The Concept Of The Customer Is Right.....

...has suffered the wrath of political/religious correctness. Would employers tolerate this type of behaviour from me? I doubt it. This is not a matter of Target "being kind" but rather giving into a form of extortion.

TARGET KIND TO PESKY MUSLIMS

Muslim cashiers at some local Target stores who object to ringing up products that contain pork are being shifted to other positions where they don't need to, the discount retailer said Saturday.

The Star Tribune reported this past week that some Muslim cashiers at local Targets had declined to scan pork products such as bacon because doing so would conflict with their religious beliefs. They would ask other cashiers to ring up such purchases, or sometimes customers would scan those items themselves, the newspaper reported.

Minneapolis-based Target Corp. has now offered its local Muslim cashiers who object to handling pork the option of wearing gloves while cashiering, shifting to other positions or transferring to other nearby stores.

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