Irish Examiner view: Retail staff deserve better treatment

Abusive behaviour

A man was abusive to retail staff at the Centra on Oliver Plunkett Street. Picture: Dan Linehan

Readers may have noticed the report of a court case in yesterday’s paper which focused on an incident which occurred at a Centra outlet in Cork City before Christmas. 

The court was told by Sergeant Gearoid Davis that on December 15 a man was in the shop taking food items and verbally abusing staff, adding: “The accused left the shop and continued to verbally abuse shop staff from out on the street, calling one shop assistant a fucking bitch.”