Vegans/Vegetarians: would you work around meat?!
Vegans/Vegetarians: would you work around meat?
Where do you draw the line with your "interaction" with meat/animal products?
Would you work in say, a department store that sells a line of perfume tested on animals?
Would you work in a store that sells fur coats, leather purses and shoes, and perfumes and makeups?
What about working in a restaurant? Would you be a door-person or a greeter and never go to tables? Would you be a server? Dishwasher? Cook??
A "grocery supply" stocker - someone who stocks groceries (including milk, eggs, meats, etc) for delivery in boxes in big warehouses, preparing them for delivery to Wal Marts and AFFES's around the world?
Would you drive a truck to deliver meat? Would you unload it from the trucks?
Could you ring people's food up at a grocery store? Including raw meats, cosmetics etc?
What job would you ideally have as a vegetarian/vegan?
I've never flipped burgers but I've been close to them. I can't handle it myself, but have had to work in industries that handle it.
Answers:
What a luxury it must be to be able to pick and choose where you work. Most people don't have this luxury.
I am a vegan but there have been times in the past few years when I would willingly have taken a job at McDonalds.
I reckon people saying 'oh no, I never could' must have very secure jobs or - more likely - are still being supported by their parents or someone else whose financial support they can fall back on.
Mr Meat describes it as a compromise of commitment 'just to make money'. Yes, money that you need 'just' to pay the rent and the bills.
Losing my livelihood (I was self-employed) because of a life-threatening illness and long term treatment, and having trouble finding regular employment since has perhaps made me less picky about where I would work than some people are apparently fortunate enough to be. But not, I think, less principled or committed. .