m&s giving religious people more choice

[ezza]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... olicy.html

wtf lol

dumb as fuck imo, dont work at a shop if you cant do the things asked of you

thats to all the religions, not just muslim which has been singled out in this article

[garethom]

Yeah, I think this is pretty stupid imo. You know what might be asked of you when you take the job, don't moan when you have to do it. Perhaps people that don't wanna do shit based on their religion could take a slightly lower wage....

[Forum]

If the sight of someone else buying pork offends you, a supermarket might not have been the wisest job choice.

Unless they're there on a placement..

[ezza]

yeah, i just dont think it should be allowed at all - just dont take the job if u cant do it

shame the daily mail will probably get hold of this and use it for more fear mongering

[Pedro Sánchez]

yeah, i just dont think it should be allowed at all - just dont take the job if u cant do it

shame the daily mail will probably get hold of this and use it for more fear mongering

Too late, they have.

[Genevieve]

I'm not too bothered with the fact that the policy exists as much as there are people working there who make use of it. If M&S wants to allow their employees to let their religious views hinder their ability to provide a good service to their customers, they can go ahead and do it. In the long run I think it'll end up biting them in the ass anyway and they've worked themselves in a nasty position where they would probably want to revoke the policy, but if they were to do that, they would catch flack from the muslim community for it.

[Pedro Sánchez]

By their logic, an atheist could refuse to do any work that is remotely connected to religious beleif, if they don't grant them that right it's off to the tribunal we go.
Most off-licenses are run by Muslims so this is bollocks.

[garethom]

Is it just explicit pork and alcohol products that are off limits? Or is stuff like alcohol-based cleaning products, mouthwash, stuff that uses pork gelatin off limits too?

[Pedro Sánchez]

Can't sell Percy Pigs

[ezza]

need more shitstorm imo

ppl on here arent british enuf clearly

what happend to old fasioned england!!11

get them out etc

[jaydot]

If you don't like it you can fuck right off.

[Pedro Sánchez]

No enough BanTheBurka.

[ezza]

i hate all religion equally

i hate that everyone pics on muslims - they dont have a chance :/

[Pedro Sánchez]

They need to get themselves some of them muslamic rayguns.

[Forum]

christmas cracker 4 no1

[NilsFG]

Is it just explicit pork and alcohol products that are off limits? Or is stuff like alcohol-based cleaning products, mouthwash, stuff that uses pork gelatin off limits too?

Aren't there pork derived products in cigarette filters?

[garethom]

Be a nightmare checking all the ingredients at the tills man.

[Laszlo]

lol, I got out of working on the tills and putting out anything Christmas related for 'religious' reasons when I worked in a supermarket.
If I can do it I don't see why Muslims shouldn't be allowed to - it makes very little difference to the day-to-days of a supermarket.

[Muncey]

Pretty much 99.99% of Muslims who work at M&S probably won't give 2 fucks what you buy and will happily sell you it.

Its not gunna stop me trying to find someone who refuses to serve me though, surely if they turn you down you're entitled to just walk out with it? Not stealing if you tried to pay IMO.

Free wine & pork here I come!

[OGLemon]

I had a Indian friend back in grade school that couldn't touch pork because of religious reasons (he was a Hindu). People have beliefs that are instilled in them deeply and you can't change that shit. No reason to hate on a ******, because you want to force him to do something that you find simple. Also, according to the article, only one person has actually used the policy so I wouldn't exactly be losing my shit.