The shocking question an older man asked a Muslim woman while she was wearing her hijab at work: ‘That’s so rude’

A Muslim woman has shared the disrespectful question an older man asked her about wearing a hijab while she was working at an aquarium.

Sydney woman Savannah said the man had the ‘audacity’ to ask her ‘are you dressed up as a penguin’ while she was wearing her black and white hijab on Monday.

Once he pointed that out, I was thinking do I look like a penguin?

‘I didn’t know what to say, so I was like “yeah, I’m a penguin”, cause like I thought he was joking, but he was dead serious.’

Savannah said the man later offered her an apology.

‘When he got to the end to the sales area I said to him “hey, I’m not a penguin by the way” and he said “I’m so sorry, I realise that”,’ she said.

Despite the apology, the young woman said she was still upset by the rude remark.

‘What do you mean? Why did you say it then?’ she said.

However, some viewers of the video jumped to the older man’s defence, and were quick to see the funny side of the incident.

‘I’m Muslim and think it’s a valid question given the environment you were in,’ one wrote.

‘That’s so sad, but so funny,’ another wrote.

A third said: ‘You should have said “I’m a nun” to make him feel guilty.’

‘As a hijabi, I always try to avoid black with white because I’ve done it and they always think I’m a Catholic nun and call me sister,’ a fourth added.

‘Girl, I’m a hijabi, I hear you, but he probably didn’t mean harm,’ another said.

A fifth said: ‘I’m sorry, that’s a grandpa joke. Not right, but sure it wasn’t malicious.’

Others called out the older man’s actions.

‘I’m sorry beautiful,’ one wrote.

A second added: ‘I think he was trying to insult you and justify it by expecting you to insult him back. When you didn’t play along, he just felt bad.’

‘That’s so rude,’ a third said