Aldi Defends Decision To Close Till To Customers Buying Alcohol http://dailym.ai/2vdJUvj

[Samuraisan]

Oh for god's sake.

[Old_Geezer]

Where a poor decision has ben made and creates a precedent, or supports a bad practice, it is everyone's business. As an extreme example the same principle applied to a situation where a nieghbouring country endorses slavery would imply no one was allowed to comment as it was "none of our business".

It is clearly not prejudice as no one is suggestion that only Muslims who refuse to sell alcoholic drinks should be forced to do so. The rule that as a salesperson you do your job and not insist the world revolves around your demands instead, applies to all. (And a business ought not to take unilateral action to cater for that which has not been requested.)

If some Catholic salepersons do not wish to sell condoms then they should not work in a job that requires them to do so. If some Jews
Some Jewish salepersons do not wish to sell bacon then they should not work in a job that requires them to do so. It's the same for all, and society not accepting pandering to ridiculous requests for exceptions is a big deal.

[anotheoldgit]

Lets take the Muslim aspect out of this shall we?

Two bakeries next door to each other and one bakery refuses to make certain types of cake for homosexuals, with a notice the shop next door will accommodate your needs, I think the response from some on here would be entirely different.

[Old_Geezer]

Trouble is that although it's related, it is one step away. The bakery won't sell what they should. Aldi will, but will refuse to allow access to all tills with your intended purchase because they would rather inconvenience the majority in order to pander to a daft demand/request. It's this willingness to pander to individuals who want to be treated as special exceptions that I see as the main issue.

[Islay]

Refusing to bake a cake on the grounds that they are homosexual is illegal as you well know AOG!! Do you never get bored with that comparison? You always trot it out and it's always wrong!!

[mikey4444]

AOG....my recollection of the Belfast bakery case is that the Bakery lost their case.

Although it has very little to do withe the ALDI situation.

[mikey4444]

OG....sheer logic at 09:19 !

[Old_Geezer]

It's to do with refusing to serve what they should to a customer, and being told they must. In the bakery case it is the bakery, in the Aldi case it is the employee. So related, but as I said, too far away not to attract criticism at it's weaknesses.

[Old_Geezer]

Thanks, but it's a pity an edit didn't get done properly :-(

[-Talbot-]

As Aldi employ many Muslims perhaps they dropped a clanger and assumed all Muslims would sell alcohol, not realising this one was the exception?

And what about the pig fat Q?
He ( I believe the person in Q is a he)must handle produce containing pig several times per day.

[THECORBYLOON]

In your example, ANOTHEOLDGIT, the bakery is refusing to sell a cake to a particular group. In the Aldi case, the employee would not handle alcohol regardless of who it was.

[anotheoldgit]

Islay

So you can't buy your cake from that bakery - hardly going to die out of are you!!

[THECORBYLOON]

OG, you said, "(And a business ought not to take unilateral action to cater for that which has not been requested.)"

Clearly, the employee DID make a request and Aldi agreed.

[NoMercy]

Islay's post at 8:38 actually reinforces what some of us have said this morning.

"Some Muslims hand [sic] booze some don't
Some Catholics handle condoms some don't
Some Jews eat bacon some don't."

So in other words.... it was not against her religion to sell alcohol, she simply wanted to fly the flag for Islam.

As a paying customer it is very much my business how I am treated in-store. The customers pay the staff wages, not Aldi. Without customers, Aldi wouldn't exist.

[THECORBYLOON]

ANOTHEOLDGIT, where is the hardship in having to queue at till number 2 rather than till number 1?

[Islay]

AOG what are you on about? In your scenario a law is broken in the Aldi case no law is broken!

[NoMercy]

Where's the hardship in selling alcohol to customers when:

a. It's part of your job ... and
b. It's not against your religion

???

Interestingly, I note that at my hospital the Virucidal Hand Gel contains alcohol and ALL staff are required to use it. Being in the area of England that I am there are a vast number of Muslim staff here and I've yet to hear one of them complain about rubbing alcohol into their hands.

Handling alcohol, selling or supplying alcohol is not against Islam.

[mikey4444]

Corby....maybe Till No. 2 has a vegetarian in charge and her or her will have no problem with your bottle of Cotes du Rhone, but won't serve you because of that pack of chicken breasts in your basket as well ?

And at Till number 3, there is a Vegan operator, and objects to that lovely mature cheddar ?

And at Till number 4, there is a Jewish employee, that won't serve you because of the packet of smoked bacon ?

I guess in that case, ALDI will have lost a Customer !

[Sqad]

No problem.....give her another job, sweeping up OR stacking the shelves excluding the alcohol shelves.
Aldi will be happy and so will Missy, if she isn't , then she will find another alcohol free environment in which to work.

[anneasquith]

4 isles opened at aldi . Impressive Mikey :-)

[mikey4444]

Anne....lol !

Actually, there were 4 open on Saturday, mostly full of people moaning that they had sold out of Prosecco !