Female Pret worker spotted wearing 'I'm new kiss me!' badge

Adorning almost every street corner in London, popular sandwich shop chain Pret a Manger has been criticised after a female worker was spotted wearing a badge stating, ‘I am new kiss me!’

The badge was seen by journalist Bella Mackie at a Bishopsgate store, and she posted a picture of it on Twitter, captioned: "Come on Pret, it’s kind of gross to make new female employees wear this badge."

Come on @Pret, it’s kind of gross to make new female employees wear this badge pic.twitter.com/NQvrF9uyqd

— Bella (@bellamackie) November 13, 2017

Pret defended itself, replying to the tweet: “we definitely don't ask our employees to wear badges with this message”, adding that the matter would be looked into “as a matter of urgency.”