At Home Mum told by Vodafone: No Phone for you

I could not believe this when I read this today.

Lyndal Fair, 36, a mother of three, said she was shocked and embarrassed when staff at a Vodafone store told her they didn't sell phones to full-time mums because they don't have real jobs.

Ms Fair is a full-time homemaker for husband Michael and their three children - Hannah, 8, Nicholas, 6, and Gabrielle, 3. She was lucky to be able to stay home to care for their children because Mr Fair earned a good wage as an industrial electrician.

Vodafone spokesman Greg Spears confirmed on 16th December the no-housewives rule and said getting her husband to buy the phone instead was the quickest fix.The policy was meant to stop people signing up for phones they couldn't afford and unfortunately didn't take into account that many stay-at-home mums weren't short of cash.

This is appalling and discriminatory. I would have thought that Vodafone, the world's largest Mobile telephony provider would be more enlightened in its policies.

The additional question is ... is this discrimination illegal?? If a service provider discriminates without looking into an individuals personal circumstances (and therefore capability to meet their contract) and makes a blanket policy that rules out a segment of the community like this is it illegal??

Whatever the case ... I am really surprised that Vodafone would have have such outdated and inflexible policies ... SHAME VODAFONE SHAME