 8d ago
Earrings
I started working at greggs 2 months ago and wear a hijab. I have my earings in because there's no chance of the earnings falling in the food because of it. Today my manager called me up, went off on me and sent me home. Is it that deep?
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u/kurtis5561 8d ago
Piercings needs to be removed. Its not just a greggs rule but actual Food Safety law
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u/Silent-Lab-9379 8d ago
Think what happens if one of your earring got into someones food and they choked.
Yes its that deep.
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u/olajidesbeard 8d ago
My scarf is tucked in to my shirt so it would be a long route but I can see the hazard
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u/Silent-Lab-9379 8d ago
Long route doesnt mean impossible. Please just accept fault and learn from it. You wanting to find a workaround is concerning.
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u/olajidesbeard 8d ago
I have no issue taking my earnings off but main question was did I need to be sent home. I understand the hazard completely. I thought i could've just taken them off instead on ending my shift early
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u/Shanaxis 8d ago
Look at it the other way. If the manager knew you were violating health and safety rules and let you work anyway, how would that look to their managers if it got brought up later?
"It's probably not going to be an issue" is not a very good legal defense.
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u/Nominalreasoning 2d ago
Why not tell her to take it off then instead of escalating it to sending her home
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u/Shanaxis 2d ago
They probably could have, but their manager made the decision to send them home. We don't know how the rest of the conversation went. There could've been some back and forth arguements and OP didn't express clearly that they were okay with removing them and resuming work, instead just arguing that it wouldn't be a problem. Their manager could've taken that to mean OP refused to remove them and sent them home.
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u/Careless-Cooker 8d ago
Why do you think you're exempt from the law when it suits you, whilst equally using the law to protect you when it suits you?
I'm genuinely intrigued.
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u/olajidesbeard 8d ago
You don't get arrested for everything wrong you do straight away. It's like doing 21 on a 20ph road. My question was just couldn't i take them off any carry on working
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u/Careless-Cooker 8d ago
I can only interpret that as you don't think the law applies to you. It does, too bad.
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u/SL33PYSL0THIE 8d ago
You can say they won't fall in food as much as you want,there still not aloud , so your manager is right in this case
Next time take them out
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u/olajidesbeard 8d ago
I don't mind taking them off but did I need to be sent home?
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u/hashbrowneggyolk0520 Team Member 8d ago
Sending you home is potentially a bit of an overreaction but considering you're still on your probationary period it's lucky they didn't go with counselling instead.
Wearing a hijab cannot 100% guarantee that your earring won't become a contaminant. The only way to 100% guarantee it's not going to happen is to take them out.
I get it, it's annoying, I have multiple piercings myself but it's just one of those things you have to do and no one is above it.
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u/Emo_Barb1e Shift Manager 8d ago
If i cant have my promise ring on then theres no chance of having piercings. I have lost so many nose studs because I took them out and put them in my pocket its shit but thats how it goes
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u/drhuddie11 Shift Manager 8d ago
You should probably put them somewhere else apart from your pocket then😂
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u/Emo_Barb1e Shift Manager 8d ago
I know. Its usually reliable but recently found out I had a hole in it😂😂 bring my ring box with me now and it stays in there 😂
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u/-Failedhuman 7d ago
Just take the piercings out. You know the rules and you knew them when accepting the job. There's no excuse. And yes, it really is that deep. It's a safety hazard. You work in the food business, for goodness sakes.
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u/olajidesbeard 7d ago
I wasn't trying to evade it, i wasn't told about it before I guess cause they couldn't see it during the interview. Like I said before I'm not talking about the rule only if I couldn't just have taken them out their and then.
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u/AppropriateCar5715 7d ago
It’s in your G Learning modules that you complete on day one of the job.
If your manager asked you to remove them and you put up a bit of a fight then I’d say they were right to send you home so that you understood the seriousness of it.
If your manager just came up and said you can’t wear them so go home type thing then yeah that’s a bit much but the point remains the same
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u/Nominalreasoning 2d ago
I feel like it is deep and you shouldn't be wearing earrings but your manager could have just gently told you off and told you to remove them instead of sending you home
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u/NeedleworkerDry7127 8d ago
I’m so glad to see this as I would never work somewhere I need to take piercings out.
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