but god

[blas]

Ruby, they are meant to look like money, usually of large denominations.

Hence, when the tract is opened, it says something along the lines of "You were expecting a large sum of money, but the gift of God is worth more than........etc etc etc etc etc etc..."

Trust me, I got one that looked like either a 20 or a 50 once as a server. If they want to leave tracts, that's fine, just don't deceive me like that thinking it's money.

[ForestDragon]

Yeah. There was this guy that came in with a T-shirt that said something like, "What has Jesus ever done for you?" and I took that in a kind of sarcastic way, you know. Being that I'm a Christian and my boss told me to make small talk with customers, I asked him about it.
[snip]
Still don't know what the shirt meant. It doesn't make sense.

That reminds me of a shirt that I saw some jock-type wearing once - showed Jesus nailed to the cross (he had it on his back, anyway), wearing the crown of thorns and all that, bleeding all over the place, down in some sort of push-up position. Caption said "His Pain - Your Gain." Now I'm not religious in any sense of the word, but doesn't that strike anyone else as kinda sacriligious? Certainly tasteless, at least.

We have a mid-20's manager that...likes the teenage boys, put it that way. We'll call him James and no-one can stand him. Then we have a third shift manager who is holiness (I'm not sure of the other term for them, we just call them holiness down here.) We'll call him Bob. So Bob came up to me one night and asked where James was. I said something along the lines of, "Oh, he probably got David in the backroom. Yeah...they're probably stocking, wink, wink..." Everyone chuckled, but Bob's face got red and he said, "Mayberry, that is wrong. That is against God. That's just not nice. That's bad. That's so wrong. Mayberry, I can't believe you'd say that. I'll pray for you." *rolls eyes*

Sad to say, I had one of those once too. I don't know how I got on the subject of gay folk, I think my manager asked something about local restaurants (preferably without a bar so he could take one or more of his eight (!) kids with him) and was wondering about the rainbow flags he saw in the windows and hanging outside, and I told him they indicated the place was gay-friendly and/or gay-owned. This guy looks at me with that blandly confident expression these nuts affect and sez that homosexuality is, quote, "a slap in the face of Jesus." unquote. x10!

[Rapscallion]

Yeah. There was this guy that came in with a T-shirt that said something like, "What has Jesus ever done for you?" and I took that in a kind of sarcastic way, you know. Being that I'm a Christian and my boss told me to make small talk with customers, I asked him about it.
[snip]
Still don't know what the shirt meant. It doesn't make sense.

Was I the only one hearkening back to the Python Life of Brian film with the scene with "What have the Romans ever done for us"?

I suspect it's a play on that.

That reminds me of a shirt that I saw some jock-type wearing once - showed Jesus nailed to the cross (he had it on his back, anyway), wearing the crown of thorns and all that, bleeding all over the place, down in some sort of push-up position. Caption said "His Pain - Your Gain." Now I'm not religious in any sense of the word, but doesn't that strike anyone else as kinda sacriligious? Certainly tasteless, at least.

Hmm - I think that's a shock tactic, but the fact is that crucifixion was a very, very unpleasant way to go. The Romans used it as a major deterrent out in public, and the victims died in extreme agony. What we see in our culture today is mostly a sanitised version of what happened to many people the Romans found undesireable.

Tasteless, perhaps, but accurate.

Rapscallion

[Gurndigarn]

That reminds me of a shirt that I saw some jock-type wearing once - showed Jesus nailed to the cross (he had it on his back, anyway), wearing the crown of thorns and all that, bleeding all over the place, down in some sort of push-up position. Caption said "His Pain - Your Gain." Now I'm not religious in any sense of the word, but doesn't that strike anyone else as kinda sacriligious? Certainly tasteless, at least.

I believe that one appeared when Gold's Gym t-shirts were popular, which lead to "God's Gym" knockoffs. This one was an extension of those.

Sacriligious? Depends on your viewpoint. I think so and at times I worry about the entire turn-chrisitianity-into-yet-another-brand-name movement. But there are a lot of people who look at this as advertising, I guess. But I don't think that it's not an effective form of advertising: you're preaching to the choir, as the saying goes, and not doing much for anyone else.

[BookstoreEscapee]

The only reason that they're allowed to ask this kind of question is to determine whether you're legally old enough to work without it being considered child labor. At your age, this question is probably ok, but if you were obviously an adult, it wouldn't be.

They really can only ask if you are over the minimum age to work in that position, i.e. he should have asked, "are you over XX age", not "how old are you?" (Most applications I've ever filled out ask "are you over X years old, yes or no") They will get proof of age if they actually hire the person, anyway.

The religion question was absolutely illegal, not that at 16 most people would think to point that out, but she could easily have called him on it. Probably wouldn't have gotten the job anway if she did, not that I'd want it if I were in that position.

[BlackIronCrown]

Co-worker, not customer story, but it's thread-worthy.

When I was at HP, there was a co-worker we'll call Paul whom was a Christian of the virulent Southern Baptist style. He had a distressing tendency of proselytizing at work. Mostly I ignored him - it was 3rd shift there at HP and I was not intent on stressing. Since the dress code was fairly open for this facility, I generally showed up in black jeans, combat boots, and a buttondown. Hair was dyed very black and very long at the time.

Paul originally focussed on a team member who I remember as Veejay, a nice young man of Indian extraction whose belief was Hinduism. Every night it was the same - Paul would basically badger Veejay into religious argument every night, giving the usual hellfire and brimstone diatribe. Veejay would issue complaints to the supervisor, but because Paul was perm and he was contract, not a lot was done. After about 2 months of this, Veejay up and quit.

Next target: Me. A couple nights later, he saw me reading some fantasy book - I think it was something by David Eddings - and began badgering me with the same conversation. The following occurred; the whole time I attempted to remain disinterested and pretended to continue to read my book:

Paul: I mean, have you ever given real thought to what Jesus did for you?
Me: Oh yes, certainly. It's why I am a Catholic.
Paul: Oh, you're Catholic....so you're not a real Christian.
Me: *raises eyebrow* Actually, the Holy Roman Church is the One True Church, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic.
Paul: And what do you think of Southern Baptists then?
Me: *solemnly* I think of them exactly like I think of all other heretics - Devil-sent deceivers of the faith who need to repent of their heresy or be purified by flame.
The conversation just sorta ended right then and there.

Paul didn't speak to me for the next few days. He didn't get a chance to preach anymore either - a week or so later the HP layoffs hit and my department was terminated. Us contractors got the shaft. Paul was one of the few perms who didn't get transferred into another department.

Mods, if you find this offbase, do with as thou wilt.

-BIC-

[Rapscallion]

Mods, if you find this offbase, do with as thou wilt.

-BIC-

Trust me, we will

Actually, it's not over the top, but a great comeback to someone who was pushing it badly. It's more appropriate to Cursing out Coworkers, so if you want this splitting and moving to there, let us know.

Rapscallion

[BookstoreEscapee]

Paul originally focussed on a team member who I remember as Veejay, a nice young man of Indian extraction whose belief was Hinduism. Every night it was the same - Paul would basically badger Veejay into religious argument every night, giving the usual hellfire and brimstone diatribe. Veejay would issue complaints to the supervisor, but because Paul was perm and he was contract, not a lot was done. After about 2 months of this, Veejay up and quit.

Can you say, Hostile Work Environment? I knew you could!

Gotta love people who can dish it out but can't take it *

*(in a general sense, not just referring to religion)

[MadMike]

I was thinking about this thread and the most annoying thing that's happened to me is that this woman handed me a tract that looked like a fifty dollar bill. That was the worst idea ever for a tract. I can just imagine some poor waitress thinking for a few moments that they were given a tip of that amount and then crying and possibly even cursing because they realized it was just a dumb tract.

I was just going to mention those myself. In fact, this one woman I used to know, who was working as a stripper, got one of those once. How ironic is that?

I think if I ever received one of those, I'd take it back to the church that it came from, and leave it in the collection plate.

[Becks]

Mike, that's just too funny.

[draftermatt]

I got accosted by a Morman lady once. She stopped my wife (then GF) and I walking on the street and asked if we would go to Heaven. I said yes, we are both Catholic. (I'm not so pompus as to think that's a direct ticket in though).

Then they wanted me to take a test to prove it. I just told them no and walked away. I've been handed Bibles too. I later found out from a girl I worked with that she knew all about that lady and she wasn't allowed to do that by the Mormon church themselves.

They also like to knock on doors in the area and "spread the word" and boy do they get mad if you tell them you don't have the time or don't want to hear it. Anymore I refuse to answer the door, even if they can see me in there.

[trunks2k]

OW: Good, good. And You're catholic then
Me: I don't know what that has to do with anything
OW: So you're saying you're not?
Me: Well, yeah, I guess.
OW:then what are you?
Me:*pulls out pentacle* I'm wiccan
Ow:I am sorry, but I can't hire satanists

Wow. That's incredibly illegal. That violates the Civil Rights act of 1964, which prohibts employment discrimination based on race, religion, national origin or sex

[blas]

If that law is almost 43 years old, why are people still violating it is my question?

[Enjis]

I have no prob with pamphlets left in places. What bugged me tho was STICKERS stuck on glass fixtures (or wooden ones!) with 'Jesus Saves' on them, or other such sentiments.
Please, people, don't deface the place with stickers that have to be scraped off...it ruins your message, and makes us all mad.

[Sailornight6]

ppl still violate the law because they get away with it. they do it to young kids who just want to work, or to ppl who just don't care enough to stand up for themselves.

in other notes wahoo five pages

this story is a few years old. my brother was comming home from a freinds house he was just 13 i think. (long time ago) and a jehovas Witness stopped my brother. (this is his story i am fuzzy on the details) acording to him when he refused to talk to him, they tried to grab him. he managed to get away and get home. where my dad first called police then tracked them down to a fellow neighbors house where he blocked them in the driveway with the help of our nighbors. (good ppl) the police arrived quickly and they were arrested, i think they had there car taken away.

i have no problem with ppl wanting to convert and what not...but you do not try to abduct ppl!
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