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In reply to the discussion: Muslim staff can discriminate based on their religious beliefs. [View all]OwnedByCats
(805 posts)but while there are large M&S stores, there are a lot of smaller ones - they may only have 2 or 3 cashiers on at a time. I lived in a small town with a small M&S that had 3 cashiers. One of them was an express lane. The lines could get pretty long in my local one, can you imagine waiting in a long line and then be told the cashier can't cash you out because you're buying beer? Then you have to wait for another cashier or worse, have to switch lanes (if it ever came to that). The Brits hate lines as it is, I'm sure more than a few are not going to want to be inconvenienced, even just a little. I hardly ever got offered to go ahead of the person in front of me in line when I had 2 items and they had a cart load. I also had people cut in front of me in lines quite a bit. I love the Brits, but when it comes to "queues", they aren't the most tolerant of people lol.