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| Clegg sympathises with supermarket worker in mobile phone row | Clegg sympathises with supermarket worker in mobile phone row |
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| The deputy prime minister has said he has a "sneaking sympathy" for the Sainsbury's till operator who refused to serve a customer who had been glued to her mobile phone at the checkout. | The deputy prime minister has said he has a "sneaking sympathy" for the Sainsbury's till operator who refused to serve a customer who had been glued to her mobile phone at the checkout. |
| Speaking on LBC's weekly Call Clegg phone-in, he said he went to "innumerable meetings where people don't appear to look each other in the eye, they half dip [in] and half dip out of conversations and they spend their whole time with their nose glued to their handheld appliance. | Speaking on LBC's weekly Call Clegg phone-in, he said he went to "innumerable meetings where people don't appear to look each other in the eye, they half dip [in] and half dip out of conversations and they spend their whole time with their nose glued to their handheld appliance. |
| "It drives me round the bend. They don't talk to each other, they mumble to each other while communicating with their own handheld appliances." | "It drives me round the bend. They don't talk to each other, they mumble to each other while communicating with their own handheld appliances." |
| He said he and his wife, Miriam, valued sitting at home together with their children not looking at iPads and iPhones. He said he "believed in the old saying: families that eat together stay together". | He said he and his wife, Miriam, valued sitting at home together with their children not looking at iPads and iPhones. He said he "believed in the old saying: families that eat together stay together". |
| Sainsbury's apologised to customer Jo Clarke, who was told her shopping would not be processed until she had finished her mobile phone call, at its branch in Crayford, south-east London. The company, which is offering her a voucher, said: "It isn't our policy to not serve customers who are using a mobile." | Sainsbury's apologised to customer Jo Clarke, who was told her shopping would not be processed until she had finished her mobile phone call, at its branch in Crayford, south-east London. The company, which is offering her a voucher, said: "It isn't our policy to not serve customers who are using a mobile." |
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