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'Degrading & offensive' | Boss rapped for repeatedly mispronouncing salesman's Hindi name

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Boss rapped for repeatedly mispronouncing salesman's Hindi name

A British-Indian bathroom salesman has been awarded over £9,000 after his manager repeatedly mispronounced his name. 

Viveak Taneja, who worked at Phoenix Whirlpool, a company selling bathroom fittings, corrected boss Dana Davies multiple times when he called him "Vikesh." 

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