Muslim flight attendant suspended for not serving alcohol

[MADem]

135. Why are you talking about ME? What makes you do that? You do know it's rude, don't you?

That's your go-to when you don't have a response--you talk about the poster instead of the topic being discussed. It's a rude thing to do, a terribly lazy attempt at distraction-- and I notice it--and I'm calling you out for doing it. So, since you've introduced that RUDE tactic into the conversation, I'll ask you the very same question--WHY? Why, instead of discussing the topic, are you trying to make this about me and your falsely perceived outrage? Hmmmm? Trying to shift the focus of the conversation? Unable to articulate any points about this story that might be perceived as valid? What is it, Fred?

See how non-productive that line of attack is? You shouldn't DO it.

I am not "strangely outraged." I know Islam. This woman is fronting and making the religion look bad. She either has a bad imam or she is making shit up as she goes along. She has been doing this job for four years without batting an eye, but all of a sudden she's a "convert" and she's all fundy? If she's fundy, 'al-kool' is the least of her problems. Speaking with strange men, never mind TOUCHING them, is a huge bozo no-no. And she has to do that every day, every flight. It's part of her job description.

This lady is sick of her job, and she wants a payday. Expressjet Flight Attendants work on tiny aircraft, get paid in the dark and they work very hard, usually ALONE (with no one else around to hand out the booze). When they don't work alone, they are responsible for their own group of passengers--the duties are not shared by the cabin attendants. Their job duties are posted online--this is not rocket science.

There is no way she can be "reasonably" accommodated; one of her peers would have to do her work FOR her, and that places an UNREASONABLE burden upon the peer, who doesn't get extra pay for extra work; nor is the complaining flight attendant docked for failing to do a key part of her job--she either has to serve the al-kool or be shifted to a job where she doesn't have to do that any more....gate agent or baggage handler would work just fine. That's not what she wants, though--she wants a payday, the "severance" that Expressjets doesn't normally provide.