[Jonegy]

Re: etymology...

my dictionary tells me:-... probably from scandinavian; compare Swedish "mugge" = pitcher with a handle.

Incidentally, I can't get hold of strong Brazilian (my personal favourite) round this part of the UK so I have to settle for Columbian. (I promise on the next trip to the supermarket that I will get some Java and give it a try )

[talaniman]

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

Not in my coffee shop! You would be looking for another job the first time you refuse to sell coffee. The same goes in a pharmacy, Do the job you were hired for or get out!!

[tomder55]

As the other experts answered your boss could can you OR if your boss runs a coffee shop and chooses not to serve on his menue a double crapachino frappé then he is in his right as the employer not to have it on the menu and the State would have no business mandating that he must .

[asking]

I know this is an old thread, but it was interesting.

It's obvious if you work for the coffee shop, you must serve coffee or be canned. Likewise, if you own the coffee shop you can choose not to serve anything at all if that floats your boat. My grocer is not obliged to carry my favorite brand of raisin/cinnamon bread.

But a pharmacy is a branch of the health care industry and I think that changes things a bit. Plus, there is the question of selling something like contraception to some people but not others. Can they do that? What if they refused to carry a blood pressure medication or any statins? It seems to me that they could make a case for not having certain things in stock, but it would be harder for them to give the same drug to some customers but not others.

Nowadays, I guess, this doesn't matter as much since you can order everything online...

[excon]

Hello again, asking:

The key is that you don't have to be licensed by the state to distribute coffee. If you did, I'm certain your license would dictate the terms of its issuance. Otherwise, why would the state have an interest?

Well, in terms of coffee, they wouldn't. However, in terms of medications, they certainly do. Now, I don't know if any state requires its pharmacists to dispense any and ALL drugs that his customers have prescriptions for, but they certainly SHOULD.

excon

[asking]

"Should" is such a useful word! Of course, I agree.

Not sure what a pharmacy license says. But I'm guessing it has more to do with the interaction between doctors and pharmacists, controlled substances, purity and source of the drugs, and that sort of thing.

[excon]

"Should" is such a useful word! Of course, i agree.

Hello again, asking:

Me too. I have a prescription for marijuana. I'd MUCH rather buy it from Walgreens than the dealer on my streetcorner. But, that's another thread.

excon

[asking]

Well, you COULD buy it from Walgreens, as Marinol.

[excon]

Hello again, asking:

Yeah, but that doesn't get you high. What? I'm not allowed to enjoy my prescription?

excon

[inthebox]

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

How about this:

I don't drink beer. It has alcohol in it. I am opposed to alcohol use. I work in a bar or liquor store. Should I be able to refuse to serve alcohol to my customers on moral grounds?


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