I don't, but I kinda got the feelings that is how it happened from reading the story.
I could be wrong.
What part of the story gave that impression? I can't even tell if she actually said she
couldn't work with these items or simply mentioned that she
preferred to not to work with them. Many grocery stores have a universal application system as well. She might have been applying for a different position that
wouldn't put her in contact with those products, but they were only hiring cashiers.
I don't take issue with them, I take issue with her.
But you
must be taking issue with them because
they don't feel that scanning pork and alcohol products
qualifies as the basic requirements of that particular job, whereas you have decided all on your own that it
is a basic requirement of that job.
Obviously the issue isn't what she requested, but your
perception of what the basic requirements of that particular job.
If her employer
actually felt that her request would prevent her from fulfilling the basic requirements of the job, they'd either put her in another position at the store where contact with such products was not a basic requirement or they wouldn't have hired her.
****, the alcohol thing isn't all that different from what happens with clerks who are under 21 in Illinois. They cannot legally sell alcohol, and they can't even come into contact with the product (not even to place it into a bag for the customer). They must, in all cases, call for someone who is over the age of 21 to perform these tasks for them. What we see here is identical except that the same behaviors are applied to pork products as well.
So, using the logic you have described, do you believe that anybody under 21 that applies for a job as a cashier in Illinois is doing something morally wrong simply because it doesn't match up with
your perception of the basic requirements of that job? If not, please explain why these "basic" job requirements appear to shift based on the person performing the job.
If I were to look for jobs and I knew working at a specific place could compromise some belief I had, I'd look for work elsewhere.
Interesting. Personally, I believe
every job as having that kind of potential. Some far worse than others, but every one of them has the potential. Does that mean I am morally wrong for working anywhere?
Also, are there any jobs that you believe could potentially compromise a belief you have?
Conversely, are there any jobs you believe have
no potential to compromise a belief you have? If so, which ones?