The Eiffel Tower was forced to close on Monday after staff went on strike to protest the “sidelining” and “replacement” of female employees during a recent visit by a Hindu delegation. The Paris landmark's…

The Eiffel Tower was forced to close on Monday after staff went on strike to protest the “sidelining” and “replacement” of female employees during a recent visit by a Hindu delegation. The Paris landmark’s operator said the group had requested that the private visit be organised in such a way as to limit “interactions with women”.

  • Melobol@lemmy.mlEnglish
    55·
    5 hours ago

    Good for them. Strike ahead!
    They were tourists - they need to accept the local customs not the other way around.

  • Seppo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    28·
    5 hours ago

    Religious lunatics should be in deprogramming, not in the Eiffel Tower. Poor dumb cunts.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
    21·
    5 hours ago

    Some 86 years earlier, another deeply intolerant person arrived in Paris and demanded to be shown the Eiffel Tower. The maintenance staff of the tower disconnected the lift cable, informing his entourage that it was out of order.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    5 hours ago

    the group had requested that the private visit be organised in such a way as to limit “interactions with women”.

    It sounds like there was already a way the delegation could achieve their goal of limiting “interactions with women”. They simply didn’t have to go to the Eiffel Tower.