Gay couple's fury at Sainsbury's hand-hold complaint
A gay couple who held hands in a supermarket have expressed their anger after a security guard told them they were acting inappropriately.
Thomas Rees and Joshua Bradwell were in a Sainsbury's store in Hackney when the guard told them a woman had complained about their behaviour.
"It's really knocked me for six and I've spent the last day or so analysing how I'm perceived," said Mr Rees.
Sainsbury's apologised and offered them a £10 voucher.
The 32-year-old said they were holding hands, and that he may have put his arm around his partner's waist as they were buying their food on Monday evening.
"We weren't celebrating good news, we weren't all over each other, we weren't in the throes of passion - it was essentially just holding my boyfriend's hand as I do every day. I'm very much in love and that's how I express my love," he said.
(continued, being gay and at it down the aisles could drive away elderly customers who would be spending more?)
rarely costs me more than £15. Every couple of months Nectar send me a 'reward', in the form of vouchers. Without fail these vouchers say, "Save £5 when you spend £30 or more at Sainsburys."