Working
for Sports Direct must be no fun.
It's well known that the pay ain't great, and conditions are dire.
However, the least you might expect as a customer is that you could get in and out of the shop without having your kids traumatised by the staff.
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Well, apparently not. One mum has had to reassure her son after a member of staff at Basingstoke Sports Direct told him Santa was dead.
The grumpy worker then went on to tell him where Father Christmas' bones are buried, all in front of his dad.
Lucy Blake took to Facebook to complain directly to the store, but her comments were marked as spam and ignored.
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She wrote: "My eight-year-old son was in your Basingstoke store today and was told that Father Christmas is dead by one of your members of staff serving him and his dad. My husband was horrified and quickly said 'no he's not you've got that wrong', your member of staff continued to say 'yes he is, don't you know your history?'.
"Again my husband tried to brush him off before the cashier then went on to say more of the same rubbish but this time adding where Father Christmas's bones were buried. You couldn't make it up. My son is really disturbed by this thought and the first thing he did was tell me and his sisters who are four and six what had been told to him.
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"I have already caught him Googling 'is Santa dead' - my heart skipped a beat at the thought of what he was about to come across Googling things like that. You see, Sports Direct, childhood is very precious and the magic of Christmas, no matter what your beliefs are, are exactly that - magic.
"But magic appears in a puff of smoke and disappears just as quickly. Today your member of staff may have stolen a precious piece of my son's childhood with the wisdom he felt the need to share whilst scanning sports clothes.
"He very nearly took my little boy's last few precious years of truly believing in magic and miracles."
Mike Ashley, Sports Direct's owner, is not that popular in Newcastle - but murdering Father Christmas would really take the cake (left out with a glass of milk to lure him to his death).
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Luckily, Ms Blake is nicer than him. She told LADbible: "I just want to be clear that I don't wish any bad feeling on this guy [the worker]. It's Sports Direct that are now at fault for ignoring my complaint and hiding it when I posted it. They should have dealt with it on his behalf"
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.
Words: Tom Wood
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