A WAITROSE sushi chef sued his boss for harassment because he sent through a work rota after midnight on WhatsApp. Hemanta Mainali was so angry when he was woken by the early morning work message that he furiously typed back: ...Go f*** yourself....
A Waitrose sushi chef has sued his boss for harassment over a late night WhatsApp messageGoogle Maps
InstagramSumin Lohani (pictured) sent all his employees a message containing the rota but Mainali thought he'd been targeted '/ ' Mainali was working as a sushi chef at Waitrose at the time with his childhood friend and business partner Sumin Lohani. The pair owned an independent sushi kiosk franchise that operated inside a Waitrose supermarket. Mainali owned 30 per cent of the sushi business but Lohani was the majority shareholder, and his boss, and the pair had started to fall out. Mainali claimed Lohani's WhatsApp message was sent directly to him and was a ...deliberate attempt to disturb him... and ...encourage him to leave.... The pair then clashed heads again just weeks later \- having a violent confrontation in front of customers at the sushi counter of the upmarket supermarket. Read more on Waitrose
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How much? Man, 22, stuns with his monthly spending diary including £500 on eating out Mainali ended up walking away from his job and sued Lohani for harassment, claiming he had been forced out. But his case has since been heard by the employment tribunal and it was found Lohani had no intentions of disturbing his former friend and colleague with the message that night. The hearing was told how the pair owned the sushi kiosk at Waitrose in Godalming, Surrey, but had known each other since childhood in Nepal. But, that friendship became ...strained... in 2020 when Lohani sent the ROTA for the upcoming week to all his employees. Most read in The US Sun SAD END Tragic way Aaron Carter's body was found is revealed after 'crippling relapse' SAD TURN Aaron Carter shared eerie final post just hours before his shocking death at 34 TRAGIC LOSS Aaron Carter, 34, tragically found dead 'in bathtub at his California home' HOO LA LA I'm a Hooters girl - we don't always wear uniforms, sometimes we work in bikinis BLOODY PICTURES Horror pics of blood-soaked tent after Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders 'PROUD MOM' Teen Mom Farrah Abraham's daughter Sophia, 13, looks so grown up in new photo The tribunal heard: ...He sent it via WhatsApp. He did not send it to (Mr Mainali) only. He did not choose the time of sending to annoy (Mr Mainali) or anyone else. ...He had thought that people would read the message when convenient to them, and had not expected them to read/respond straight away. ...(Mr Mainali's) phone made a sound when this message was received. That had not been Mr Lohani's intention; he had simply given no thought to that possibility. (Mr Mainali) and his family were asleep, and were disturbed by the phone alert.... The tribunal heard how Mainali furiously responded: ...This is very wrong to post at midnight. Go f*ck yourselves.... Lohani then replied: ...Watch your mouth, I didn't ask you to check now.... Mainali left in the weeks that followed, but took the company to the tribunal claiming to have been the victim of a ...campaign... to force him out. He claimed he had been discriminated against due to ...mental health issues which include anxiety, insomnia and panic attacks.... He also claimed he had been ...bullied and verbally abused in front of staff.... However, his complaints of harassment and disability discrimination were dismissed. Most read in UK News REMEMBER REMEMBER A look at the life of Guy Fawkes and the history of the gunpowder plot HUSKY HORROR Man & woman charged over baby killed by dog 'raced huskies they kept at home' AWOL ANDY Andrew blasted for doing no charity work since pledge to make up for sex scandal KNIFE HORROR Teens 'murdered dad with Rambo knife before girlfriends helped them escape' ALL IS NOT BRIGHT Christmas lights CANCELLED across the UK - so is your town affected? BANG FOR YOUR BARK A guide on how you can keep your pets calm during fireworks Of the early hours Whatsapp message, Employment Judge Patrick Quill said: ...(Mr Mainali) suggested that the WhatsApp message of 4 January was a deliberate attempt to disturb him, and perhaps encourage him to leave. We find that that is not the case. ...Even if (he) is right in his belief that it was sent to his own contact address, not just to the group contact address, that does not indicate that he was being targeted or deliberately disturbed at night....
