Workers at bakery giant Greggs in Scotland were shocked recently when on a tour of the company’s new $3 million headquarters building they were shown a Muslim only toilet (loo) even though there would be no one to use it.

Company officials told the Daily Express that they had received numerous requests for the exclusive facility and that all of the company’s new buildings would be fitted with the specialized toilets regardless of the number of Muslims in the workforce.

The sentiment among the staff interviewed by the Express was summed up by one worker who was quoted by the paper as saying “I couldn’t believe, everybody was stunned because we don’t know of any Muslims who are working here. I don’t think anybody is really angry about it, but there just doesn’t seem to be any need for it. This sort of things is just political correctness gone mad.”

Alan Greenshields, general manager for Greggs in Scotland, told the Express that the move was a pre-emptive measure in the company’s attempts to cater for all religions and this was part of an effort to future-proof their facilities.  That must be management speak for we are trying to protect ourselves from lawsuits by being politically correct.

This is just the latest incident in an effort to not offend Muslims in Scotland.  Last month two bosses at the Scottish National Health Service (NHS) banned workers from eating at their desks during Ramadan in an effort to avoid offending Muslims.  While that me sound bad two other units of the NHS recommended that vending machines and lunch trolleys be removed during the 30-day Muslim fasting period.

Unfortunately for the Scots they will probably be in for more of this “political correctness gone mad” attitude as weak kneed bureaucrats and corporations try and cater to a group that they don’t understand and fear. 

If the officials at Greggs and the NHS think that by catering to Muslims that it will provide some safety from Muslim extremists they are sadly mistaken.

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