Would your conscience let you?

[higher4hockey]

i would not serve a pregnant woman. ever.

[slipknotpsycho]

what she does to her unborn child or herself isn't my responsibility, nor do i really care about either.

as said earlier, if it started coming around to multiple drinks, i might, say something, but i still wouldn't completely refuse...

look at it logically, you don't serve her, you're more than likely just gonna piss her off... she's gonna go to another bar or a liquor store or something and get her alcohol, only now, she's aggervated and more than likely going to drink even more then she would have if i had just served her... and might even do something stupid like get in a fight cuz she's piss drunk and aggervated.

seriously, anyone that's ever spent a good deal of time around a pregnant woman knows, you don't fucking tell them no... they don't understand the word.... you say no, you're opening a 30 minute bitch fest, and guess what... after she's done she's gonna get what she wanted in the first place anyways.

[BabyFacedAbortion]

I'm going to bartending school in about a year, this situation made me think.

In conclusion to that, I've made my decision.

No, I wouldn't serve the stupid bitch.
There are other bars and other bartenders. I'm not going to waste my time with a drunk pregnant women and I'm not going to be at risk to be sued when the baby comes out with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. While it won't be my fault the dumbass drank, it's not mcdonald's fault the fatass ate. No reason to risk it.

While a part of my motherly instincts cares for the baby-to-be, the rest of me doesn't. I just want to keep my ass innocent.

UNLESS I would get fired.
That might be a different story.

Edit:
I would have to be 100 percent sure she's pregnant. Only after the words "im pregnant" or "the baby's due on..." come out of her mouth would I rethink serving her.

[greenmeanie]

Dammit, I was perfectly happy being a non-posting lurker of the forums. But y'all made me join just because of this thread.

This is not an issue of morals. This is an issue about truth and health. If you serve a pregnant woman alcohol, you are damaging her child. Period. Nobody can argue that. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is not a debate between Christians and Atheists. It is a cold hard medical fact that C2H5OH will permanently damage the brain of an unborn, developing child. If a woman, clearly pregnant, asked me to serve her a drink (even a single beer) I would refuse and give her a glass of water/sprite/rootbeer/milk on the house. No manager would fire me. Hell, if she got on my case for not giving her a drink, my manager would probably ask her to leave the establishment.

In case you're wondering, I'm not "pro-life" or "anti-abortion". If a woman makes a mistake and cannot support a child in her life, I fully believe that she has the right to get an abortion in the first trimester. But if she is planning on carrying the baby to full term, I will not be an accomplice to brain damage. She can be a menace to the human race somewhere else.

[yoda]

if i knew she was really pregnant, hell no i wouldnt serve her. wouldnt care if my job was on the line, or if i owned the bar and it was in danger, my conscience is likely to eat me up alive. like i had a chance to make a good impact, but i didnt. now she could get drunk anywhere else, but atleast it isnt on my shoulders.

[MacWQ33]

if i knew she was really pregnant, hell no i wouldnt serve her. wouldnt care if my job was on the line, or if i owned the bar and it was in danger, my conscience is likely to eat me up alive. like i had a chance to make a good impact, but i didnt. now she could get drunk anywhere else, but atleast it isnt on my shoulders.

Exactly, the question was about conscience. I personally couldn't just 'not give a shit' about a soon to be human and continue my job. And come on lol, a bartender is not the most serious job in the world. Usually a side job anyway...and you're not going to get fired for not serving a $5 beer to a pregnant woman (I would hope it would be closer to the other way around). Besides Slip's point of her getting mad...some dumb arguments IMO.

[cfvgcfvg]

my point is, its none of your business what the woman is doing, because it is her body.

and im not saying drinking doesnt do any harm. trust me i know what fetal alcohol syndrome is.

to get to the point and bottom line...it is a bar, it is your job to serve, and not to push consciencous, religious, or personal beliefs on anyone. period.

I'm sorry, but it is not her body, it is her childs body. Her child should have the same opportunity you and I have, to be productive, useful members of society. if you knew anyone who had F.A.S. you wouldn't dismiss her actions so easily. It pains me to death to see see the havoc wreaked upon people I know because of F.A.S.

[BabyFacedAbortion]

My best friend's uncle supposedly have it (it's what the doctors think atleast), and while I've not seen him, I've heard stories and it's terrible, seriously.

[vileoxidation]

I'm sorry, but it is not her body, it is her childs body. Her child should have the same opportunity you and I have, to be productive, useful members of society. if you knew anyone who had F.A.S. you wouldn't dismiss her actions so easily. It pains me to death to see see the havoc wreaked upon people I know because of F.A.S.

Yeah, this is what I was going to say. If it was her body alone that she was damaging, let the bitch do what she wants. But just because she maybe a dumb bitch who doesn't know any better and decided to have children even though she is dumb doesn't mean the child deserves to be punished through FAS.

[napolitana869]

I love how you accidentally misspelled "wine", and said "whine" which means to complain. Maybe she's whining about something and so you give her wine, or maybe you'll whine to her about the effects of drinking wine while pregnant.

freudian slip?