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Calling a customer “Miss Piggy” and telling her in an email she was “rude and self-important” were sufficient reasons for a Wellington liquor store worker to be sacked, the Employment Relations Authority has ruled.
Stuff reports John Chan was dismissed as a duty manager at Miramar Liquorland after the customer reported his email to management.
It says Mr Chan told the customer he regretted not asking her to leave the store.
Stuff says after his dismissal, he sought lost wages and compensation for hurt and humiliation for unjustified dismissal. However, the case was thrown out by Employment Relations Authority member Trish MacKinnon, who described his email as “disparaging and belittling”.