Not only is this offensive and condescending to women, but offensive and discriminatory against men. I spoke to someone who said he was in charge at the shop and was basically laughed at.
Please can every man who reads this ring them and apply for the job? There's also solicitors a few doors up who will help you sue them.
In all seriousness though, this and the leering and catcalling on the Harringay part of Green Lanes must make it the most sexist street in Britain. It's 2015, about time this was stamped out for good.
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One problem that might arise here is (I'm hypothesising…) that these women might not want to complain, that they will say they are happy in their work and would rather be there than not work?
They may be relatives of those who run the restaurants? (Mothers, grandmothers etc..) As I said, I do not know but this has happened elsewhere in the country, in the world really….. I haven't done research on this but just flagging this up as a potential thing to address.
There are some amazing assumptions being made about the women who sit in the windows making gozleme.
I've never seen this as any different to restaurants that have open kitchens displaying the chefs at work myself, and regularly buy from two places that use this system. The women always chat and seem very proud of their food.
I may, of course, be wrong and they may be terribly exploited. However, surely one of the principle belefes of both feminism and anti-racism has to be the right for individuals to express their own concerns and portray reality as they see it.
And unless you've actualy spoken to these women and heard from them them that they have the concerns you assume they should have, it's a kind of cultural arrogance and imposition to state how you think they should see their lives, surely?
I suspect they work hard, as do many of the men in the cafes in restaurants. They may well be underpaid, as are plenty of the guys to. The reason men may not be sitting there doing this work is because these women are experts and have been doing this for years. It may also, be, of course, that they're co-owners, very proud of what they do and happy to be seen at work. Unless we hear from them, we can't know, can we?
I'd much rather work in the window of a shop on Green Lanes than an office building in Slough.
The following email was received this morning from the owner of the new juice bar:
Dear Hugh,
I have been asked to look at the forum on the website about the sign which was displayed on the window by one of the chefs.
I understand that a lady came to the shop on Thursday 5 November in the evening where there were builders and pointed out about the display. I was not made aware of this until late that evening on 5 November and as soon as I was informed I have taken out the display from the window. it is unfortunate that the chef had put the display without us knowing and this caused understandable upset to the lady who pointed out this to the builders. I apologise for the incident unreservedly on behalf of the builders and the chef to the lady in question and all the members of the public and members of the HoL who were rightly upset about this.
I am aware that it is against the law of equality and employment to display or engage in practices as such. I already employ over 20 people in the Solicitors’ office and more than half of those are hardworking and dedicated women. This includes 4 female qualified solicitors against 3 qualified male solicitors.
Yours sincerely,
Murat Kinas
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