I work at a big chain grocery store and I make salads. every time we put an ingredient away we’re asked to label what it is. so last week I did just that. I put away blue cheese, chicken and eggs and labelled them appropriately. I put for the blue cheese “mouldy coagulated cow’s breast milk from a cow who didn’t have a chance to feed her own calf because of human greed” I put for the eggs “chicken periods” and for the chicken “the flesh of a chicken who was tortured up until her last breath” — anyways so I go into work today and I guess someone I work with got super mad at what I wrote and said it was “harassment” so she went to the union rep to ask if it could be considered harassment — according to what I was told it could be considered harassment ALTHOUGH I DON’T SEE HOW but anyways I can’t wait to work with her on Friday to see what happens :D
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Consider this.
When you eat things like apples, grapes, oranges, and pears, you're eating the plant equivalent of a womb. The seeds you spit out are like babies.
You know when you dice vegetables, or shred lettuce for salads? That can be the equivalent to ripping apart a 'poor animal.'
And don't get me started on what this vegetable oil nonsense involves.
> mouldy coagulated cow’s breast milk from a cow who didn’t have a chance to feed her own calf because of human greed
Why would industrial farmers starve their future milkers? Not sure if they just wait until the calves are weaned, or bottle-feed them, but either way, her calf is getting fed.
> chicken periods
Chickens have eggs, not periods. Obviously different phenomena deserve obviously different names.
> the flesh of a chicken who was tortured up until her last breath
I won't argue with this one, because it's true. Industrial farms suck.
You're lucky. I'd have fired you.
I don't care what your personal opinion is, but if you can't handle other people eating meat and dairy products, you shouldn't be working in a job where you have to prepare them.
The egg is accurate, but pointless. Yes, it's a period, which is to say, a discarded, unfertilised egg, essentially similar to the one girls flush down the toilet once a month. It's no loss to the world if it gets eaten.
The milk is 100% wrong. Dairy cows are bred to over-produce milk. They have more than enough milk to feed a calf and provide milk for sale, thus allowing their calves to grow up and make money for the farmer. In fact without milking they get very uncomfortable and develop health problems, which is why there are farms that just provide an automated milking set up and let the cows literally milk themselves.
Honestly, I have no idea about the chicken. I've seen the propaganda shots of factory farms, with the melodramatic voice-overs explaining how evil they are. But I've seen the same sort of videos spouting complete lies about the industries I do know a tiny smidgen about, so I'm not exactly going to be taking your word for anything.
ETA:http://cryingfowl.weebly.com/1/post/2013/04/peta-lets-start-at-the-top.html
I wonder why you work there in the first placer, crocodile tears. Don't worry about the milk, the cheese, and the egg. The cow has enough milk to feed the calf anyway and, as any 3rd grader who's been told how human reproduction works, the period is totally liveless lump of tissue
"cow who didn’t have a chance to feed her own calf because of human greed"
You don't know this.
It's people like you what cause unrest.
You have a terrorist mentality.
@shy
Actually, the union rep is obligated to defend Veggies, no matter what they personally think of the charges. Of course, Veggies has just made an excellent foundation for his/her own dismissal under harassment charges, which could screw them out of any future jobs with that union. And for bullshit like this, I'm pretty sure the shop steward would do the legal requirement, and no more.
A. If I were your employer, I'd be worried about you taking the step from harassing people to putting razor blades and rat poison in the food.
B. "cow’s breast milk from a cow" Uhmm... where else do you expect cow's milk to come from, if not from cows?
C. Cows don't have breasts. Perhaps you're fetishizing your veganity?
@Dr. Razark
"B. "cow’s breast milk from a cow" Uhmm... where else do you expect cow's milk to come from, if not from cows?"
Maybe its a Freudian reference about their mother?
Reminds me of a fundie vegan I once knew. All pompous, holier-than-thou self-righteousness, constantly broadcasting his delusions of moral superiority at each and every meal, and boasting about whatever "cruelty free" faux-leather shoes/belts/other crap he was wearing that day, yet toward people, he was a rude, huge a-hole. Guess fundies are all the same.
Did you make sure the management and your nearest co-workers had this much sense of humor, first?
If you really don't like these products, why are you working in a salad place? If I talked about the things my company makes like that, I would be fired on the spot, even with our strong workers’ rights laws and strong unions. Perhaps you ought to do something about it, like persuading your company to use more ecological products, and fair-trade products. Eco-cows are allowed longer time with their calves, chickens are allowed to roam a bit and have almost normal lives, and they are not fed fishmeal so their eggs taste like egg.
Yup, too stupid to work. See, what happens is you get fired for cause,which can really screw up your unemployment benefits. So why not quit now and open up a job for someone who really wants to work.
Harrassment? Possibly. Horribly inefficient, definitely, as it would have been much quicker and easier to write "bleu cheese", "eggs", and "chicken".
"mouldy coagulated cow’s breast milk from a cow who didn’t have a chance to feed her own calf because of human greed"
I come from a long, long line of dairy farmers, so let me just say, fuck you. Have you ever seen a cow who is past due for a milking? She will knock down other cows just to get to the farmer just to get the milk out a little faster. They love it, and that isn't anthropomorphisisng the animal, or an exaggeration, they line up to get milked, and you can actually see their moods lighten after.
mouldy coagulated cow’s breast milk from a cow who didn’t have a chance to feed her own calf because of human greed
You don't know how farming works, do you?
chicken periods
I don't care, they taste good.
the flesh of a chicken who was tortured up until her last breath
I don't give a shit about animal cruelty at slaughterhouses, as long as my meat tastes good and is safe to eat. Why don't you care about the actual HUMANS who work at the slaughterhouse?
ALTHOUGH I DON’T SEE HOW
Because you're an idiot. Next!
It's harassment because you are stopping customers from buying products they might enjoy. At least it's better than butchering a human baby, grilling it in various spices, shoving a fried mouse inside its anus, then eating it.
WHAT THE FUCK
I actually frequent Tumblr as I RP there, but this shit is why they hate it. This is how you piss people off, you fucking uber-vegan. You wanna be vegan? Cool. You want to force people into it? FUCK YOU.
Well I found it kind of funny. Probably because of how smartass it is.
Unfortunately, being a smartass isn't a job skill.
I imagine what will happen is your supervisor will say either "don't do this again" or "you're fired."
I don't really buy your self-righteous drivel considering you don't see a moral problem with working in food service and profiting off of these animal products, being part of the very system you're pretending to rebel against.
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