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Asda demands customer leave store telling him 'we don't like the way you shop'
Asda customer says he was left "humiliated" after being told to leave the supermarket by staff because they 'didn't like the way he shops'.Matthew Scholes said he visited Asda's Thornaby store to do his his weekly shop, after a 12-hour night shift at a care home, and was followed around the store by a staff member with a clipboard.The 49-year-old said that when he reached the alcohol aisle a female worker told him: "We have seen you in here before" and "I want you to leave the store right now".Matthew, who lives in Thornaby, said he tried to explain he had done nothing wrong.However, he said the Asda employee kept repeating herself and he had no choice but to put his basket down and leave the shop.Matthew said he contacted the retailer about the incident and was left stunned by their response.According to Teesside Live, an email sent to him by Asda executive relations said: "I have spoken to the store leadership team who have informed me they do not like the way you shop."I appreciate this may not be the response you were looking for and I am sorry for any disappointment this may cause."The company says that their colleagues can ask shoppers to leave if they suspect them of "suspicious shopping behaviour".Matthew, who works at Victoria House Care Home in Stockton, said: "I feel discriminated against and humiliated. I picked up a bottle of Ouzo and, at that point with a bottle in my hand, the woman said 'can I have a word? I want you to leave the shop right now'."I said 'what's going on I haven't done nothing wrong, I haven't stolen anything'.
