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My mother Wrongfully accused of shoplifting PNP WITPOORTJIE
PICK N PAY WITPOORTJIE I am writing this very distraught.
On Friday, 3rd November, my mother, a pensioner, who has been a customer of Pick ‘n Pay Witpoortjie since you opened, was pulled aside by 2 security personnel. She was accused of *****ing, searched, her bag emptied out IN FRONT OF EVERYONE, and outright HUMILIATED, in front of EVERYONE. Where is the decency of taking a person to a private area.
She was “thought” to have ****** gum, as she had gum containers in her handbag. One container is from Australia and not even available in SA, and the other an old container with sweets.
Of these accusations she was of course completely INNOCENT. It is absolutely shocking how this matter was handled. People from her church and community, one of her neighbours did actually see this event, and just looked at her.
This is totally DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER. This is totally unacceptable. How can your staff treat people in this manner when they are not 100% certain. And then do this in a PRIVATE and DECENT manner..
They apologised, and now that is just it. Never mind the HUMILIATION and embarrassment this has caused my mother. She is still traumatised by this, and knowing her, she will be too embarrassed to show her face for a while.
Good day Iona,
Thank you for taking the time to address your concerns with us.
Kindly accept our apologies for the bad service received.
We view this incident in a very serious light and do not condone this sort of behavior at our stores.
We appreciate your feedback and value you as a loyal Pick n Pay customer and are committed to improve continually on our service levels.
Kind regards,
Vanitha Venketas
Good day Iona,
Thank you for taking the time to address your concerns with us.
Kindly accept our apologies for the bad service received.
We view this incident in a very serious light and do not condone this sort of behavior at our stores.
We appreciate your feedback and value you as a loyal Pick n Pay customer and are committed to improve continually on our service levels.
Kind regards,
Vanitha Venketas
