Supermarket worker slams the woman who shamed her for wearing makeup at work
A supermarket worker has hit back after she was shamed her for wearing makeup while she was working.
Kerry Whittaker described her experience in a Facebook post, explaining that a woman and her teenage daughter were laughing at her because of her makeup. According to Whittaker, the woman said: "Have you see the state on that? Who comes to work to sit on a checkout looking like that... don't know who she thinks she is." In the post -- which went viral and has since been taken down -- Whittaker hit back at the woman:
"I've always been taught if you have nothing nice to say then don't say anything at all and as a mother myself I think it's wrong to teach your children to be cruel to people," says Whittaker, who admits hearing the words "hurt". She responded to the woman with three points. "1st of all, why would you find that acceptable? I'm not harming nobody."
"2nd. Why don't you lead by example to your daughter about empowering other women rather than tearing them down," she continued.
"3rd. When you can do a cut crease as sick as this then come back to me and tell me I look like sh*t. Girl bye," Whittaker wrote. Sick burn, Kerry.
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
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