Coming soon to Target? Pork free checkout lanes.

[LordJezo]

<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17665989/" target="_blank">Muslim cashiers refuse to scan pork products.</a></p><p>They have been shifted to other positions but how long until they refuse to be discriminated against and demand to do the jobs they were hired for?&nbsp;</p>

[LOAF]

<p>I am so disturbed by the headline I will not read the article, people really need to get a grip. If I am not mistaken their religion forbids them to EAT pork, not ring it up at a fuckin register. </p><p>With no disrespect to anyone, I HATE RELIGION!</p>

[Sheeplovr]

<strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17665989/" target="_blank">Muslim cashiers refuse to scan pork products.</a></p><p>They have been shifted to other positions but how long until they refuse to be discriminated against and demand to do the jobs they were hired for? </p><p>&nbsp;awsome this would be my favorite lane in supermarkets meat free registers</p><p>whats worse then seeing the people in front of ou wiht all the mean on the tray and its like you cant clean off the convetor belt so you have to clean your things </p><p>and its why i cant be a chasire at a market&nbsp; i cant touch that sutff its horrid <br /> </p>

[cupcakelove]

How is it discrimination if they're unwilling to do the job?&nbsp; I worked at a Target one summer in college, and you're expected to work wherever they put you.&nbsp; So that demand to do the job you're hired for argument will never fly, since the job they hire you for is to work in whatever part of the store they tell you to.

[A.J.]

Will there have to be a &quot;Jew-free lane&quot; for them too?

[BoondockSaint]

<p>I wish there were lane where the conveyor belt was made out of bacon and the receipt was printed on a slice of ham.</p>

[RoseBlood]

<strong>LOAF</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I am so disturbed by the headline I will not read the article, people really need to get a grip. If I am not mistaken their religion forbids them to EAT pork, not ring it up at a fuckin register. </p><p>With no disrespect to anyone, <strong>I HATE RELIGION!</strong></p><p>don't hate the game, hate the playa!</p><p>but yeah it's a bit ridiculous</p>

[LOAF]

<strong>RoseBlood</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>LOAF</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I am so disturbed by the headline I will not read the article, people really need to get a grip. If I am not mistaken their religion forbids them to EAT pork, not ring it up at a fuckin register. </p><p>With no disrespect to anyone, <strong>I HATE RELIGION!</strong></p><p>don't hate the game, hate the playa!</p><p>but yeah it's a bit ridiculous</p><p>Sorry I just get all bent out of shape at how ridiculous people can be when it comes to religion. So I then made a rather BOLD statement!</p>

[phixion]

<p>Will there have to be a &quot;Jew-free lane&quot; for them too? </p><p>thats it. we're done everybody. lock it up.</p>

[RoseBlood]

<strong>LOAF</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>RoseBlood</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>LOAF</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I am so disturbed by the headline I will not read the article, people really need to get a grip. If I am not mistaken their religion forbids them to EAT pork, not ring it up at a fuckin register. </p><p>With no disrespect to anyone, <strong>I HATE RELIGION!</strong></p><p>don't hate the game, hate the playa!</p><p>but yeah it's a bit ridiculous</p><p>Sorry I just get all bent out of shape at how ridiculous people can be when it comes to religion. So I then made a rather BOLD statement!</p><p>I get the feeling this woman is ridiculous regarding many aspects of her life.. religion is just an easy scapegoat.</p><p>*edit* i thought this was just about a singular person</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by RoseBlood on 3-21-07 @ 10:09 AM</span>

[Knowledged_one]

<p>Jesus its not like she got slapped in the face witha porkchop</p><p>So now we have to watch for other religions taboos, christ</p><p>how about this go back to your homeland and trying being a clerk there</p>

[RoseBlood]

<strong>Knowledged_one</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong>Jesus its not like she got slapped in the face witha porkchop</strong></p><p>So now we have to watch for other religions taboos, christ</p><p>how about this go back to your homeland and trying being a clerk there</p><p>is it me or does that statement have sexual innuendo written all over it?</p>

[Chip196]

<p>I know it's not exactly the same thing, but what do you guys think would happen if a Catholic check out clerk refused to touch any meat on Fridays during lent?&nbsp; I don't get it, don't take a job as a cahier if you don't want to handle certain items.&nbsp; Don't be a pharmasist if you don't want to handle birth control.</p>

[ralphbxny]

F them. We cant change everything in this country to make everyone happy. We will never get shit done. Tell them that the fuckin products are halal or somethin. F them

[crb1]

<p>Am I the only person that's sick of seeing stories like this? I'm not referring to the subject matter, but the manner in which the press takes what is basically an isolated incident and distorts it so it seems like a national problem just to incite public outcry. </p><p>I know the media has done things like this for years, but it seems to be getting more and more absurd. It sounds like this whole story focuses around one cashier that's an ass. It's very similar to the couple of people at Kroger pharmacies that wouldn't issue the morning after pill. The more the media gives attention to lone idiots, the more lone idiots there will be seeking attention for their beliefs.&nbsp;</p>

[LOAF]

<strong>Chip196</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I know it's not exactly the same thing, but what do you guys think would happen if a <font style="background-color: #ffcc00">Catholic check out clerk refused to touch any meat on Fridays during lent</font>?&nbsp; I don't get it, don't take a job as a cahier if you don't want to handle certain items.&nbsp; Don't be a pharmasist if you don't want to handle birth control.</p><p>Or jewish people decided to not ring any food that was not kosher</p><p>Or muslims decided they&nbsp;would not&nbsp;ring any food during the fast for ramadan?</p><p>There are a ton of these that people could come up with. Target needs make the right move here and tell the woman to do her job or find a new one</p>

[sailor]

<strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17665989/" target="_blank">Muslim cashiers refuse to scan pork products.</a></p><p>They have been shifted to other positions but how long until they refuse to be discriminated against and demand to do the jobs they were hired for? </p><p> awsome this would be my favorite lane in supermarkets meat free registers</p><p>whats worse then seeing the people in front of ou wiht all the mean on the tray and its like you cant clean off the convetor belt so you have to clean your things </p><p>and its why i cant be a chasire at a market i cant touch that sutff its horrid <br /> </p><p>&nbsp;pork is so yummy!!</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>This is my favorite part of the story:</p><p><em>Some Filthy Savage&nbsp;told the AP this past week he quit his job at the Sam&rsquo;s Club in Bloomington after he was transferred from another position to cashiering and was ordered to ring up pork purchases.</em></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span></span><em>Several times on his first day as a cashier,&nbsp;Filthy Savage, said customers brought pork products to his register. He asked them to take their goods to another register, and a customer complained to management.</em></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span></span><em>&ldquo;They told me, you have to check this,&rdquo;&nbsp;Filthy Savage&nbsp;said. &ldquo;I told them, I can&rsquo;t do this. You want me to do something that&rsquo;s against my religion.&rdquo;</em></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span></span><em>Filthy Savage&nbsp;said a manager told him that was part of the job, so &ldquo;I just put down my uniform and I left.&rdquo;</em></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span></span><em>He said it doesn&rsquo;t matter if the pork product is packaged. &ldquo;Even if you just sell it to someone, you break a promise to Allah,&rdquo; he said.</em></p><p class="textBodyBlack">&nbsp;</p><p class="textBodyBlack">HA!&nbsp; I'm going to start throwing boiled ham at people who refuse to sell me pork.&nbsp; Fuck your God and your mother.</p>

[Thebazile78]

<strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17665989/" target="_blank">Muslim cashiers refuse to scan pork products.</a></p><p>They have been shifted to other positions but how long until they refuse to be discriminated against and demand to do the jobs they were hired for? </p><p> awsome this would be my favorite lane in supermarkets meat free registers</p><p>whats worse then seeing the people in front of ou wiht all the mean on the tray and its like you cant clean off the convetor belt so you have to clean your things </p><p><span style="background-color: #ffff99">and its why i cant be a chasire at a market i cant touch that sutff its horrid</span> <br /> </p><p>All the Purell in the world can never get your hands clean from touching other people's purchases. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Add that to the self-important SOB's who want double-bagged paper sacks (heaven forbid you use a plastic-paper combo!) and don't assist you with bagging their $500 order . . .oh, wait. This isn't about me, it's about YOU.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Get yourself some Mr. Clean Neoprene Gloves and you can do that whole Cashier thing, no problem. Until they put you on the Express lane. Then you're fucked.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Knowledged_one]

<p>See this is a situation that Punisher as Captain America should handle</p><p>PUt a bullet in those who refuse</p><p>America home of the free, land of the brave and consumers of pork</p>

[LOAF]

<p><img src="http://www.cerditos.net/images/Small%20pig%20in%20a%20pork%20and%20beans%20can.jp g" border="0" width="400" height="589" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Judge Smails]

<p>What if the customer just went to a different cashier to have their pork rung up?&nbsp; Wouldn't the Filthy Savage in Moe's scenario&nbsp;still be breaking a promise to Allah by taking a paycheck from an employer who sold pork?</p><p>I love it when people are so religious and inflexible in their beliefs when it suits their purposes, but think that their same all powerful and strict invisible man in the sky is going to let them slide on a mere technicality.&nbsp; &quot;Oh, that pork was rung up on Register 6.&nbsp; I was working Register 5.&nbsp; See Allah, here's my timecard as proof.&nbsp; Can I have my 72&nbsp;virgins now?&quot;&nbsp;</p>

[Marc with a c]

who buys pork from target?

[LOAF]

<strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br />who buys pork from target? <p>good observation</p>

[Knowledged_one]

See here in the midwest we have these Super Targets and Super Wal-Marts so all the cornfed hicks can have a place to go when they get all gussied up

[Judge Smails]

<strong>Knowledged_one</strong> wrote:<br />See here in the midwest we have these Super Targets and Super Wal-Marts so all the cornfed hicks can have a place to go when they get all gussied up <p><img src="http://accordionguy.blogware.com/Photos/2006/06/dressed_up_for_wal-mart.jpg" border="0" width="380" height="257" /></p>

[Marc with a c]

<strong>LOAF</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br />who buys pork from target? <p>good observation</p><p>thanks for noticing</p>

[Thebazile78]

<strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br />who buys pork from target?<p>&nbsp;People who have SuperTargets in their area, so mostly people in the South. SuperTarget is a full-service grocery store AND Target all rolled into one. Regular Targets and Target Greatland stores may carry some basic groceries (mostly non-perishables, OJ, frozen foods and milk) but they are not as big or fully stocked at SuperTarget. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They have a full-service deli, a bakery, Starbucks (evil), produce department, meat, seafood, etc. - the place is FASCINATING. (I went to one in VA when my friend still lived there. . .before they packed up and moved to TX.) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The only rough equivalent I can think of in the NY-area is up near Woodbury Common Outlets and it's a Wal*Mart.&nbsp;</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font size="1">Coming soon to Target? Pork free checkout lanes.</font></strong> </p><p><strong><font color="#000080">If ya can't pork in a checkout lane, where can ya pork???</font></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><font color="#000080"></font></strong></p>

[Chip196]

<strong>Marc with a c</strong> wrote:<br />who buys pork from target? <p>Ironaically, I did last weekend.&nbsp; I've never purchased food at one before but while gathering up Kittly Litter and Driveway salt, I decided to go to the frozen food section and get frozen pizzas and breakfast sausage rather than drive through the snow storm to the supermarket.&nbsp; If I hadn't though, I would have thought the same thing about pork in a Target.</p>

[Bob Impact]

<strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17665989/" target="_blank">Muslim cashiers refuse to scan pork products.</a></p><p>They have been shifted to other positions but how long until they refuse to be discriminated against and demand to do the jobs they were hired for? </p><p> awsome this would be my favorite lane in supermarkets meat free registers</p><p>whats worse then seeing the people in front of ou wiht all the mean on the tray and its like you cant clean off the convetor belt so you have to clean your things </p><p>and its why i cant be a chasire at a market i cant touch that sutff its horrid <br /> </p><p>&nbsp;I seriously want to stand in front of you in a line somewhere just eating a hunk of bleeding meat and rubbing my feet all over the conveyor belt.</p><p><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/bye.gif" border="0" /> </p>

[RapistWit]

<font face="Helv" size="2"><p>Basically this started with Target allowing pharmacists to choose whether or not they wanted to dispense &quot;morning after pills&quot;. By bowing to the Christian fundamentalists they opened the door to all sorts of objections from employees based on religious reasons. </p><p>The best thing about it is that the group most outraged by the cashier's actions seems to be conservative Christians.<img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/lol.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /></p></font>

[furie]

<strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br><strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17665989/" target="_blank">Muslim cashiers refuse to scan pork products.</a></p><p>They have been shifted to other positions but how long until they refuse to be discriminated against and demand to do the jobs they were hired for? </p><p> awsome this would be my favorite lane in supermarkets meat free registers</p><p>whats worse then seeing the people in front of ou wiht all the mean on the tray and its like you cant clean off the convetor belt so you have to clean your things </p><p>and its why i cant be a chasire at a market i cant touch that sutff its horrid <br /> </p><p></p>

it's not meat free, merely pork

[ralphbxny]

<strong>Bob Impact</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>LordJezo</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17665989/" target="_blank">Muslim cashiers refuse to scan pork products.</a></p><p>They have been shifted to other positions but how long until they refuse to be discriminated against and demand to do the jobs they were hired for? </p><p>awsome this would be my favorite lane in supermarkets meat free registers</p><p>whats worse then seeing the people in front of ou wiht all the mean on the tray and its like you cant clean off the convetor belt so you have to clean your things </p><p>and its why i cant be a chasire at a market i cant touch that sutff its horrid </p><p>&nbsp;I seriously want to stand in front of you in a line somewhere just eating a hunk of bleeding meat and rubbing my feet all over the conveyor belt.</p><p><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/bye.gif" border="0" width="26" height="18" /> </p><p>Nice! Glad to see the MCL isnt slowing you down!</p>

[DonInNC]

<strong>RapistWit</strong> wrote:<br /><font face="Helv" size="2"><p>&nbsp;By bowing to the Christian fundamentalists they opened the door to all sorts of objections from employees based on religious reasons. </p></font><p>You're saying they made themselves the Target?</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by DonInNC on 3-21-07 @ 4:58 PM</span>