you cant have it your way in grande prarie - Off-Topic

#1 Posted by umbrafeline (4933 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

http://shine.yahoo.com/work-money/christian-woman-fired-burger-king-refusing-wear-pants-175600700.html

why does she seek back pay if she never started her shift?

#2 Posted by CozyDaPrynce (8471 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

Teenager =]

#3 Posted by Xanni15 (5929 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

Why is she even suing at all? (<--rhetorical) I don't see how she has a case.

#4 Posted by umbrafeline (4933 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

@Xanni15 said:

Why is she even suing at all? (<--rhetorical) I don't see how she has a case.

you know how the litigious religious freaks are

#5 Posted by Xanni15 (5929 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

@umbrafeline said:

@Xanni15 said:
Why is she even suing at all? (<--rhetorical) I don't see how she has a case.
you know how the litigious religious freaks are

I don't even think it's about religion, she just seems like she's trying to get some easy money because she was sent home for perfectly reasonable reasons.

#6 Posted by umbrafeline (4933 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

@Xanni15 said:

@umbrafeline said:
@Xanni15 said:
Why is she even suing at all? (<--rhetorical) I don't see how she has a case.
you know how the litigious religious freaks are
I don't even think it's about religion, she just seems like she's trying to get some easy money because she was sent home for perfectly reasonable reasons.

yeah, i see what youre saying. as a former bk employee, nobody i worked with wore a skirt.

#7 Posted by Xanni15 (5929 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

@umbrafeline:

If she wore a skirt she'd just sue when she splashed hot grease on her leg or ran into something hot and burned her skin.

#8 Posted by JediXMan (22921 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

@Xanni15 said:

@umbrafeline:
If she wore a skirt she'd just sue when she splashed hot grease on her leg or ran into something hot and burned her skin.

They wear relatively long skirts.

Still, don't see the problem. Especially considering, according to the article, the employer said she could wear a skirt before she accepted the job. So yeah, it's their fault.

#9 Posted by umbrafeline (4933 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

@JediXMan said:

@Xanni15 said:
@umbrafeline:
If she wore a skirt she'd just sue when she splashed hot grease on her leg or ran into something hot and burned her skin.
They wear relatively long skirts.
Still, don't see the problem. Especially considering, according to the article, the employer said she could wear a skirt before she accepted the job. So yeah, it's their fault.

the hiring manager said the skirt was fine, but a different manager said otherwise. what we have here is, is a failure to communicate

#10 Posted by JediXMan (22921 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

@umbrafeline said:

@JediXMan said:
@Xanni15 said:
@umbrafeline:
If she wore a skirt she'd just sue when she splashed hot grease on her leg or ran into something hot and burned her skin.
They wear relatively long skirts.
Still, don't see the problem. Especially considering, according to the article, the employer said she could wear a skirt before she accepted the job. So yeah, it's their fault.
the hiring manager said the skirt was fine, but a different manager said otherwise. what we have here is, is a failure to communicate

True. I'd still say that the girl herself wasn't at fault here. If she knew that the job wouldn't allow her to wear a skirt, then I doubt she'd sue them. But given the situation, she was essentially unfairly "fired."

#11 Posted by Xanni15 (5929 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

@JediXMan said:

@umbrafeline said:
@JediXMan said:
@Xanni15 said:
@umbrafeline:
If she wore a skirt she'd just sue when she splashed hot grease on her leg or ran into something hot and burned her skin.
They wear relatively long skirts.
Still, don't see the problem. Especially considering, according to the article, the employer said she could wear a skirt before she accepted the job. So yeah, it's their fault.
the hiring manager said the skirt was fine, but a different manager said otherwise. what we have here is, is a failure to communicate
True. I'd still say that the girl herself wasn't at fault here. If she knew that the job wouldn't allow her to wear a skirt, then I doubt she'd sue them. But given the situation, she was essentially unfairly "fired."

I'm not blaming her, I just don't believe her lawsuit has any merit. It said in the article she was sent home, I didn't take that to mean she was fired and told to not come back. She, rightfully so, places her religious beliefs over BK's stance on uniforms. Personally I think it was wrong of her to ask for an exception.

#12 Posted by ARMIV2 (4774 posts) - 8 months, 26 days ago - Show Bio

...There's a "branch" of Christianity that comes with a dress code? Great, just great...