but god

[Sailornight6]

ok this happened...i am sorry can't remember. :P

anyways as per my job i help some customers out to there cars per there request. most people are plesent once there away from the checkout. i have even had ultra mean ones all of sudden be nice with me (must be my charm) any ways it was a nice warm summers day, it was doing some lovely spring showers but it was still hot (some of my favortie weather to go out in.) so i was helping this at the time nice old lady out to her car.
Me
Old lady: OL

OL: you should have a coat on its was raining eariler.
ME: no thats ok i like this weather.
OL: are you sure?
ME: yup i like getting wet, i think in a preivous life i was a water sprit or something that was living in the water.
OL: you don't really beleve that do you?
ME: not sure what i beleve i think anything is possiable (i am agnostic so this is true but she doesn't need to know that part)
OL: well according to the bible (o dear lord...not a bible thumper. mind you i am repeatly givin panthlets at work that say i am going to hell for not beliving. i am sure i am going to hell...but not for that)
Me:...*thinking...just get her in the car and change the subject* i think i chanaged it to bugs and we had a plesent conversation about luner moths

so has anyone else encountered the well meaning religous person...who desperatly wants to save your soul...

[Javvypants]

I was a barista at a coffeeshop where the owner was a religious man, but didn't preach to his employees. The manager, however, was a different story. She was EXTREMELY religious and close-minded in her beliefs. Now, my own theology aside, I strongly believe that religion should not be preached in the work place -- discussed, perhaps, but not preached. Needless to say I liked to have fun with this uptight manager.

One slow day we were doing a bit of extra cleaning in the kitchen area, and I was in a silly mood. I blame it on all the espresso shots I had downed an hour before. For whatever reason, I start composing a hymn to the cleaning rag I was using, praising it for it's cleaning powers and thanking it for helping me to get rid of dirt and germs. My manager had her back turned to me at this time, and I could see her tense up as I continued to praise this bit of cloth.

She turns to me and says, "Javvypants, that's blasphemy."
Me: "Actually, it's not. I think it's sacrilege. Blasphemy is if I had said 'God's a jerk' or otherwise had insulted Him."

She left the room at this point, and we didn't talk much for the rest of my shift. And, since she was in charge of creating the schedule, I never had to work with her again for the remainder of my employ at that coffeeshop. I was pleasantly surprised at the way things worked out

[coldcupofjoe]

I get this all the time, the funny part is that I'm a christian. Even though I tell them this, it doesn't matter. I still get the spiel and the tract.

[ominousoat]

I was accosted by a group of Jehova Witnessi (is that the plural?) at the gas station I worked at. They used their normal pitch as to if I knew about Jesus, yadda, yadda. So I decided to play ultra naive, and say "Oh yah! I know Jesus! I'm already a Christian brother!" One of them kind of feigns a smile and says "well, that's a start...here have some tracks." I kind of waved them away and said "No no! See, I'm already a Christian! I know Jesus! But thank you!" So they simply sighed and gave up, I saw them several more times, and I always just gave them a big goofy grin and they never bothered me again.


Truth be told, I'm actually agnostic, but shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[RentalRacer]

Once when I was a kid we were at the fair, and this group on Born Again Christians came up to us and started giving us the spiel. My Dad looked at them and said "I've already been born once, don't you think thats enough?".

I love it when people used to come into the store or restaurant where I worked on Sunday and tell me I was going to hell for working on the "Sabbath". Or complain we were open on Sunday. My response? Well, what are you doing here then?

And who can forget all the phamplets we Servers get, sometimes instead of a cash tip. Funny, I sent a bunch of those in with my light bill, and they did not credit my account (kidding of course).

[blas]

I used to get those too, at both restaurants I worked at. Many a time I'd clean the bathrooms and there'd be pamphlets on the backs of all the toilets, and all the servers would be in the break room stacking all their pamphlets on the tables, sympathizing with each other because people thought their pamphlets were a "tip".

However, I once got a pamphlet ALONG with my tip......

It was my last day of server training, so my server and I did "mini sections". We each had 3 tables. I got a big family of 10, two adults and 8 kids, so my server trainer decided that she'd take the rest of the tables since this was my first "big" table.

The two adults were probably in their mid 30s. Each child looked different, so I assumed they were probably all adopted. They were the EASIEST big table I ever waited on. Each child finished their meal, so they all got ice cream for dessert. All their faces lit up, and since they were my only table, I decorated all of their ice creams with sprinkles and cherries each in a different way. The children loved it.

I was taking a smoke break when my server trainer came in and showed me the $10 tip they gave me. They also gave me a pamphlet about adopting children from foreign countries. They were the nicest family I ever waited on, and I kept that pamphlet. They were the most well behaved children and most lovely parents I've ever encountered to this day.

[Kara]

I don't have a problem saying I'm a Christian, though I usually put my head down and sneak past those in-your-face "you're going to hell" types.

I think I mentioned it before, but I once had a older woman from the south wish the wrath of God upon me.

The call essentially was about a woman who went over her minutes, but knew that the call records weren't right because there's no way she could have gone over. After arguing with me, she finally realized the charges were not going to be removed.

OL = Old Lady
ME = Hi

OL: Do you believe in God, honey?
ME: What I believe has nothing to do with-
OL: Are you a Christian?
ME (I didn't know if I could get in trouble for discussing religion, so I kept mum on the subject, and it didn't matter in regards to the call either way): Ma'am, I really don't see how-
OL: I take care of my business, sweetie. If someone says I have to pay something, I pay it. But I know it's wrong, you know it's wrong, and God knows it's wrong.
ME: I know you don't agree with the charges, but they are valid.
OL: That's okay, hon. I'll pay it, don't you worry. But remember this. God takes care of me, and when you do right, he takes care of you. But when you do someone wrong, God will return it to you a hundred times over. Your day of reckoning will come, child, and I hope you ready for it.

Funny, this was 2 years ago and I have yet to be smitten by holy vengeance.

[Ree]

so has anyone else encountered the well meaning religous person...who desperatly wants to save your soul...

I think we all have.

Just a reminder that, although this thread has remained very civil, and is exactly the way we like to see these types of threads go, they do often end up closed because some members have trouble making the distinction between simply relating an anecdote and passing judgment/bashing certain religious sects.

Let's all take our cue from what has been posted so far, and please try to keep that from happening here...again, .

Please keep your comments to the sucky customer aspect and omit your own personal assessment of the character of the person, removing any negative references to the same, or name calling.

blas, I totally loved your story. It was really beautiful.

Javvypants that was just too funny.

[Becks]

Many a time I'd clean the bathrooms and there'd be pamphlets on the backs of all the toilets

Working at Goodwill and my current place of employment, I occasionally find little pamphlets scattered around everywhere.

Thanks, but no thanks. I bring my own reading material for my breaks. (Currently a Turkish phrasebook.)

[Dreamstalker]

My Dad looked at them and said "I've already been born once, don't you think thats enough?".

Hmmm, I think I need to remember that...

blas, that was wonderful.

Kara, according to the fliers I see every so often around here, the day of reckoning was supposed to have come in 1992, 1995, and 1997

[Kara]

Also, on a quasi-related note:

A girl I work with busted out laughing yesterday on a call (with the customer on mute). She said this guy told her the number for Customer Care should be "666" instead of our regular 3 digit number. Someone else piped in that "666" is the direct line to a supervisor.

[Imogene]

OL: That's okay, hon. I'll pay it, don't you worry. But remember this. God takes care of me, and when you do right, he takes care of you. But when you do someone wrong, God will return it to you a hundred times over. Your day of reckoning will come, child, and I hope you ready for it.

"But, according to my religion, you get what you give times three. The Rule of Threes...Anything over and above that will get returned."
/not my religion. Not against Wiccans, it's just not quite my beliefs.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Well being a Wiccan who has so obviously come out of the "broom-Closet" (as we like to call it) and having done so in the middle of the Bible-Thumping belt and south of the Manson-Nixon line (anyone guess where that line came from?) I get that happening to me all the time.

Far too often to count in fact. I usuallt am polite up to the point where they tell me that I'm going to hell.

"It's your hell...you burn in it" I'll toss at them in a pleasant voice and walk away.

M

[Imogene]

I've used that line too, Mongo, though I usually also add, "I'm in MY Hell currently."

[Sailornight6]

blas i love your story...that one made my day i think