being a vegan and working as a checker at a grocery store sucks. Every hillbilly that comes through the line with 45 pounds of meat has to choose the bloodiest open package they can find. And it gets all over the counter, the conveyor belt, and my hands. Just ranting because it sucks. Anybody else have a job like this? Or do you have to come in contact with dead animals/meat/blood on a regular basis? I'm sure there's veggies out there in the world that... are butchers or something... but their reasons for being veg are probably very different than mine. anyways, hope to hear some responses.
Totally understand. I used to be a bagger at Whole Foods and was so grossed out when I had to touch the meat. I wasn't even a vegetarian then actually, but raw meat is just gross. (Well now I realize that meat is just gross!) I would have to touch it with a plastic bag and then use the hand sanitizer before I could touch anything else.. the skin on my hands was not happy hah. But I guess you gotta do what you gotta do to get some dinero yeah?
I have a few friends who manage to do what they have to do to get a dollar without compromising on some of the more "bloody" issues. Myself, doesit really matter what someone else does to their own body or that of another creatures just because you are in contact with it? These things happen in the world whether you see them right in front of you or not, I am not sure that it makes them any less gross for me just cause I can't see them.
I used to work on a checkout and I hated having to touch the bloodied stuff. One time this lady bought half a pig's head - cut down the middle - it took everything I had to keep smiling and not react at that thing being all over my hands. But yeah sometimes you gotta work something you hate - I used to deal by opening the bag out wide, picking the meat up using the edges of the bag kind of like gloves while I scanned it and then flipping it - gently of course - into the bottom of the bag. It's kind of hard to descibe actually but it works and it doesn't damage the food at all. Do it fast enough, the customers wont even notice! good luck - I know how rough it can be
Lol working @ a grocery store would def. not be my ideal job. Find a job at an organic food store, or a health food store. That is where a vegan really belongs.
