Hello:

I don't drink coffee. It has caffeine in it. I am opposed to drug use. I work in a coffee shop. Should I be able to refuse to serve coffee to my customers on moral grounds?

excon

J_9

Not on moral grounds, just on coffee grounds, LOL.

But anyway in my opinion I would have to say no because if this is against your beliefs then you should not be working there.

Prostitution is against my beliefs, therefore I do not work in a brothel.

You know more about most legalities than I do, but would this be more of a moral issue than political?

Just my opinion.

Northwind_Dagas

Sure! You can refuse to serve coffee. And the coffee shop can refuse to employee you.

At will employment allows an employeer to fire you for any reason other than discrimination against a goverment protected group.

RickJ

As a side note, I like the pun of "moral grounds"

valinors_sorrow

Hmmmm, although I have heard many in the recovery community refer to caffeine as their "drug of choice", I am unclear if it lists as an actual drug? And while you're at it Excon, check the labels in your medicine cabinet since caffeine tends to wander into all kinds of pain relief and your pantry as it infiltrates all sorts of food and beverages. Doesn't that just grind you? I think the caffeine lobbyists must have taken lessons from the sugar lobbyists, but now I digress!

Fr_Chuck

I had the coffee at Hardee this morning, I wish someone had refused it to me

educatedhorse_2005

If you don't drink it. You shouldn't be pedaling it.

Stormy69

Didn't i read in another thread that you have a prescription for medical marijuana?

I agree with the others, You should find another place to work, perhaps a headshop

excon

Hello again, all:

You should forgive me. I don't work in a coffee shop, I love coffee and have been known to use a drug or two. I didn't mean to deceive. I posed the question the way I did, to find out whether you thought someone (anyone - a pharmacist perhaps) could refuse to serve a customer because of one's own personal beliefs. I could have asked that question, but I think I got a different response by asking the way I did.

I'm not sure how I feel about the issue. The workplace is not the place for social action. However, a company should not be required to sell a product that the owners don't want to sell - unless the state gives them a license.

The license (given to them by the people of the state), might require them to do the bidding of the people. It might not. I don't know. What should a state issued licenses do? Is a government issued license (issued in YOUR name) a grant of exclusivity? Or, does/should a license require adherence to particular set of government issued directives?

Would you support a state that granted exclusive license (meaning you can't get one) to swimming pool that won't let your kind in?

excon

Stormy69

ha ha very clever excon.. LOL I thought you had lost your mind there for a second. well.. uh nevermind.

I have a twist to this scenario.. as an EMT I am required/committed to treating the sick and injured. However, I detest, loathe and would rather painfully kill a child molester. Now say a person I KNEW for a fact was guilty of this crime, came to me in need of medical care.. Morally could I refuse to treat him or her? because I think child molesters should die a painful and horrible death?hmmmmmm