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MrDiaz

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5. This is stupid

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 05:29 PM

Dec 2012

if you truly believe something you shouldn't be fired for it. Can a gay person be fired for on the clock "personal behavior" or what about a atheist, can he be fired for engaging a conversation about that subject at work? Or can a muslim be fired for praying at work?

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Fired for Praying With Customers, Woman Says [View all] The Straight Story Dec 2012 OP

on the clock personal behavior instead of working. sounds valid to me nt msongs Dec 2012 #1

This is stupid MrDiaz Dec 2012 #5

Not "personal behavior" when you do it with a customer... brooklynite Dec 2012 #13

she MrDiaz Dec 2012 #14

Definitely bullshit. RebelOne Dec 2012 #42

No it's not...clearly a fellow employee or one of the customers didn't like joeybee12 Dec 2012 #17

So MrDiaz Dec 2012 #18

Yes. Idle chit-chat is one thing. randome Dec 2012 #35

None of your examples make any sense. randome Dec 2012 #33

Sorry, the rub here is not belief nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #44

Pray tell what is "gay personal behvior"? obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #47

Iffy. Not being critical, Muslims generally get to pray as required. /nt TheMadMonk Dec 2012 #19

But not at customers. nt Walk away Dec 2012 #34

Go pray in a church HockeyMom Dec 2012 #2

Yep. Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #3

not professional Skittles Dec 2012 #4

Seems like an impossiblity to me. aandegoons Dec 2012 #6

If that pharmacist had prayed for me at the counter like that, Quantess Dec 2012 #7

Yeah this is how I feel too gollygee Dec 2012 #9

i'd complain loudly. it's insulting Phillip McCleod Dec 2012 #15

They're not paying her to be a faith healer. LeftyMom Dec 2012 #8

Looks more like she was fired for proselytizing to customers Major Nikon Dec 2012 #10

If she believes prayers heal... johnp3907 Dec 2012 #11

I'd want to smack a pharmacist or any employee if they said they were praying for me. dballance Dec 2012 #12

I could care less if they are praying for me or anyone else other than it's a waste of my time Major Nikon Dec 2012 #16

You couldn't care less! Logical Dec 2012 #21

Well, he cared enough to make this post, which is an extremely low level of caring petronius Dec 2012 #28

I could, but it would take effort Major Nikon Dec 2012 #39

A pharmacist praying on the job might have a problem dispensing contraceptives or morning-after pill GiaGiovanni Dec 2012 #20

This is a petty reason to be fired period standingtall Dec 2012 #22

so employees can also talk about satanism? paganism? atheism? all the isms? spanone Dec 2012 #25

Yes standingtall Dec 2012 #26

i wouldn't allow it in my business. spanone Dec 2012 #30

Oh yeah...I want to be the 15th person in line while my pharmacist debates... Tikki Dec 2012 #32

As long as she can speak, and do her job standingtall Dec 2012 #36

Lolwat? OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #29

If my pharmarcist said to me standingtall Dec 2012 #31

Just because you don't care doesn't mean other customers feel the same way. Walk away Dec 2012 #37

and just because a handful of customers have a problem with it standingtall Dec 2012 #41

I am lucky. The people who work for me are smart. They know better than to play into... Walk away Dec 2012 #43

Read the story nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #45

walmart is not a church spanone Dec 2012 #23

It's Walmart 4 t 4 Dec 2012 #24

I wonder if she was really fired for busting coworkers who were law-breaking? arcane1 Dec 2012 #27

Well, the way she describes it, all her coworkers were on the level of gibbering baboons. randome Dec 2012 #40

Wait a moment Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2012 #38

Correction nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #46

So - enough customers complained about her pushing her religion on them for WM to take action? tjwash Dec 2012 #48