Vulgano Brother

I hope Manny sent the paper to the "would you refuse a work" thread on TM!

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rowuk

Another post documented the refusal of entire string sections to accept A=440.........
What's the beef? Fundamentalism, regardless of where it comes from is lack of tolerance and THAT is unamerican!
Can an employer even ask about religious beliefs before hiring? In this case it would even be job relevant.
My advice is to shop at that store and demand service. Label that cash register "NO PORK" if need be, but fix the problem. Don't try and fix intolerance with intolerance - but don't do the cashiers job either. They can wear rubber gloves and a mask like the dentist if necessary!

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gzent

I love that - rubber gloves at the checkout!

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gzent

Because they sell it? Point?

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Alex Yates

Um, why NOT buy your pork at TARGET? The whole reason these super stores are becoming grocery stores as well is so folks can get everything they need in one place rather than hop from one store to another. Being the one who does the food shopping for the house, I am not going to make a special trip somewhere just to buy my bacon or ham. If you don't want to handle pork, don't apply for a cashier position or stocking position in the meat department. Problem solved.

13 years ago I worked QC in an environment where there was large amounts of lead floating in the air. (it was a car battery factory that made large batteries for buses) I was made aware of the lead when I took the job. I had to wear all kinds of protective gear since I was handling lead and breathing the air at the factory (through a mask) and was required to shower every day before leaving the plant. They would also check our blood once a month to make sure lead levels were not rising or getting into our blood stream. Well, as soon as my blood showed an increase - no matter how minute - I left the job. I had to make the choice whether it was worth the health risk and I decided it was not. MY choice was not the responsibility of the company for which I was employed however. I could not request (and should not) they change all kinds of things just so I wouldn't be exposed to lead. That was the nature of their business and unavoidable.

Alex Yates

Another point (and 40Cal might be able to chime in a bit).....even police officers are not allowed to wear religious symbols on their uniforms. At least here in GA. There was an officer that wanted to wear a small cross pin on her uniform and she was denied. I agree with this.....why? Well, while she is working, she represents the law, not her personal beliefs. She can wear the pin any other time and keep it in her pocket while on duty if she wants to have it with her. This does not make me anti-christian by any means, but when one is in a work environment, there has to be a neutral vibe so folks don't get all bent out of shape over each other's beliefs when they are supposed to be working. The fact that Muslim women are being allowed to wear their veils while working (knowing that it is part of their RELIGIOUS beliefs, not a fashion statement) is very tolerant as far as I am concerned.

40cal

If I had the ability to pick and choose to whom I rendered police services my life could be a whole lot less aggravating.

I cannot and do not allow my personal beliefs cloud my job performance. If I did, I need to find another job. Also my employer would discipline me. Not try and accomodate my desires.

Maybe me standing in line for 5 minutes, then waiting another minute to have my current cashier find another in the grand scheme of things is not that big of a deal. But if you cannot do the job because of choices you make, then go find a different one.

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Alex Yates

Really, when you think about it, the whole handling pork thing is stupid. Fine, don't touch the pork, but you then touch all of the other groceries that touched the pork, you touch the money that was handled by the person who handled the pork, you touch the grocery carts that had pork in them. Honestly.....it just get ridiculous after a while. If you have strong religious beliefs, then follow through with them whole-heartedly and stay away from where the pork resides altogether. This pork issue seems trivial in the scheme of things.

gzent

Right - don't touch the offensive food but go ahead and make money off the 'infidels' who eat it? Is that not hypocritical?

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40cal

It is consistent w/the gimme gimme gimme, don't tell me what to think, but bend over here it comes again, because I'll feel free to tell you what to think and take you to court attitude.

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“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day so that my child may have peace.”

Thomas Paine 1737-1809

“That’s all the bullets we had, or we would have shot him more,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd