Pink Pound weakness

One of the most relevant facts in this economical crisis is that nobody is free of the downturn and its effects on any business. It´s a buzz on the Gay press that one of the iconic shop chain in gay products CLONE ZONE has called administrators in. The company has several shops nationwide and a online sale service and many will recall those eye-catching window shop advertisements.
It seems that that is not enough to attract customers.

As the crisis moves forwards as Attila did on his conquest, people start considering what it is a priority when it comes to spend money. The "Pink Pound" seems to have weakened as much as the real one did against the Euro. The gay scene is not free of the economical twist in our society and people think twice when deciding whether those Aussie Bums or Calvin Klein underwear are worth the money.

In the coming months, we may see more businesses in difficult. I wonder whether drug dealers are also having a downfall (rather then the usual after-morning one)

Big Fat Gay

In a piece of news published on The Pink Paper, Carphone Warehouse apologised to a customer for having been branded a "Big Fat Gay" in a note written on the paperwork handed for a phone repair.
It must be really naive for the company to justify such abuse as a "internal note not meant to be seen by the customer" and as "foolish message". It is totally irrelevant the fact that it should have been for staff only reading, it though shows that it is a case of "internalised" homophobia and a lack of respect by the person who wrote the note and a total misjudgement from the company when it came to justify the message.

If the message is not clear, people will feel that incidents like these are allowed or permitted to some extend. If the person who wrote the message cannot understand the consequences of his language, how could that person deal with gay people in the future?
Perhaps, it is just another example of the reasons because gay activism has a reason to be nowadays.

Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has apologised after a customer with a broken phone was given paperwork that described him as a "big gay."

Muddasser Ishaq from Birmingham, England visited a Carphone Warehouse branch in the city centre to return a broken phone.

The following day when looking through the paperwork he was handed, he found the offensive note.

Mr Ishaq told BBC Birmingham, "When I got the repair form I didn't take much notice of it until the next day when I was reading through it and I noticed what it said on there.
"Basically I was disgusted by what had been left by the member of the staff."

Carphone Warehouse said that it was a note that was not meant to be seen by the customer. They described it as a "foolish" message between colleagues

The company said that it would ensure that it does not happen again but would not comment on whether staff would face any disciplinary action. The BBC report that the customer may be offered compensation.

By Staff writer, by The PinkNews.co.uk