muslim staff can refuse to serve pork or alcohol

StinkyMunkey · 22-12-2013 03:20PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

Daily Mail keeps on giving

Religion keeps on giving O.o

22-12-2013 03:30PM

StinkyMunkey wrote: »

Religion keeps on giving O.o

True!

dxhound2005 · 22-12-2013 03:30PM

The workers have probably been threatened by extremists who are also trying to get Muslim owned shops to stop selling alcohol. Or are doing it out of fear after seeing what the extremists have threatened to do to the shopkeepers recently. Otherwise why was this not an issue for the workers last year or ten years ago?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523658/Muslim-campaigners-protest-sale-alcohol-popular-East-London-area.html

My link is from the Daily Mail but there was coverage in other papers.

StinkyMunkey · 22-12-2013 03:36PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The workers have probably been threatened by extremists who are also trying to get Muslim owned shops to stop selling alcohol. Or are doing it out of fear after seeing what the extremists have threatened to do to the shopkeepers recently. Otherwise why was this not an issue for the workers last year or ten years ago?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523658/Muslim-campaigners-protest-sale-alcohol-popular-East-London-area.html

My link is from the Daily Mail but there was coverage in other papers.

A guy I work with family own an off licence in the states, they are practicing Muslims and work rather die than drink alcohol - go figure 0.o

Smiles35 · 22-12-2013 03:36PM

Lol at the uproar of yous, cant buy your gargle or cheapo meat. Oh, but it's me culture!

holystungun9 · 22-12-2013 03:42PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

For those of you were born within the last 20-25 years and don't know. That happened here in backward little Ireland for long enough. I once went into a sports shop to buy a groin guard/groin protection for a martial arts tournament. The wagon behind the counter didn't know what I was talking about and assumed it was condoms. So she then went into a hysterical frenzy about the Pope, morals blah, blah, blah. It was a whole new level of crazy I had never seen before or since.

Today has been a great AH day for me. I have now got two cool names for things. From now on Brussel Sprouts are "little cabbage b@stards" and condoms are "groin guards". I love Christmas!

JuliusCaesar · 22-12-2013 03:45PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

What if I were uncomfortable serving people with their faces obscured by scaves? What's that? Fired you say?

It's not a scarf, it's an atheist balaclava. Now just GIVE me the bloddy wine and condoms! :mad:

_Redzer_ · 22-12-2013 03:46PM

And this kids, is why religion is retarded

The Backwards Man · 22-12-2013 03:58PM

I'm so outraged by this I may never sleep again.

Many shops have signs above which tills take alcohol.

zenno · 22-12-2013 04:03PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm so outraged by this I may never sleep again.

Many shops have signs above which tills take alcohol.

But what about selling pork signs ?, do they have signs for this ?

dxhound2005 · 22-12-2013 04:04PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm so outraged by this I may never sleep again.

Many shops have signs above which tills take alcohol.

What about ham?

the_syco · 22-12-2013 04:05PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

The workers have probably been threatened by extremists who are also trying to get Muslim owned shops to stop selling alcohol. Or are doing it out of fear after seeing what the extremists have threatened to do to the shopkeepers recently. Otherwise why was this not an issue for the workers last year or ten years ago?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523658/Muslim-campaigners-protest-sale-alcohol-popular-East-London-area.html

Jaysus, that's severe. I can see the BNP etc getting a lot of followers over this. I'm surprised there hasn't been something along the lines of gang warfare over this?

=-=

I'd be tempted to troll. Go in whilst it's busy, fill the trolley, and have a 6 pack and some pork in the middle. And when they can't serve me due to cloud-fairy reason, walk out of the shop.

Heck, I'd wonder how many people have done this for the craic?

scotchy · 22-12-2013 04:08PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

What about ham?

Is wafer thin ham okay?

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marketty · 22-12-2013 04:09PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

For those of you were born within the last 20-25 years and don't know. That happened here in backward little Ireland for long enough. I once went into a sports shop to buy a groin guard/groin protection for a martial arts tournament. The wagon behind the counter didn't know what I was talking about and assumed it was condoms. So she then went into a hysterical frenzy about the Pope, morals blah, blah, blah. It was a whole new level of crazy I had never seen before or since.

C-U-P, I wanna C-U...O MY LORD!!

The Backwards Man · 22-12-2013 04:34PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

What about ham?

What about it? Nobody is holding a gun to your head, you can go to another till, or another shop.

I was in Tesco the other day and picked up 11 funsize packets of Kitkats. When I saw the ten items or less sign at the checkout I left them back in disgust and I haven't left the house since.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 22-12-2013 04:36PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What about it? Nobody is holding a gun to your head, you can go to another till, or another shop.

I was in Tesco the other day and picked up 11 funsize packets of Kitkats. When I saw the ten items or less sign at the checkout I left them back in disgust and I haven't left the house since.

The trick there is to open then them all and then take the individual chocolate bars through the till...

Knasher · 22-12-2013 04:43PM

I was under the impression that the ban on alcohol and pork products only related to drinking and eating them. Does this mean that muslim doctors in hospitals will be looking for an exception to using the alcohol based hand sanitizers? For people in a supermarket, there is a layer of glass or something so they never actually touch the stuff, doctors are expected to use it on their hands, and I'd imagine at least a little will get absorbed through their skin.

Donkey Oaty · 22-12-2013 04:43PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

. When I saw the ten items or less sign at the checkout I left them back in disgust and I haven't left the house since.

Those signs disgust me as well.

It should of course be "ten items or fewer".

shruikan2553 · 22-12-2013 04:50PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

What about it? Nobody is holding a gun to your head, you can go to another till, or another shop.

I was in Tesco the other day and picked up 11 funsize packets of Kitkats. When I saw the ten items or less sign at the checkout I left them back in disgust and I haven't left the house since.

Those are there as a faster option for those who are only picking up a few things to get through quicker. The signs are for alcohol as the law doesnt allow alcohol to be sold to or by minors. This is about someone just deciding they dont want to scan a few items of shopping.

jam_mac_jam · 22-12-2013 04:53PM

If they object to serving people pork or alcohol then they should work somewhere else. This is fairly pathetic. It's normal Muslims I feel sorry for when I hear about this nonsense.

Sheldons Brain · 22-12-2013 04:54PM

I'm a vegan and I just got this handy job in a butchers.......

Phoebas · 22-12-2013 05:03PM

My local Tesco isn't allowed to sell me alcohol on Good Friday for religious reasons.
I'm not outraged.

_Redzer_ · 22-12-2013 05:14PM

Phoebas wrote: »

My local Tesco isn't allowed to sell me alcohol on Good Friday for religious reasons.
I'm not outraged.

Neither am I, but I'm not religious. Based on principle alone I should be allowed to buy as much drink as I want, whenever I want.

The problem with this country is religious people don't seem to understand that you have a choice to not do things that conflict with your beliefs, but instead they see it as nobody should be allowed it because of my beliefs. It's like they can't practise self control or something so the government has to make sure they do.

No drink on Good Friday is a load of 1950s bollocks.

Wattle · 22-12-2013 05:22PM

There should be a little wriggle room in this situation. Ok they are selling the pork and alcohol but their not consuming it themselves. Surely that's the most important thing.

Phoebas · 22-12-2013 05:26PM

_Redzer_ wrote: »

Neither am I, but I'm not religious. Based on principle alone I should be allowed to buy as much drink as I want, whenever I want.

The problem with this country is religious people don't seem to understand that you have a choice to not do things that conflict with your beliefs, but instead they see it as nobody should be allowed it because of my beliefs. It's like they can't practise self control or something so the government has to make sure they do.

No drink on Good Friday is a load of 1950s bollocks.

Of course it is. Its a silly little rule, but not something I'd be getting my knickers in a twist over. Just like this silly thing in M&S.
Just go to the next till where you can buy your sausages and beer. No big deal.

Hitchens · 22-12-2013 05:29PM

What's wrong here? only one member of the PC Brigade 'anti-racist' crew popped the little head up so far

hold the popcorn for awhile

Karl Stein · 22-12-2013 05:30PM

Pastafarians should refuse to handle pasta.

wp_rathead · 22-12-2013 05:34PM

Hitchens wrote: »

What's wrong here? only one member of the PC Brigade 'anti-racist' crew popped the little head up so far

hold the popcorn for awhile

Iv been accused of being "pc brigady" on here..
I find this decision ridiculous

Can Catholic staff refuse to sell condoms? Is ridiculous

My friend works in a muslim run restraunt in Galway, they don't sell alcohol but will allow you bring your own - which is sound

cerastes · 22-12-2013 05:42PM

Phoebas wrote: »

My local Tesco isn't allowed to sell me alcohol on Good Friday for religious reasons.
I'm not outraged.

That is ridiculous too though

Phoebas wrote: »

Of course it is. Its a silly little rule, but not something I'd be getting my knickers in a twist over. Just like this silly thing in M&S.
Just go to the next till where you can buy your sausages and beer. No big deal.

So what does a customer have to do, bad enough hedging your bets on which Q is gonna get slowed down, now people have to check for religion, its just too much stupid in one go, how will they be identified? do they wear a head scarf in work?

Carlos Roca wrote: »

Pastafarians should refuse to handle pasta.

or maybe refuse to deal with the anti paste.

Im rightly righteously indignant, fortunately Im poor and cant afford to shop in M&S.

Friend Computer · 22-12-2013 05:47PM

Hitchens wrote: »

What's wrong here? only one member of the PC Brigade 'anti-racist' crew popped the little head up so far

hold the popcorn for awhile

I'd say they're enjoying the show from the "right on" types getting bent out of shape so far!

muslim staff can refuse to serve pork or alcohol

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