I can't do that. There is no way for me to separate my life into compartments like that. There never has been and never will be. I would rather starve and go homeless than to violate my principles. My reward isn't in this life, it's in the next one. The Hippocratic Oath is one reason that I could never have gone into the medical field. The ideology behind it is the main reason why I didn't look at becoming an EMT when I had the opportunity about six years ago. I simply could not have done the job properly in certain situations.
Normally I'd respect such dedication to principle,but not this time.
Your ideology prevents you from seeking a career in the medical field because you might have to give medical aid to a gay person?
You'd rather starve to death then send the plate of Duck L'Orange to the lesbians over at table 12?
Really?
Really?
And by adhering to these principle you expect to achieve some type of reward in the afterlife?
Me personally,I'd rather be good to people and not need to be rewarded for it.
But hey,different strokes for different folks.right?
Willing to go homeless or starve to death rather than violate their principles is an admirable trait,for some one who's single.
It really isn't all that admirable with someone who has a family to support.
Or someone who employs over 150 people.
I can't be that selfish.
Especially over something that I consider to be extremely trivial to me,and that's whether or not my sous chef or maitre d is gay.
Not just your hiring criteria, but those who you choose to serve as well.
I assure you that my hiring criteria is of a very high standard.
I only hire people with lots of experiance.good aaperiace,a courteous and proffesional atitude, and a good work ethic.
I don't see what being gay has anything to do with making shrimp ettouffe or scheeping it to the Mayor's table.
Now as for who I choose to serve,that would be human beings with lots of cash,or any major credit card,suit and tie required.
Does the major utility company you work for have an official policy against hiring homosexuals.
What about your department?Are gays not allowed to work there also?
It's a large part of why I could never run a business of my own. Any restaurant I ran would have to be a "Members Only" facility with a pretty rigorous background check done before anyone was allowed membership.
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If you ever do run your own resturant are you going to call it " Schutzstaffel"?
I heard that was a members only club with very strict requirements and background checks to join.
Remember one thing though.... my entertainment/restaurant dollars will end up going somewhere. Someone is going to get them from me and from people like me. In today's rough economic climate I'd think that most restaurant and bar owners would not want to be alienating any part of the population; but if it works for you, more power to you.
It isn't very good business sense to chase after hundreds and lose thousands.
If losing your money means I don't have to put up with you making homophobic or racists remarks in the middle of dining area and upsetting all my other customers,then I can live with that loss.I run a very classy establishment.
Which is why you'd get two sentences into that conversation and I'd tell you that I had to withdraw my application. My principles do not get violated for anyone or anything.
I work in the engineering department of a major utility company. In 2007 I was assigned the design for a new service for a Planned Parenthood facility in the largest city in our operations area. I went to my boss and told him that I could not do it on moral grounds and asked him to reassign it to the other Designer. He told me that he'd see if that was an option, and if not that I would have to do it. I replied that if that was the case, I would be tendering my resignation, effective immediately. He was able to get the job reassigned to the other Designer, and I took some of that individual's work instead.
Umm,o.k.?
If this thread was about abortion,that might have been relevant.
Am I supposed to be impressed?
Especially since you put me,(a chef who owns his own resturant) on equally footing with an abortion provider.
Not only do I find that very insulting,but I find it kind of disturbing of you.
Just because I don't discriminate against gays?
Wow!!!
A.A.M Milne must be spinning in his grave at how you twisted one of his most beloved creations.
You would be absolutely and totally correct in that assumption. Just as I go out of my way to avoid any business that does not respect my 2nd amendment rights. Principles First. It's really that simple with me.
Aaaaaaand you're a gun owner.Wonderful!
It's to protect myself, my family,and my coworkers from people like you that I have a c&c license and hit the range once or twice a week..
That and the fact that I have to carry some rather large sums of cash at times.
I have a rule "The only ones allowed to enter my establishments with a gun are me,law enforcement, and the off duty cops I hire as security".
Customers shooting up the joint is bad for business.
Besides,you don't need to bring a gun to one of my fine dining establishments,the steer is already dead and we drop the lobster you picked in a boiling pot for you (unless of course you're one of those sick freak customers who'd want to drop the lobster in the pots themselves.Then that's a seperate fee).
No offense Tigger,but some of the things you post really don't portray you to be a rather pleasent person to be around.
