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Christian Woman Fired from Burger King for Wearing Skirt Instead of Pants

Kal'Stang said:
I ignore it because the only ones makeing it about her religion are her and those that support her. The orientation instructor did his job and nothing more. He did not tell her to go home because of her religious beliefs.
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he told her to go home because she was wearing the attire another burger king official had authorized for her to wear to the job, knowing her religious convictions



An official who did not have the authority to change BK policy. He was the one that was in the wrong in all of this. Not BK, not the orientation instructor. And she holds some blame to for i'm sure that she knew the dress code of BK. A person would have to be deaf, dumb, and blind to not know it.
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he was burger king's agent. he was authorized to hire her. as burger king's agent, he authorized the religious accommodation, permitting her to wear a long skirt instead of slacks

thank you for establishing that it was the burger king employees who are now the reason burger king will have to defend its actions before the court
 
Know what I just realized about this thread? I have never done so much skirt chasing without a single iota of hope of getting a date.
 
ChrisL said:
And the business should not have to cater to her. She can find a job where skirts are okay. If she can't wear pants, that is HER problem. Why does it have to make it Burger King's problem, or any other business' problem?
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And that's why it is a reasonable accommodation. It doesn't cause a problem for BK.
 
Furiounova said:
Then wouldn't it have made sense to apply for a job where a long skirt is okay instead of walking into a place where EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IS WEARING PANTS??????
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Easy on the capslock.

No one is hurt by her skirt.
 
ChrisL said:
Except for those who think they are "special" or something, and then apparently it's okay to bend rules and file frivolous lawsuits. I looked into this religion a bit. Sounds like it can be pretty oppressive to women.
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It is oppressive to women. I've always been amazed that women willingly support religions that oppress them.
 
longview said:
We kind of agree, except that I think freedom allows her to choose that religion even if it is oppressive.
My point is that if we force a company to make an exception for her, where are the boundaries?
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The boudaries are reasonable accommodations that are not a burden to the business.
 
Thorgasm said:
Easy on the capslock.

No one is hurt by her skirt.
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A long skirt is easily a safety hazard in a place like BK. Easy on telling me when I can use caps lock.
 
cpwill said:
Precisely. BK is not denying her employment. They simply won't hire people who won't wear pants. She is free to work wherever she can come to mutually agreeable terms with the employer. It is not BK's fault that her conscience limits those places to ones where she can wear skirts.
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But they did hire her knowing about her skirt requirement.
 
Kal'Stang said:
How do you equate what he said with what you said? Or do you believe that all buisnesses are against practicing religion?
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It's a response to his outrage over people boycotting Chick Fil-A.
 
Thorgasm said:
The boudaries are reasonable accommodations that are not a burden to the business.
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The boundaries I was speaking of was a companies ability to have a dress code.
If we open the door for one religion, we open it for all of them.
Think about a burka at Hooters( I have never been to one but get the general idea.)
 
Kal'Stang said:
Not according to what you said.



For the way the law is framed yes it is.

Now, whats reasonable to you? Would (to use an example from another poster) a Pastafarian be allowed to wear their strainer hat? Or how about the guy that has all those rings pictured in a previous post? How about a Satanic religion...are those covered?
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You would be better served to actually read what I already said about these terrible arguments if you want to be taken seriously. The Pastafarian example is retarded. The pincushion guy would put a burden on BK because of food safety and being found unsettling to guests. I'm not sure what Satanic condition would have to be accommodated.
 
What a weird thread this is in terms of who agrees with whom.
 
justabubba said:
i believe that has been established by the EEOC
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We don't know exactly what was said during the interview. The EEOC established when she showed up for orientation she was told she could not wear a skirt. I think she asked the interviewer if she could wear a skirt to orientation and he said sure, not realizing she wanted to wear a skirt for employment.
 
Furiounova said:
A long skirt is easily a safety hazard in a place like BK. Easy on telling me when I can use caps lock.
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How is it a safety hazard?
 
longview said:
The boundaries I was speaking of was a companies ability to have a dress code.
If we open the door for one religion, we open it for all of them.
Think about a burka at Hooters( I have never been to one but get the general idea.)
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If she is wearing a burka, she wouldn't be applying at Hooters. Let's get serious here.
 
Thorgasm said:
How is it a safety hazard?
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There are a lot of asymmetrical objects in that environment which could get caught on a skirt and it is a rather fast paced business with employees constantly brushing by each other.

Imagine she is walking and her skirt catches the handle of a lower cabinet door and opens it while someone is walking behind her with a batch of hot fries or coffee.
 
X Factor said:
What a weird thread this is in terms of who agrees with whom.
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I know. I'm an atheist defending a ridiculous religious dress code. :lol:
 
Thorgasm said:
I know. I'm an atheist defending a ridiculous religious dress code. :lol:
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If they wanted to compromise let her wear the skirt but have it pinned in some way that it cannot fly very far from her body while she is working.
 
Furiounova said:
There are a lot of asymmetrical objects in that environment which could get caught on a skirt and it is a rather fast paced business with employees constantly brushing by each other.

Imagine she is walking and her skirt catches the handle of a lower cabinet door and opens it while someone is walking behind her with a batch of hot fries or coffee.
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:rofl The bigger hazard would be someone walking around with a batch of hot fries dripping oil all over the floor.

People don't walk around with hot coffee either. It is made in the same spot it is poured from.

But to follow your logic, maybe they shouldn't wear shoes. OMG, what if a shoelace comes untied and someone trips and does a bellyflop into the frier? :lol:
 
Furiounova said:
We don't know exactly what was said during the interview. The EEOC established when she showed up for orientation she was told she could not wear a skirt. I think she asked the interviewer if she could wear a skirt to orientation and he said sure, not realizing she wanted to wear a skirt for employment.
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actually, i believe the EEOC investigated and found her presentation to have been accurate. that she shared with the burger king hiring official that her religion would require her to wear a long skirt instead of the standard issue pants, and he agreed to make such accommodation when he hired her
 
Thorgasm said:
If she is wearing a burka, she wouldn't be applying at Hooters. Let's get serious here.
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Just as this lady saw how they dressed in BK when she applied.
 
Thorgasm said:
I know. I'm an atheist defending a ridiculous religious dress code. :lol:
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Yeah, and I'm a Christian that believes BK should be able to enforce it's own uniform requirements.
 
X Factor said:
Yeah, and I'm a Christian that believes BK should be able to enforce it's own uniform requirements.
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It isn't a burden to BK to make this accommodation. If it were, they wouldn't have to make the accommodation.
 
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