Was It In Order For This Bus Driver To Ask His Passenger To Remove Her Veil?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6046771/Bus-driver-demanded-Muslim-woman-removed-veil-got-board.html

[Buenchico]

No.

He should be sacked.

[Zacs-Master]

What Chris said.

[jim360]

No.

[jackthehat]

No.

[Mamyalynne]

No, as his employers have stated.

[Barmaid]

No.

[SparklyKid]

Should bank cashiers be sacked for asking motor cyclists to remove their helmet

[Rockrose]

No
Sparklykid - what has a photocard to do with it - she asked him for a ticket . So obviously did not have a photocard

[fiction-factory]

No, not if his employers have not supported him. It may not be a factor here but I do wonder though how travel passes with photo ID work in such cases- eg my rail card has our photos on

[sunny-dave]

He was not doing it to establish ID - that would be just about OK if she was using a bus pass.

She wasn't - and he was wrong.

[237SJ]

No but I`ve got equal contempt for interferring busybodies who insist on filming everything and sticking their oar in.

[sunny-dave]

I happily remove my crash helmet in banks and petrol stations - I would expect a veil to be lifted for ID verification in similar circumstances - but not just because someone was 'scared' or 'offended'.

[nailit]

One of the comments says it all for me
//So she thought it was acceptable to video him but he was not allowed to see her face. Amazing how some people's idea of equality work//
Its not about race or religion, its about public safety. Someone wearing a balaclava wouldnt have been allowed on the bus (or in the bank, shop or anywhere else.

[Spicerack]

Poor foreign driver had no idea how ruined this country is.

[Rockrose]

She didnt video him nailit another lady did when he started ranting at her.

[Mamyalynne]

Poor driver may not have been fully trained in the rules of the company employing him - that needs attention.

[jackthehat]

if the Bus company has a policy of only allowing passengers to board their vehicles providing the driver/conductor is able to see all of their face, then he *may* have had a point in requesting that she remove her niqab.
The don't and so he didn't....
Comparisons elsewhere don't match.

[ichkeria]

Good grief. Initially I thought it was the passenger asking the driver to remove her veil!
Normally I don’t agree with sacking people but this comes close. Not ‘asking someone to remove their veil’ but having a rant. Maybe an anger management course ...

[Lie-in King]

No.