Once more, a contingent of People Who Don’t Understand The Constitution are complaining because it doesn’t mean what they think it means.
Not surprisingly, it’s mostly religious folks, who also don’t understand the Bible either.
This time, it’s a woman who was fired from her job, violating her Freedom of Speech! Or so she says.
A Kentucky bank teller is complaining that her 1st Amendment rights were violated because she was fired for saying “Have a blessed day” to her customers. She also criticized patrons for “taking the Lord’s name in vain” and talked to people about “salvation”.
She was told by her boss to stop that, but she didn’t, because Jeebus demands her to do so or something. And now she’s fired. And whining that her speech and religious rights have been violated.
Well, no. As anyone who understands the first thing about freedoms will tell you. An employer has the right to tell their employees not to discuss religion, or politics, or anything of the sort with the customers, in the same way they can tell you to not wear boxing shorts and tank tops to work.
I certainly wouldn’t want to go to a bank and have the teller tell me “All praise to C’thulu” as I left. Or “Be sure to vote for my candidate!” or “Remember: oral sex is a sin.”
There’s a place for everything, and that is not the place. It’s a business decision.
If the business fired her simply for being a Christian, she would have a wonderful case, because her rights were clearly being violated. For that matter, if the bank fired her for saying any of those things on her own time when she wasn’t working, then I would happily take her case and fight against such a clear violation. But reasonable work rules such as “Don’t piss off our customers” don’t get that kind of protection.
And let’s once more make it clear, since this is one of the biggest mistakes People Who Don’t Understand The Constitution make: The 1st Amendment prevents the government from taking away your freedom of speech. It does not mean that you have the right to say whatever you want at any time and not take criticism for it or never have to face the consequences.
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I don’t even say, “Bless you” when I’m on the clock. I offer them kleenex and comfort, but OMFG don’t say shit like that! Politics, sex and religion are off limits when you are in customer service.
When I’m shopping, I’ll say “Bless you” to anyone making odd noises and offer them a kleenex and/or hand sanitizer.
If a bank teller told me oral sex was a sin, I would probably say, “Keeps you in business, though.”
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The micro-second an employee criticized anything I said, my next statement would be, “May I see the manager?” I’ve got no problem with Jesus, but I’m up to here with some segments of the fan club.
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