McDonald's bans employees from wearing poppies on the job, says it's for safety
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Employees at one of the fast-food giant's restaurants in Lethbridge were told that wearing poppies for Remembrance Day while working is banned.
This very line near the begining of the article would clearly indicate that simply the wearing of poppies is banned there. I don't see anywhere that MacDonalds is stating the wearing of TRADITIONAL poppies is banned. Perhaps, what they should have said was improperly secured poppies are banned and given an example for the kids to use. I think the writer of the article added the word traditional meaning traditional wearing of poppies rather than traditional poppies. Just because poppies fall out all the time, I usually keep replacements. It took me a bit of searching because the purchasing of black centered poppies has been mentioned. For a brief period, poppy centres were changed to green but people objected and wanted the traditional red with black poppies back. So, I have a poppy with a black centre and it has the usual straight pin. I also have two others in which I have removed the pin and replaced it with the Canadian Flag pin that I mentioned earlier.
See your OP
The Canadian Press
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Some employees at a McDonald's in southern Alberta aren't loving that they can't wear poppies.
Employees at one of the fast-food giant's restaurants in Lethbridge were told that wearing poppies for Remembrance Day while working is banned.
McDonald's Canada said in a statement that employees who work behind the counter are not allowed to wear traditional poppies because "straight pins pose a potential serious safety hazard in food preparation areas of our restaurants."
It should be up to the person, no reason why if he/she chooses to do it safely they can't!
Okay - I stand corrected.
In this situation, I think safety could be an issue. Suing MacDonald's could also be another issue. I cannot see anyone very thrilled about finding a poppy, the centre of a poppy and particularly the pin from the poppy in their food. I posted the story as a matter of interest. Not because I was for or against it. I can see how some employees would want to wear them though and I think that as long as they are secured properly, there isn't any reason they cannot wear them. Pleating the pin through the clothing is a tad better than just hitting two holes with it also.
Wrong. Safety is everybody's responsibility and it starts with management. They are far more qualified than you to determine if their employees are up to the responsibility. If things were the way you believe they are, there would be no reason for safety programs and (by extension) laws in general. We have to have a seat belt law because some people are too stupid to grasp the concept that their seat belt will help keep them out of the morgue. It's unfortunate that we have to dumb things down to the lowest common denominator but, as long as we have some folks who actually think that wearing a poppy is more important than food safety, I guess that is what we are going to continue to do.
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Makes sense to me.
As if the food there isn't bad enough, who wants a wayward poppy pin in the double Mac?
You make a good point, but I'm wondering if people who eat at McDonalds are really all that concerned about their safety in the first place!
If they want to think about Public Safety how about they ditch all the crummy food they serve.
I don't care if McDonalds employees wear a poppy or not. I don't take my cue on Remembrance from a bunch pimply faced paper hat wearing burger flippers.
I will be at the cenotaph tomorrow.
I don't care if McDonalds employees wear a poppy or not. I don't take my cue on Remembrance from a bunch pimply faced paper hat wearing burger flippers.
I will be at the cenotaph tomorrow.