#about my religious coworker

[gxlden-angels]

Bro I hate fundamentalists and culturally-fundie parents they'll say shit like "spare the rod spoil the child am I right haha yea my parents used to have to beat my ass with a switch almost everyday but I sure did learn my lesson" but like??? no you didn't??? you were hit multiple times for something you very obviously did not, in fact, learn

Like studies about how harmful even lightly spanking children is aside, you're literally contradicting yourself?? Some even admitted they got worse as they got older cause they wanted to see how far they could push their parents before they got punished

And studies not aside, you're gonna get child raising advice from the same book that tells you to stone your wife if her hymen doesn't break on your wedding night instead of the decades of research we have now?? Just say you're a bad parent and move on my guy. Skill issue

#bro I had a coworker go 'unpopular opinion I think some kids really do need beatings' and I'm like???? #unprompted???? what's going on there???? #well anyways I ended up going 'yea so I plan on specializing in play therapy with autistic children so I've been learning about talking #to children and the ways their parents and environment affects them' #and they're like hmmm but beating this kid with a stick after they broke something or I upset them to the point of yelling is good actually #had a boss say it taught him and his kids respect cause they were hard-headed #and I'm like?? that's fear not respect! they fear punishment! they do not act out of respect for you! #he's a conservative christian black man tho so he's like 'But Authority!' like bro I don't even respect you what are you on about #'You don't respect police and their authority?' Nope! I fear them! I do not respect cops and every cop/cop-adjacent person I personally know #has reinforced that for me #'We'll agree to disagree' Cool! Doesn't mean you're not wrong! I could believe trees aren't real but that is in fact incorrect #then he pulled out the bible verse and I was like ah okay I forgot you like 'here's how to treat slaves' book you're so right bestie #I'm totally wrong now and so sorry for doubting you and your 2000+ year old book I don't believe in <3 #They'd go 'well I turned out fine!' then say something that directly contradicts that #anyways I need christians to get their grubby little hands off the current state of Child Protection and Rights in the U.S. #So we can actually start working on helping kids without the force of christian hands suffocating them #cause homeschooling and child raising by evangelicals are so fucked up bro I'm tired of this shit #I'd only stay in my current state to help children get out of that cycle since I'm in the bible belt #ex christian #religious trauma #child abuse tw

[dark-elf-writes]

Okay but like real talk at least one of Desmond’s coworkers at the bar/people he met while on the run had to think he was running from some weird super religious cult because he can’t exactly lead with “I spent my formative years training for a modern day holy war and decided it wasn’t for me” if he wanted to stay undercover and there are too many holes in his story to really cover it.

And to be fair I think Desmond would lean into it like you don’t look a gift horse in the mouth and you don’t deny the easiest backstory that lines up with both why he didn’t want to talk about his family/past and why he hasn’t heard of a lot of pop culture things.

#the elf talks #assassins creed #Desmond: you could say my dad was pretty strict #coworker: ah. a religious type. #Desmond who has no idea about most religions as they weren’t important on the farm: … yes

[orcelito]

Ok. Real question. How many people Actually have believed in Santa? Bc I never did, mostly bc my dad never bothered with the entire pretense, so the whole concept is just. Really fucking strange to me

Putting an actual poll bc I feel like I'm losing my mind a bit thinking about how apparently widespread it is. Like. It's just so... weird? Why is this the thing people have popularized? It makes no sense.

#speculation nation #polls #like ok my dad's an atheist raised by jewish parents so xmas has never really been a religious sort of holiday to me #we celebrate it bc it's fun to give gifts and spend time with family #but that's... it. #all the lore and mythos of xmas is just so weird to me #like baby jesus etc etc but now here comes saint nicholas with the steel chair! (breaking into your house to eat your cookies #and leave presents Only for the rich kids! why only the rich ones? uhmmm Dont worry about it!) #genuinely speaking my dad's worked at ups my whole life so growing up he'd say he (and the rest of his coworkers) were the real santas #said as a joke mostly bc theyre the ones Actually delivering the packages #but i took it to heart. told people at school that my dad was the Real santa. #no one believed me lol which i found quite frustrating. #but yeah i have never once in my entire life believed in Santa #and im content with that. it seems like such a stupid thing i will be honest. #'what about the magic of christmas' what about the poor kids who dont get gifts & feel abandoned by this all-powerful man? #in fact why do we Want kids to not think it's their parents giving gifts? they cant thank the right people if we trick them. #it's a convoluted setup that makes absolutely 0 sense to me #trust me christmas had more than enough 'magic' for me as a kid just bc of all the cool lights and all the free gifts #dont need some mythological man who can travel the globe in one night and is a professional in B&E #makes no sense for Real. #there was a time with my ex step siblings where me n my sister were told not to spoil the fun for them #so i had to pretend like santa existed as they opened presents marked from him #and even back then i was just thinking 'this is So Dumb' #this is an anti santa zone i guess. me and myself hate the popularized version of this strange strange belief system.

[isfjmel-phleg]

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#random personal stuff #the stupid p o l i t i c a l picture got unburied and is back in full sight in my coworker's box where I will have to look at it constantly #everytime I look left or get up from my desk or come back to my desk there it will be #I know it's just a dumb picture but it has come to represent a lot of simmering rage with this man's priorities & I am struggling with this #I found out yesterday that my predecessor in this job had issues with this guy over purchase selections #and so did a former distance librarian #who reportedly was told by this man that he believes he's 'doing the Lord's work' in selecting these books #is it the Lord's work to push a certain p o l i t i c a l agenda? these are not religious books #is it the Lord's work to push an opinion of something that is not directly tied to religious teachings? #is it the Lord's work to lie and call a book order a replacement so you can get a book you want without revealing you chose it? #it was suggested recently that I talk with the VP of Academic Affairs about this issue #as something that will need to be kept in mind when hiring the next library director #and I would have to be very careful about how I did it #but I really think I will #I am so tired of this. so tired. #we are supposed to be so much better than this #is it the Lord's work to mock public figures with whom you disagree? #especially about an issue that's not really an issue anymore? #2020 and so forth happened can we please move on now?

[bonyfish]

When I worked at the pawn shop there was this lady who'd come in periodically who just Did Not Trust Me for no particular reason. I didn't take this personally because she was like this with everyone but a small selection of the managers. One time she went out of her way to tell my manager that she thought I was "up to something" on account of I "smile[d] too much".

Then one day, for reasons unknown, she decided I'd apparently been working there long enough that she should ask for my name. When I told her, she said, "Well, I wouldn't'a been so mean to you if I knew you had such a pretty name!" and then spent the rest of her time in the store that day paying me compliments. She asked if my hair was naturally curly and, when I answered in the affirmative, she had me turn around and show her the back of my head. Later when she went to leave, she came back in because she'd spotted my mother outside (my car was in the shop and she was waiting for me to get off work so she could take me to pick it up) and asked me, "Is that your mother out there? Why, you look just alike!"

Anyway, there's no moral to this story, I just think about her sometimes. What an odd person. I wonder if she's still out there, pawning huge bins of DVDs of unknown provenance and asking the clerks if they believe in God.

#pawn shop adventures #me posts #she really thought i was playing some bizarre interpersonal 4d chess when actually i was just attempting customer service #yes my hair is naturally curly no i don't believe in god #i didn't have to answer that one though because she engaged my coworker in a debate about whether buddhists worship demons or not #this was not the strangest religious discussion that occurred in my presence at the pawn shop

[lesmiserablol]

goodbye july 2023 you’ve been one of the best months of my life i’ll love you forever

#first time since my sister died that i have felt alive #god. my tutoring program job changed my life. my coworkers changed my life. we went to disneyland two days after joking about going! #they taught me so much and helped me heal some major religious trauma #i went to the eras tour hello was that even real! god what a thing to experience with my best friend #i fucking saw les mis!! two days in a row!! and that changed my life!!!! #i turned 24!!! and celebrated w my girlfriend!! who made it such a special occasion and painted me a fucking masterpiece!! #i created so much!! i loved so much!! i spent nearly every night laughing myself to tears with my roommate!!!

[florenceisfalling]

having internet friends is just listening to a bunch of people from the uk shitting on the fact that you live in texas until you seethe like a man betrayed

#or if they dont shit on it they talk about it like war territory #like they feel sorry for me or want to visit but cant because of their safety #and its always like. a white person. its never someone who might actually have a valid reason for feeling threatened/ostracized in the south #and i get the antiqueer legislation Sucks here atm #but ive been an out and proud dyke at rural religious gatherings since my youth. visiting my hometown isnt going to get you shot #my 70 year old coworker asking if youre a boy or a girl three sentences into the conversation is not a death sentence its an interaction you #- may experience just as easily in a northern state or beyond

[nettlestingsoup]

on some days nothing much happens in work and then on other days you get to hold an endangered stag beetle larva in your bare hands and find you understand a tiny fraction of what it must feel like to hold a newborn child

#it was just bigger than my thumb #all grey with a little orange head #and it was twisting around in my hands #it was so beautiful #and some of my coworkers were grossed out but i loved it #idk just something about holding it was so lovely #it was so light #and it's so cool to think it'll turn into a proper beetle #it was so soft and young #nothing new here just nettle having a semi-religious experience over holding an insect #i cannot explain to you how vulnerable it looked #and i was just holding it #do we think the entomology department would think i'm weird if i asked to go visit him again #nettle's thoughts

[altschmerzes]

i have to say of all the ways a person could attempt prosletyzing ‘sending a random jew on tumblr an anonymous ask message’ is definitely a new one for me

#me and a muslim coworker both wearing obvious religious clothing items once had bibles left on the counter while we were working together #that was definitely creative #but this is new for sure #gav gab #lmao incredible #cleanses my inbox in the mikveh #first someone is weird to me about calling myself an aro butch #and using he/they pronouns #and now this #incredible

[alteredsilicone]

when u agonize over sending an email but it all turns out fine in the end

cringe autism moment

#talking to myself #im so bad at communicating #its like pulling teeth #every day i pray to lord jesus in heaven that my coworkers and superiors are really understanding and nice #have the nicest boss ever god bless him #also just a sidenote i dont have diagnosed autism or anything im just #i just really relate to the communication problems so maybe there is a lead or two there #also im not religious i just jest when i talk about praying or blessing #does that need an explanation #i dont think so lmao

[hight0wers]

idk why but i feel like syril would listen to wham!

#i have no basis for this! just vibes #syril karn #had a conversation about this @ work with my coworker and we both agreed LMFAOOOO #would also probably religiously listen to the smiths #and weezer #and the cure #and probably joy division #and radiohead of course LOLLLLL #oh and tears for fears #alice rambles!

[inflagrante-delicatessen]

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#pst #txt #im blaming my coworker for being the reason why im musing over why theres always a sense of betrayal in super casual #interactions with Nice Christian Strangers #like theres always a fucking trap and theyre just waiting to bring up Jesus and God And Christianity #when you were just having a nice conversation or thinking 'hey there's this nice old lady that waits for us at the bus stop when its hot #and has drinks and snacks' and then at the end of the year she starts handing out bibles to everyone #and then the uber driver where we had a lovely conversation about science and stuff and as soon as we got a few turns away from my drop off #'are you religious' #like bruh! why did you have to ruin this!! #also my coworker compared global warming and climate change to the 'great heaving of birth' bc i mentioned unseasonable warmth in Feb in FL #oh also one time a lady ruined all 'let a stranger share my table' at college cuz then she tried to get me to go to A Religious Thing #bc i looked lonely or something #bruh i was engaged in my crossword puzzle and sudoku and killing time #anyways. stop that. if you dont dont start

[semercury]

Existing is literally so scary and I hate it.

#stuff sarah says #had a guy come in and ask me a question and then he says he calls ahead to make sure im here and wont shop if im not #and i just whwhhwhwhwhhw #like hes older and if hes the guy im thinking of (im bad with faces if i dont see them regularly) hes by himself now after his wife died #but i just please dont think about me if im not right there!! #what if i stop working there!! #also im convinced my coworkers hate me or will start to hate me despite having little to no evidence to prove that #my brain is just like ''source: trust me bro'' #im also detecting minor changes in behavior and it scares me bc im insane #like hi you only said 3 things to me this week instead of 4 is it bc you hate me and wish i was never born? #and also just like. ''theyre gonna find out and hate you for it'' and its likr find out WHAT? #the only thing i can think of is its the fear of people finding out my religious/political beliefs bc theyre different from a lot of them #and i wish that was just a work fear #i am positionsd in a way that everyone on any side hates me and its very fun to think about :) #but dont worry!!!! i hate me too!!! and i hate me more and i hated me first so i win!!!!!!!!

[msdk-00]

anyways knows i wouldn't be da talk of tim hortons if i wore a mask around still. the nans would spend a good ten minutes talkin bout me at least. did ya see ang's daughter. going around wit da mask on er face still. shockin. but she looks right like er mudder dudnt she.

i should give dem a lil smthn to think about as they eats their timbits n drinks their coffees. we don't have much goin on here they needs it

#this summer is looking up for me btw #i walked to tim's and didn't get stopped on the street or in the tim's by anyone #im still “traumatized” (jk)by the time my creepy coworker/employer once pulled over in the Middle of the road and asked me why i looked sad #and asked me to smile. #he also randomly gave me a marilyn monroe painting like a year after i stopped working there which he said i ordered i think??? but i #definitely didn't. he just saw i had a marilyn case when i was working there (friend gave it to me) so he asked if i liked her and i said #yeah instead of explaining it's from my friend secondhand n i'm just using it just bc i need a case #so he either found a print of marilyn monroe or he made a print on canvas (the workplace is a graphic design and print shop) to give to me #i always hated working with him he was unbearable #and often told me to not get involved with boys? #and also telling me to not get married. with regret in his voice. sometimes even when his (young) son was At the workplace. #this was before he divorced but it was obvious that it was going to happen before it happened #certain middle aged people you can just tell they are miserable with their life and he was one of them #meanwhile my other coworker was also a middle aged man i think like 50 maybe #super religious but super chill. talked to me about alien sightings and hatsune miku and his wife would come in sometimes to bring him a #lunchbox n she's lovely too. anyways he never made weird comments to me about boys or asked me to smile so he's the better coworker by far #men can be lovely beings when they're not weirdos to women #anyways. that's a tangent #back to stardew

[cinnamon-notes]

i miss this one coworker of mine :c

#shes the first coworker who walked to me to shake my hand and introduce herself and smile at me and include me in her chitchat with other #coworkers and from time to time explaining to me some inner jokes or who the people they had just mentioned were and she was also the one to #tap on my shoulder when our boss was having a bad day and treating everyone poorly and it also was one of my first days there and i was #overwhelmed with work and i really needed a break so she walked to me and tapped on my shoulder and told me to sneak out with her because #it wouldn't be a mad boss to decide whether or not we deserve a break so i followed her and she took me to this wonderful hidden spot full #of cherry trees where no one could see you and where she'd go when she needed a break from work away from coworkers and there she told me #she had cancer and that it was coming back and then i realized how much of a natural i am when it comes to getting attached to people who's #not that obvious that they will stay and there i realized how much of a natural i am to be self centered because once she told me that i #felt sorry for her and i wanted to hug her but i also had a littke thinking about myself and my attachment issues and what is it if not bein #self centered? and after a few days she stopped coming to work ans i was so fucking scared that something najor had happened to her but #nobody would say a thing because im working in a medium sized company where people are religious about other people's privacy so no one #would tell me what was going on and not everyone knew what was going on and one day there was this coworker of mine who was missing her #quite a lot so during coffee break he went all “that's it. that's enough. i need to know what happened to [redacted]. idc you wont tell me #idc you cant tell me. i need to know. she wont answer the phone and im hella scared and she is a colleague but shes also a friend“ and #thats how i found out she was getting much worse and she was basically living in the hospital now and thats how my heart broke yet another #time and thats how im walking to work every day since i found out. wearing grief like a cloak. carrying it around on my shoulders. waiting #for her to come back. wating for her to take me to the cherry trees again. #cinnamon at work

[anagram-for-mongo]

Connected with my coworkers who are Muslim (they were gone Wednesday and Thursday) because I was made aware of Eid Mubarak via the Spongebob IG page

Time to go rub it in the face of my sister who thinks Spongebob will rot your brain but is fine with REN AND STIMPY

#this isn’t meant to come across as a /diversity win!/ kind of thing #just kind of funny where I learned about why they were out #i have another religious coworker who is evidently into fox news but she was mad they took the two days off #she didn’t seem to understand 1) it was a sincerely held religious belief as they had been diligent about fasting even during the work day #and 2) since they’re contracted workers they didn’t get paid for those days off #if said coworker wants to take any holidays pertaining to her religion off she is more than welcome to ask #if she could stop dumping far right BS like ‘there’s a caucasian island’ on me that’d be great #because i REALLY don’t want to have to involve my boss or HR