Religious SC Behavior thread (Three part)

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Not that I'm knocking religious people in general, I'm talking about the religious SC's who aren't able to take a polite no for an answer. You know them...the ones who feel it's their destiny to 'save your soul' because you don't follow their own particular brand of religion. In honor of the "Umm...ok" thread posted by Nick, I submit the following three stories and invite people to add thier stories.

Remember, I'm not bashing religion in general, just the individuals who have caused people grief so please keep it friendly.

First Story: This one is mine. I'm doing the March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon and I'm going to have some fun. I have this grand plan and I've plotted out every 7-11, Shore Stop, and anyother place I can get a soda...forget that crappy watered down gatorade they give out at the re-hydration stations.

Good plan, but a broken water main one hour before the event starts, blows that to 'eck.

The new route is now nowhere near a store and to make matters worse, being in the front 20% of the pack (fast walker) only the first 2 stations are manned. The remaining 3 are not set up.

So by the time I'm crossing the finish line I'm targeting the Shore-Stop across the street from the event and I'm making a bee-line straight for it.

As I get to the door in my zombie-like state of mindless determination to get a big honking, bladder-buster of a soda I fail to notice the group of religious protesters picketing the store since they carry soft-porn mags. I only noticed when an arm blocked my entrance to the store.

Cattle-prodding my neurons back to life I focus on him and listen to him stating something about the immorality of porn, the damnation of those selling and the risk to my soul just by going in there.

Did I mention that I just walked 15 KM (approx 9 miles) in 80+ degree heat with only 2 urine sample sized cups of water? My soul is fine, it's my body that needs salvation in the form of liquid...STAT!

Anyway I catch him taking a pause in his speech and I drop the bomb on him.

"Who gave you the right to usurp the will of God?"

"Huh? I don't understand."

"Clearly you don't. God gave us the choice of which path we wish to walk. The path of light in which we will recieve the rewards due us in the Kingdom of Heaven, or the path of darkness and spend eternity in a place where the love of God cannot and will not reach (AKA Hell). So by imposing your will upon me by blocking my entrance to this store, you are usurping the will of God by denying me the choice given to me by him. Besides, while your protest is legal, blocking me from going in isn't and could get you arrested."

[insert the sounds of a brain shorting out and the incoherent ramblings of a person unable to deal with someone verbally clubbing him like a baby harp seal with his own bible]

"Now excuse me, I need a Big Gulp and a crotch mag."

When I came out I had my playboy in hand (still in the wrapper so as not to show innappropiate material to the children at the store and walked back to my car.

Never would have bought it (had subscription to it already) if they hadn't pissed me off.

Stay Tuned for the next story.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

For my next story...

I have to tell you the tale of my ex-wife and something that happened to her before we were dating.

She had been bothered on numerious occasions by this lady who felt that Liz [not real name] needed to be saved since she wouldn't let her in and listen to her spiel.

Mind you Liz worked third shift at the hospital and was often asleep during the day when this woman would show up. Liz also has a bit of a temper when she's groggy and was often curt with her.

It's a summer day and it's reached 98 degrees out there and the heat index was over 100. Worse was the fact that the AC had blown out and the guy couldn't get there to fix it until later that evening. So Liz doing what she could to keep cool, grabbed a sheet and went to sleep in front of the fan with a mister set up in front of it and went to sleep on the vinyl couch sans clothes.

Woman shows up and rings the bell. Liz grabbs the sheet and wraps it around her to preserve modesty and answers the door. Sure enough, there's the woman with her child with her. We suspect that the woman hoped that Liz would be more polite if she brought a child...fat chance.

Before the woman could say anything Liz said "Lady, I'm a Satanist." and dropped the sheet and stood in her doorway starkers.

The woman gasped, grabbed her kid and ran. The kid wasn't even able to touch the ground for how fast she ran to her car. A screaching of tires and Liz never saw the woman again...ever.

Stay tuned for the third story

Mongo

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Many of you already know, but for those who don't I belong to a medieval re-enactment group known as the Society for Creative Anachronisms (http://www.sca.org) (SCA).
A friend of mine in the SCA has a problem with making her own garb (period clothing), sleeves. She cannot sew on a sleeve with a sewing machine to save her life. To get around this she will wear the article and hand sew it on herself. Clumsey, but it works and works well for her. I've never seen one of her sleeve stitches fail.

Anywho she's doing a chemise (dress that goes under a regular dress) in white linen and here comes a pair of Mormons out to spread the word of God as they have interpreted it.

My friend, wearing nothing but the chemise and her undergarments doesn't even bat an eve and tells them "I'm sorry, I'm rather busy at the moment. You'll have to come back tomorrow and talk to my parents. I'm the virgin sacrifice." and closes the door on a pair of rather surprised teenagers.

Two adult Mormons came out to the house the next day to see what was going on. They met my friend who informed them that she was happy with her religion and that she was in a rush last night getting the dress ready and figured that it was the quickest way to get rid of the two teens on missionary. The adults actually laughed and went on their way. She wasn't bothered by any Mormons again.

So they're not really SC's, but the story was too funny not to post.

Let's hear your horror stories of sucky religious individuals (remember, no generic bashing). Just like the saying "While all rottweilers are dogs, not all dogs are rottweilers", the same goes for religion. The SC may come from [denomination], not all of [denomination] are SC's.

Mongo

[JustAGirl]

LMAO at those stories.

I don't have any near that good, yet. Just little annoying "here's a book for you" pamphlet they hand me as they are leaving my register, which I promptly rip in half and throw away. And the "pamphlet on the bulliten board at the apt building entrance" that gets ripped up and tacked back on the board...

EXCELLENT stories. Gives me ideas! :)

[protege]

We don't get many "door-to-door missionaries" out in the 'burbs for some reason. Too bad, as I'd like to mess with the rude ones a bit :angel:

For years though, they'd show up at my grandparents farm for some reason. Grandpa would tell them to 'get lost,' but in nicer terms :angel: and usually, they'd take a hint and leave. But, if not, he had his own way of getting rid of them. He would them tell them to "get the hell off my land." If they refused, he'd simply ask for his shotgun :devil: That usually had them *running* to their cars!

[stickycoins]

I found a real easy way to keep them away! I work late so I get up late. They were always knocking on my door at 8-9am. I made a sign that says:
Mabels whorehouse-Enter at your own risk. Haven't had one in at least 3 years!

[BrassCowboy]

Early when I began my job, we got a lot of religious people soliciting in the store. I guess my manager allowed it because once he got fired, they never came back again. Anyways, I remember that I could always tell who they were because they would stand in line without anything in their hands and they did not look lost or like a cigarette customer.

"Hi, I'm from the church --"

This is where I cut them off.

"Hold on. Let me get a manager."

The manager would actually talk to these people for like 20 minutes, and while he was talking, he could not be disturbed for petty things like authorizations or change.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Mongo, I'm SCA, too. Small world. Are you on TVU? Your device looks familiar.:wave:

[werewolffan98]

I have a story too,because at a store i work at A Christian SC insulted me about my Orientation and i told them to stop and afterwords they tried to read the bible to me and i said "get out!" "Yes you are being kicked out of a store by a Bisexual" Of course i never say him come back to the store again.

[Lehk]

i really want to put together some pamphlets and little books for other religions.

someone hands you a chick tract hand him right back a discordian pamphlet or a church of scientology flyer

[lordlundar]

One myself. I was waiting for a bus when this old lady sat next to me and things were fine for about 1 min. Then comes the fateful words. "Have you found the light of the holy jehova?"

Oh no. I swear these bible thumpers are taught to start off with a question.

My generic response pops up "I'm not interested, thank you." She then says "I noticed the book you were reading and felt that you haven't found the light..." and on while she's shoving a set of brocheurs at me.

I cut her off a few moments later with "Ma'am, I'm really not interested in your religion, I have my own beliefs." Finally shut her up.

The book? Siege of Darkness by R.A Salvatore. Part of the Drizzt Do'Urden series of books. Has a quote in there about religious beliefs.

"Speak not of Avatars. Show not proof that your god is the one true god. I grant you these beliefs without judgement, but if you grant me what is in my heart, then such truths are irrelevant."

Let's see the Bible-thumpers top that!:angel: The interesting part is, I live about 2 blocks away from a Jehovas Witness church (possibly the most notorious for doing this) and have only had them approach twice.

My dad had a fun one before I was born. He hunts for meat and at the time, prepped the meat himself. (my mom does it now) One time, a couple Jehova's witness evangelists knock on the door and my mom was working that day (registered nurse) so he answered the door. He didn't bother to put the knife down, so they see the bloody knife, bloody hands, and bloody shirt. They never opened their mouths for the shpiel. He said he never saw anyone run so fast before.:devil:

[AmericanZero8503]

I swear telling those Bible thumpers your jewish, gets them everytime. Some lady jumped my shit for saying Happy Holidays. Then I said "Well it's hard to concentrate on Christmas, when your boss makes you work through Hanukkah." She got so embarassed and walked off.

Sometimes I wonder how I tolerated living in a Red State for so long.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I always seem to get targeted by bible bashers; don't know why. Whenever I was approached in the street, I'd snap "Judge not lest ye be judged" at them, which nearly always worked. If they persisted, I'd say, "I'm a Satanist; bugger off." That got rid of them.

As for door to door people, we haven't seen any since that memorable day when 2 JWs knocked on our door during a day when my Dad was in a very bad mood. He ripped the door open and they hadn't even gotten a fraction of the way thru their spiel when he bellowed, "Get the f*** out of here before I set the dogs on you!" They ran so fast they dropped their leaflets. :lol:

Behind my dad, me and my little brother were almost crying with laughter. We had just one dog at the time, a dear little collie cross who'd be more likely to lick them to death.

[Tanasi]

I had just returned from RVN and was working 3rd shift at a slaughter house. One Saturday afternoon I was asleep and Mom was washing her car (right outside my window) for Sunday morning services. Well I don't know which kind were acosting her but I heard her say "I don't have time to talk I have a lot of work to do, please leave me alone." The pushy lady said "Don't you have a few minutes to share the good news?" Wanting to save these folks from getting the hose turned on them I piped up "Mom don't kill this bunch I'm too tired to dig another grave.":devil:
They never came back after that.:angel:

[LadyMage]

We don't have our local JWs anymore around here, but before, when I was a freshman, they would come in, talk to one of our security guards and give me pamphlets, which I promptly tossed in the trash.

When I was studying japanese, they brought me a pamphlet...in japanese. *headdesk*

The worst around here are the Subway Preachers. One time, a lady came onto my train and started shouting (talking loudly is one thing, but I could hear her over Benny Goodman and the subway, that was shouting allright) how we need to "be saved" and "Jesus is your savior, hallelujah!!!" and all was well and good, until she ripped out my earbud so as to make sure I hear it. I was incensed; I'm sorry, preach all you want but the second you touch me or my music, the gloves are off. I just growled at her, "DO NOT touch my music. EVER AGAIN!" and since it was my stop, I left, but with the satisfaction of her jaw on the subway floor.

I'm used to this; but seriously...I was ready to rip her a new one.

Mongo, your ex-wife is a genius, really. THAT...was classic.

[Yossarian]

i really want to put together some pamphlets and little books for other religions.

someone hands you a chick tract hand him right back a discordian pamphlet or a church of scientology flyer

Heh. My mom used to do that.

JW:<DING-DONG>"Hi, have you heard the Good News about Jesus?" <hands pamphlet>.

Mom: "Hey thanks. Here, have you heard about the Self-Realization Fellowship?" <hands pamphlet>

JW: "Umm, thanks?":confused:

[bars.of.a.rhyme]

JW:<DING-DONG>"Hi, have you heard the Good News about Jesus?" <hands pamphlet>.

Mom: "Hey thanks. Here, have you heard about the Self-Realization Fellowship?" <hands pamphlet>

Har.

I do that sometimes, but without the pamphets.

Them: "Have you accepted God as your personal lord and savior?"
Me: "No. Have you accepted the Goddess as your personal lord and savior?"

One time I said something kind of snotty. I'm not proud of it.

Them: "Have you found Jesus?"
Me: "Oh shit, did you lose him?"

Old joke, I know.

[Moirae]

Honestly, try telling them you're a witch someday and see what happens. Just a note, it doesn't work. They'll try anything by going on and on about how you "Haven't found the truth of Jesus" or some crap like that.

Btw, I'm Wiccan. A modern day witch. It doesn't matter what you say, they'll say you haven't found the truth.

I've taken to just closing the door in their faces.

Can't do that when you're walking down the street and get accosted though. I've litterally had them following me up the street. Even after telling them "I'm Catholic, I have my own religion."

It really should be illegal to do that. Especially harassment.

[Jester]

Speaking of the bible thumpers, since this is a SC forum, thought I would add my 3.5 cents...as a person who works in the service industry and has for 20 years now....good lord, has it been that long!??!!?....anyway, while I have no problem per se with people trying to push their religion on me (they are just trying to "help" me as they see it), I DO hate when they leave, as part or all of their tip, a little religious pamphlet. $50 check, $5 tip, and your comic book version of what I should accept at The Truth. Great. Wonderful. Problem is, as much as I try, I can never get these pamphlets accepted as payment by the electric company, my landlord, the cable company, the water company, the cell phone company, the insurance company, the bank, etc., etc., etc. If you really want me to listen to what you have to say, tip like a normal person, and understand that your religious tracts don't take the place of cash. Ever. (If you don't believe that this is an ongoing problem in the service industry that every one of us hates, check out the fine folks at bitterwaitress.com. It is an ongoing vent there, and at every restaurant or bar I have ever worked at.)

Rant over.

Amusing sign at one of my favorite bars:

"Sorry I missed church. I was too busy practicing witchcraft and being a lesbian."

:devil:

[Broomjockey]

I've got a couple of second-hand stories.

When my dad was just a teenager, and still living at home, he was under his car and a pair of well dressed legs come into his view. A voice asks him for the man of the house, and dad points him up to the house. He hears them knock on the door, some talking, and all of a sudden his dad starts screaming "I told you Sons of Bi***es not to come here any more!!!" Then he grabbed, i guess it was a rake by the door and CHASED them down the block. They never came back.

The other story my roommates told me when I got back from work that evening. Apparently some JWs came to the door, and my roomies tried to be nice and send them on their way, but they wouldn't leave. Finally roomie in the other room called to the other "Hey, I need some help with the goat!" Roomie at the door gets a scared look on his face, says "You didn't hear that!" and closes the door quickly.

Personally, I'm always polite but firm, saying right away at the door, thanks but no thanks and close the door without letting them say more. If they grab me at a bus stop they usually just hand me the booklets and walk off, and I pitch the booklets into the bus stop garbage can.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Them: "Have you found Jesus?"
Me: "Oh shit, did you lose him?"
Old joke, I know.

Old but funny. I've used:

"Yeah, he's in the trunk."
"Oh...if you've lost him, try behind the couch...everything you lose ends up behind the couch. Or sometimes under the fridge if you have cats."

If I have the time I'll pull out my worst weapon in my arsenal...psychology!

I've used this on JW's, Mormons, Survey Takers at the mall...it works on them all.

If you have the minutes to spare (and I usually do for meyhem), listen to them...or at least look like you are. While they are going through thier spiel, scratch yourself...all over. Scratch your hair, your arms, your chest, all over. Just don't look like you're paying attention to the 'itches', just keep scratching. After a while (5 minutes) they'll usually start scratching themselves in a psychosomatic sort of way.

That's a really evil trick since they won't stop scratching for a while.

Mongo

[Lace Neil Singer]

I also had 2 come up to me while I was shopping, purely on the basis that I was wearing an Alice Cooper t-shirt. They started going on about the evils of Alice's music, and I cut them off saying, "He's a born again christian, look it up." They were just standing there dumbfounded when I walked off.

Them: "Have you found Jesus?"
Me: "Oh shit, did you lose him?"

That's a classic. :lol:

[HappyCthulhu]

someone hands you a chick tract hand him right back a discordian pamphlet or a church of scientology flyer

Hand them a tract about the Almighty Cthulhu next time.:worship: (http://www.o-ox-ox1.org/cthulhuchick/) :worship::worship::worship:

[Imogene]

Now, I don't mind when somebody starts telling me about their religion, IF, and only if, they allow me to tell them about mine. If they don't? "I don't have time for your 'ever-loving' god who says 'I'll smite New Orleans for being a den of sinners...once a year...'?
Mmm boy, I do love telling the religious types about the familial bloodlines of my Gods. Let's put it this way, the family tree does NOT fork. It's lots of fun to watch their faces when I start telling about the polyamorous lesbian trio. Or the living shadow. Think Santa, only covered in writhing shadows. "She knows when you are sleeping, she knows when you're awake..."
No evisceration, no martyrdom, one rule to live by: "Have fun, and be yourself." Pray? What's that?

[Format C]

My pastor once said in a sermon that if you are going to leave a tract behind, leave a good tip first.

[Broomjockey]

My pastor once said in a sermon that if you are going to leave a tract behind, leave a good tip first.

Good idea. If I was left a good tip and a booklet, I'd likely save the booklet for when I was bored. Crappy tip+booklet=booklet+trash

[Acolyte]

Heh.
I was over at a friend's house, with a bunch of other people. Said friend is of a goth-y persuasion to begin with. Anyways, some JWs came to the door, and I heard him trying to get them to leave, to no avail. Finally, he came into the room where we were all hanging out.
'Any of you guys interested in Jehovah?'
We promptly decided no, and that we had to so something to get rid of them. Some sort of evil-sounding call was in order. We decided on 'BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, AND SKULLS FOR HIS THRONE!'
We promptly shouted that in the direction of the door.
The JWs promptly left.

[PuckishOne]

Them: "Have you found Jesus?"
Me: "Oh shit, did you lose him?"
I've only ever done this once, and I must have been feeling ornery at the time, but it went a little something like this:

Someone: Have you found Jesus?
Puck: Did you try looking in the prison? Because it seems lots of people find him there.

No, I'm not proud of myself for that one, but if memory serves it was near the end of a long, one-sided "conversation" that an acquaintance was having in my presence, trying to convince me of the various errors of my ways. Luckily, I've never been in the same position with a customer...I can only imagine. :rolleyes:

[technical.angel]

Luckily, I've never been in the same position with a customer...I can only imagine. :rolleyes:

I find that they are rarely customers.

I had this woman come up to my kiosk 5 minutes before I was set to go home.

She started out with "Do you believe in Jesus?"

I thought about it.. "Hum.. No. I don't think I do."

Her blasphemy (no offense, blas!) radar went off and she dove into me like a shark to a surfer. I was bored, and a little.. annoying feeling, so I decided to play with her. I tried debate. Since her main defense thus far had been "Because Jesus said so" "because God said so" "because it's in the Bible" and "because God wrote the Bible". Comments on the true authorship of the Bible went like this. "No, God didn't write the Bible, a bunch of guys wrote the Bible." "But God told them what to write, and God's word is law." If I knew then what I know now, I'd have gone into that debate, but hindsight being 20-20 and all that.

"So, basically," I said, "You're doing what a book tells you to do."
"Yes, cause God wrote it."
"So what do you think about the Islams?"
"They're evil."
"Why?"
"They're killing people."
"But they have a book telling them to. How is that different from yours?"
"Cause God wrote the Bible, and God's word is law."

At that point, I realized what kind of fundie I had, turned around, called Security, and watched her scurry away. The person taking over for me thought I was weird.

Jenni :angel:

[AmericanZero8503]

Has anyone heard about the Flying Spaghetti Monster? Look it up on wiki-pedia. It's a really good inside joke and some people have dedicated their books to FSM for touching them with his noodle-ly appendage. It's freaking awesome and instead of the 10 commandments, it's the 10 'I'd rather you didn't' 's. Try explaining that to an extremist christian...their head might explode.

***UPDATE***- Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster website: http://www.venganza.org/

"Extremist are in charge of our government, because moderates have shit to do."- John Stewart

"Small government talks about Jesus in their speeches. Big government does what he asks."- Stephen Colbert

[alphaboi]

This story isn't about SC, but missionaries. My grandparents used to own a lake cottage. One time when I was about 5 yrs old my mom took me there. My dad was coming down the next day so it was just me, my mom, and our (rather large) dog. Two (male) Jehovah's Witnesses came to the door and wanted to talk to my mom. She politly told them she wasn't interested and asked them to leave. One of the JW stuck his foot in the door so she couldn't close it. This set our dog off an the JW ended up in the ER for stitches. He tried to sue, but the judge dismissed it. They where two adult men trying to force themselves into a house where a woman is alone with a 5 yr old and had the nerve to sue!

[Canarr]

Oh no, the poor creature... I hope you took him to the vet! That might've upset his stomach :D

[Jester]

Has anyone heard about the Flying Spaghetti Monster? Look it up on wiki-pedia. It's a really good inside joke and some people have dedicated their books to FSM for touching them with his noodle-ly appendage. It's freaking awesome and instead of the 10 commandments, it's the 10 'I'd rather you didn't' 's. Try explaining that to an extremist christian...their head might explode.

***UPDATE***- Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster website: http://www.venganza.org/

Funniest thing I have seen online since another member of customerssuck.com turned me on to Improv Everywhere!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Anyone ever sticks a foot in my door to keep me from closing it I am going to assume means to rob or assault me and I will act accordingly.

Dragged a drunket frat boy through a parking lot once by his arm rolled up in my car window for that very reason. Window was open about 6 inches or so, he reached in and grabbed the steering wheel. Not only did he get dragged, but he got his arm stabbed while it was trapped in my car. That the glass didn't break is a miracle.

Maybe he'll think twice next time. Jerk.

[MystyGlyttyr]

We have a particular cult down here who likes to stick their newsletters on cars in the Wal-Mart parking lot. They very frequently end up on the wrong end of my purse/bolas...

Of course, you can really crush their spirits another way. I was approached once in the parking lot and rather than react violently, I just tilted my head and pretended to be enraptured with everything they were saying. When they finally got a break in their speech, I broke into a wide grin, and replied in flawless German, "Guten Tag! Wieder, danke, auf Deutsch?" Not a perfect translation of "Hi! Again, thanks, in German?" but enough to make them "realize" they've been wasting their breath on someone who doesn't speak English. They usually look all crestfallen and walk away, or sometimes they go "DO. YOU. SPEAK. ENGLISH?" Because saying it slowly and loudly makes it translate right into German, doy. :doh:

[cougar_guy04]

I've never had the pleasure of interacting with religous SC's, but my parents have had a few instances.

One morning, my dad had the day off and a couple of "missionaries" (I don't know what group it was, so I'm not gonna say who they were):
M:Good morning, sir. Have you found Jesus?
D: Yeh, he's in the garage. Get off my property.
Missionaries exit stage right quickly.

Another time, they approached my mom while she was gardening. Now, we have about 4 dogs at the time (Dalmatian, Cocker Spaniel, Shepard/Husky mix, Basset Hound) and when someone comes down the driveway, they raise hell (bark is worse than their bite, they're actually just big babies)! They asked her how she was doing, without even looking up, she said she'd be doing a lot better once she got the weak spots in the fence mended. "Uh, we'll leave to your work ma'am, sorry to interrupt you."

I come from a family of some mischievous people.

[Moirae]

My husband once answered the door to them with a bloody knife in his hand from when he was cooking dinner. He invited them in for the "sacrifice. The master is waiting". lol, they ran and never came back.

[RebeccaOTool]

I'm sitting in front of the library with a stack of books, waiting for my Mom to pick me up. Out of nowhere, this lady hails me.

L: Excuse me, Ma'am?
Me: (I'm old enough to be a Ma'am?) Yes?
L: I'm a Christian you see...(Hands me a Chick Tract)
Me: (Confused) Thats great, so am I.
L: Oh, good. Then you can pass it along. (Hurries inside)
Me: (WTF made her do that?) *Looks over book stack*
I had the novel *Rosemary's Baby* on top of the stack. :devil:

Not exactly rude, but pretty funny all the same.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Visiting an elderly aunt in Florida once when someone like that came to the door. Don't know what group. They knocked and she ignored them, watching her soaps. I offered to get the door, she said, "Nope. Damn preachers...." or something like that. they continued to knock. I guess they knew someone was home.

Eventually, she shuffled to the door, wrenched it open, and growled, "Don't you take a damn hint????"

They did then. Sheesh. :lol:

[Moirae]

I'll be moving soon. I think I'm going to put a sign on the door that says "No Solicitors. Yes, that means religion too. You may want to preach it but I don't want to hear it."

[Dips]

My oldest younger brother find religious tracts amusing in a weird sort of way. So he decided to start collecting them.

Whenever someone hands him a tract, he'll get a delighted grin on his face and says, "Oh, wow. Mint condition! Thanks!" :D

They never seem to know how to respond to that.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I'm very rude if someone hands me a leaflet. I just screw it up into a ball and chuck it on the floor, or in a bin if there's one nearby, right in front of them. Once, I burned one up with my lighter; I was a bit drunk and it seemed like a good idea... lucky I didn't burn myself.

[angelkirie]

I had the scariest lady the other day... Total grey haired fanatic, she was shopping with what looked like her 15 year old granddaughter who at first, I thought she had an attitude but after trying to help the grandmother, I realised the poor girl was just embarassed!

So I had just had part of my toenail removed because it was ingrown, and more than anything, was just limping so that it didn't hit the inside of my shoe.

This lady comes over and does the typical "I have a question!" and walks away, expecting me to follow her. (This has become a huge pet peeve of mine but every other customer does it!) So I'm limping across the department following her and she realizes this, asks what happened etc. She seemed really interested and I'm thinking 'Ok, maybe she gets ingrown toenails a lot and wants to know what its like to have one removed....'

So I finish my schpiel and she says "Do you mind if I pray for you?" Eh, some people really feel the need to do this, whatever. Why she wants to pray for my toe I don't know... but if it makes her feel better. I tell her "sure! that'd be great!" thinking she would go home and do.

No. She stops in the middle of the walkway, puts her arm around me, bows her head and starts going off. "lord I lift up... what's your name? ...angelkirie to you in the hopes that you will bring her toenail back better and stronger than ever..." :eek: I'm standing there with an apologetic look to all the people trying to go around us and this woman just keeps going!

I don't remember how that resolved itself but it was definitely a WTF moment.

[Rapscallion]

At least she meant well.

Rapscallion

[Tria]

LMAO at those stories.

I don't have any near that good, yet. Just little annoying "here's a book for you" pamphlet they hand me as they are leaving my register, which I promptly rip in half and throw away. :)

I had candles lit in my apartment for a cleansing rite when some JWs came to my door.... With their baby. I thanked them for bringing the sacrifice....(Kidding of course) Well, they didn't get the clue the first dozen times I told them I wasn't interested.

*Twitch* Don't interrupt the cleansing rites!

[ditchdj]

You know what I'd like to see????

Churches should be required to have members that "Practice what they preach". If not then they're NOT a real church and should NOT be exempt from paying taxes. But dont worry that'll never happen because it's not "politically correct".

[Athena]

Hi guys. Long time lurker first time poster.
We used to have lots of JW's visit us, until we had a carload visit when i had my three horses on the lawn. I live in a semi rural area and our yard is fully fenced. WHen i want the lawn mowed i just bring them up for a few hours. Anyway this carload pulled to a stop and they all piled out, dressed in their matronly best. Now my horses are my babies, they're molly coddled and given the best of everything. As a result they are VERY friendly and love cuddles and they see all humans as their friends.
I discovered that day that JW's don't hang around for very long after they've had three 16HH horses rub heads against them, drool grass slobber on their shoulders and try to shove their noses into their feedbag sized handbags. Surprisingly they haven't been back since, either.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Mastiffs work pretty much the same, and are pretty much the same size. The drawback is they dont' mow your lawn. The perk is that they can puncture tires with their teeth.

My in laws dont' have a lot of problem with anyone coming to their door.:devil:

[staticradio]

i really want to put together some pamphlets and little books for other religions.

someone hands you a chick tract hand him right back a discordian pamphlet or a church of scientology flyer

I had that today right after the transaction was final...it was like, "here you go..." a book on creationism vs. evolution (with more emphasis on the former). I should see if it's still there tomorrow (somewhat interested).

usually, I really hate when some denominations exploit their faith as the most important, but this was somewhat different.

I should just hand them back sometimes, and call the manager as it constitutes some degree of solicitation.

[Lehk]

I had that today right after the transaction was final...it was like, "here you go..." a book on creationism vs. evolution (with more emphasis on the former). I should see if it's still there tomorrow (somewhat interested).

usually, I really hate when some denominations exploit their faith as the most important, but this was somewhat different.

I should just hand them back sometimes, and call the manager as it constitutes some degree of solicitation.


"Lord Darwin would be most displeased if i were to read this"

[Pagan]

Btw, I'm Wiccan. A modern day witch. It doesn't matter what you say, they'll say you haven't found the truth.

MM Moirae :wave: - You should see how they react when you tell them you're not only Pagan, but you're a Druid! You can just see them looking for the human sacarfices!

I've never really had a problem at work, the only one made me laugh. I wear a pentagram necklace. One day (and it was around Christmas, too!) a lady came up to me and whispered, "Are you a witch?" To which (ha!) I replied "Yes, yes I am and I feel a spell coming on!" :devil:

I did do the religion two-step with some Baptists at my front door which is perpendicular to the kitchen window so I couldn't ignore them. Told them I wasn't interested, had my own religion, blah, blah. Then one of them pulled out the, "Don't you want to go to heaven" line. Looked at him and replied, "Sir, where I go or do not go when I die is none of your concern," and closed the door. Funny thing was, I can see out the bdrm window from the kitchen and had seen them come around the corner. Now I've got a pentagram suncatcher in the bdrm window, a pentagram windchime on the porch, a Green Man in the kitchen window (not that they knew what it was), and was watching a program on the Free Masons!! :lol: :roll: Not whatcha call a "Christian" household!

There's a thread on this subject in another group I belong to and one of the ladies there has a sign up that says, "The witch is in and she's casting spells." Thinking of using it.

[Slave to the Phone]

Hand them a tract about the Almighty Cthulhu next time. (http://www.o-ox-ox1.org/cthulhuchick/)

Curses on you! I wanted to be first.

*looks at username, retracts curses*

:worship::worship::worship: I actually carry a couple of those in my bag. I politely trade with people.

Me: Oh, thank you. *looks at cover* I promise to read this as soon as I have a moment to properly appreciate it. (this means I will read the best parts out loud to a bunch of drunk bikers just to watch them fall over laughing, but I'm evil that way) Here's something I think you might find interesting. *hands over 3-folded copy*

Generic them: :eek:

[Moirae]

lol. I made the mistake of telling some mormons that I'm Wiccan once. We were on the street downtown (they picket the downtown bus stops so they can preach to everyone that gets off the buses) and ended up with 5 of them following me down the street preaching loudly.

I finally had to threaten to call the cops if they didn't back off. It was only then that they left me alone though they yelled it at me as I walked away.

Apparently they figured that I needed to be saved.

[repsac]

Longtime lurker on here, poster on a few stories on the old board.


I don't have a JW story to share, so much as just minor observations.

1.) If you ever travel around Brunswick georgia, look for Jesus. Yeah, Jesus. There's some guy there that dresses up like him (or what he thinks Jesus should look like) and wanders about town carrying a cross. Thing is, supposedly the cross got heavy, because he's got wheels on it. Never spoke to him, but some that I know who have say he's warped. To say the least.

2.) One of my tricks, taken from a personal disability that can be used by others, is to stare at the person during their spiel. The whole time they're talking, I try my best to watch their lips and not their eyes. Why? Because, I'm deaf. Now, truth be known, I can hear some of what they say; but more often than not, I can't. So once they're done with their pitch I often wait a moment for them to look very confused at me. Nine times out of ten, they ask "Is something wrong?" to which I respond cheerily. "I'm deaf." Every so often, a smarta$$ will ask how I heard them. Most of the time they just yell "sorry" and leave.

3.) Keep those tracts. Why? Well they're VERY dated. It's fun to look at the stories there in, especially the baptist ones since they seem to be the worst. My favorite, actually has something of a story with it. Since it's god awful early here, I'll pass this on and crash.

Working in retail, I remember picking up these tracts that a local Baptist minister would leave behind. Well, this particular minister left one talking about how reading Harry Potter was the spawn of Satan. Furthermore, this minister had a get together at his church where they were going to preach, pray, and then have a huge bonfire. Now, I'm a Wesleyn Methodist. So, going to a Baptist bonfire is not a common thing. (Wesleyns are known for their mantra of "open hearts, open doors, open minds") Still, they were serving free food and I wasn't about to turn that down. Besides, a girl I was trying to get a date with would be there.

Well, long story short, it turns out the bonfire was actually a ton of Harry Potter books. That stack must have been eight feet tall when they set it ablaze. Now, I'm not sure what prompted me to do it, but I turned to that minister and asked him if he knew much about history. He gave me a funny look, but before he could say more, I said loud enough to carry. "You know. It's funny, but unless I'm sorely mistaken, didn't Adolf Hitler do the same thing to books that he felt were...oh what's the word?" looking back at the minister I finished. "Undesirable and corrupting of young minds?" Turning my back on them I walked off, heading to my car. As I did, the looks I got were of shock, disbelief, and more than one person looked physically ill. And no, I never got with the girl.

[Moirae]

rofl. Great come back.

[Worker-Intellectual]

The only time I ever got a pamphlet was in high school... since I had a speare next period and Star Wars Ep. 3 was coming out in a few days, we scanned the pamphlet and turned it into a Jedi pamphlet in paint.

[Acolyte]

I wonder if the assorted religious groups have a 'Non-(Religion)s SUCK!' forum, where they discuss sucky non-converts like ourselves...

[AFpheonix]

Perhaps, but I imagine they're praying for souls instead of just complaining ;)

[Ryu]

nope
if there are them then its the extremists who go all out and usually dont take no easily

[kebable]

http://kebable.1g.fi/kuvat/Sekalaiset+kuvat/ofarrell5%5B1%5D.gif/medium

:eek: :D

[Mixed Bag]

Thanks! That atheist cartoon was the biggest sudden laugh I've had on the new site. (The biggest gradual one was also religious, from Morons in Management > Who's the worst manager you ever had?, page 2):

"Towards the end of his time at our store he started ordering dozens of copies of the Satanic Bible, facing them out at kid's eye level on the main floor with 'Staff Pick' and 'For Someone Special' cards stuck in them. When we clerks pointed out that our store customers were mainly middle class commuters and soccer moms with older children, he got mad and ordered more copies. He also started ordering some rather esoteric tarot decks, just so he could play with them without having to pay for them."


I like the suggestion of a site where the devout complain about heathens--always curious if the other side of an issue has something interesting.


The one about the laughing Mormons reminds me of a pleasant young Christian couple whose license plate read "IV GOT JC". I wonder how many people read the first word as a Roman numeral?:eek:

[symposes]

I wonder if they bought all those harry potter books that they burned.
that must have been a couple thousand dollars worth of books...
Can we say Best seller because of all the copies bought for a book burning?

hehehe

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

...and ended up with 5 of them following me down the street preaching loudly.

I finally had to threaten to call the cops if they didn't back off. It was only then that they left me alone though they yelled it at me as I walked away.

Read about a person in Texas who was being molested by some religious types when it was found out that she was a Wiccan. They followed her home and started protesting outside of her house. She came back outside with a blanket and several boxes of various sizes.

She sat down on the blanket and started cleaning her gun collection in plain sight of the protesters. The more guns she pulled out, the fewer protesters there were. The last one left when she pulled out the Remington 870 Magnum 12-gauge.

Wonder why they left.

Mongo

[amarisse]

working in the guest services dept i get not only returns but anything relation based. Yesterday we had a woman go thru the store and leave pamphlets for her relgion on all the regsiters. she then came to where i was at handed me a bible and told me that i needed more then just a pamphlet to save myself.

It was quite eerie. But i had recongized her as being there many times. She must have seen me in my winter wear when i'm wearing arm warmers and umbrella corp arm bands and spike necklaces and my pentagram necklace.

I musta left a lasting impression on her :)

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Heh. My dad used to clean his guns in front of my boyfriends when they came to pick me up for dates.

[TYFSOK]

I live in Japan, and even here the JWs have found me...

When I was an Assistant Language Teacher for the JET Programme, living in Kagoshima prefecture, they found me because a previous ALT decided to give the local JWs the directory for all JETs in Kagoshima...so they had all our addresses. I politely, repeatedly turned them away from my door. They stopped coming round when they started finding ripped up copies of the (English edition) Watchtower all around my front door.

Then, they decided to ambush me on my way home from work...and I started shouting at them in a mix of bad Japanese and vulgar English. That finally worked.

Now, sadly, one of my co-workers is a JW...and although Witnesses aren't allowed to actually Witness at work, I do believe that it was her fault that they've started coming to my door again. Sigh.

In any case, I've found a use for the Watchtower and Awake! they keep leaving me. I rip them up and stuff them in my shoes after walking to and from work in torrential downpours. It helps dry them right quick.

(I'm more of a Jehovah's Innocent Bystander, actually. Couldn't tell you what I saw or didn't see. I spend my time handing out leaflets marked, "This space intentionally left blank")

[skeptic53]

Most of my relatives are off-the-deep-end fundamentalists, it makes family get-togethers interesting. They don't like Bush because he's too liberal...

One of my cousins has a husband who ran a private Christian school. He went at me for awhile, talking about the only way to find happiness was through his particular brand of one particular religion. He'd been griping for hours about all the problems the school was having, I said "You've been complaining for a long while about your life, have you heard me squawking about mine? I think I'm happier than you right now, and certainly happy with my own beliefs. You'd be insulted if I tried to convert you, so do me the favor of respecting my beliefs the same". It shut him up for a couple of days.

They have two kids who are or want to be missionaries. They send begging emails once a month asking for $ to support their "work". The son is roaming around Thailand on a motorbike. The daughter and her husband have been raising money for years to move to the south of France to preach (convert those heathen Catholics, ya know...).

Let me see... have I got this straight... you want me to give you money so you can travel in Thailand or move to the Midi? Ummmm..... NO!

[Format C]

Read about a person in Texas who was being molested by some religious types when it was found out that she was a Wiccan. They followed her home and started protesting outside of her house. She came back outside with a blanket and several boxes of various sizes.

She sat down on the blanket and started cleaning her gun collection in plain sight of the protesters. The more guns she pulled out, the fewer protesters there were. The last one left when she pulled out the Remington 870 Magnum 12-gauge.

Wonder why they left.

Mongo
Good for the Wiccan!

[protege]

Heh. My dad used to clean his guns in front of my boyfriends when they came to pick me up for dates.

Heh. None of my girlfriends' fathers ever did that. However, there was one who had a large deer head on the wall. Next to that was an empty plaque. When I asked about it, he simply said "disrespect my daugher, and your head goes there." Since I always treat the ladies with respect, we didn't have any problems....and yes, he was totally joking with me :roll:

[wagegoth]

Having been through it, just tell any JWs that come to your door that you're disfellowshipped. It's the equivalent of excommunication or shunning.

The average JW is not allowed to speak with you, so only the elders can speak to you. And you just have to make it clear you're happily disfellowshipped and they'll leave you alone. They go by my neighbors, but they never come near my door.

[LostMyMind]

:lol: but theres no fun in that ;)

[Moirae]

Read about a person in Texas who was being molested by some religious types when it was found out that she was a Wiccan. They followed her home and started protesting outside of her house. She came back outside with a blanket and several boxes of various sizes.

She sat down on the blanket and started cleaning her gun collection in plain sight of the protesters. The more guns she pulled out, the fewer protesters there were. The last one left when she pulled out the Remington 870 Magnum 12-gauge.

Wonder why they left.

Mongo

lol priceless.

[Moirae]

I honestly don't mind if someone is a religion. Most of my family are Catholic and my Father in Law is a Methodist minister. I just don't want to be preached at for any reason and I can't stand posts on sites that go something like "Because the bible says so."

George Carlin put it very well one night. "Here's the only commandment you'll ever need. Keep thine own religion to thineself."

People can have their own religion and more power to them. I just don't want to hear about it all the time.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Heh. None of my girlfriends' fathers ever did that. However, there was one who had a large deer head on the wall. Next to that was an empty plaque. When I asked about it, he simply said "disrespect my daugher, and your head goes there." Since I always treat the ladies with respect, we didn't have any problems....and yes, he was totally joking with me :roll:

:rotflmao:
Sounds like my kinda dad! I should do that when my girl gets to be dating age!

[Jester]

The empty plaque is brilliant!

Myself, I am an uncle, not a father (by choice and design), but I always said that if I had daughters, I would know just how to deal with their boyfriends. See, I clearly remember what effect girls' dads had on me, what worked, and what didn't. Yelling and puffing up and threatening violence? Didn't work. I always said that when a guy came to my house to pick up my daughter, I would greet him warmly at the door, invite him in, and talk to him very friendly like...the entire time cleaning a gun, without ever actually mentioning the gun. The psychology works, trust me.

Never got a chance to do that, but a few weeks ago, my oldest niece (15) was going to prom with her date (18), and I happened to be there when he picked her up. Our conversation went pretty much like this:

ME: "Hi, I'm Niece's Uncle Jester. I'm here to threaten your life."
BOY: "I'm Boy. How are you doing today, sir?" (Smart kid.)

A bit later:
ME: "Niece, what time does your mom want you home?"
NIECE: "Midnight."
BOY: "I'll have her home by 11:30."
ME: [shocked] "Kid, what fucking PLANET are you from?"

He had her home by 11:30. :lol:

I heard a true classic from one of the Blue Collar Comedy guys (I am pretty sure it was Ron White). When a guy came to pick his daughter up for a date, he said something like this....

"Son, see that girl over there? That's my daughter...my ONLY daughter. And I love her more than anything else on this planet. So tonight, when you're out with her, and start getting ideas about kissing and hugging and other things, remember the words I am about to say to you: I don't mind going back to prison."

[WonTon]

Why is it okay for you guys to gripe about people (SC's) being rude to you, but you can rude to anyone you want by choice? See what I'm saying?

Mods, no need to "reprimand" me for my post. I probably won't read it. I will be taking a CustomersSuck.com break for awhile.

I thought this was a place to vent about people dumping all of you when you didn't do anything terrible. These religios folks are not doing anything inhumane, so there is no reason to be rude to them. It's a two way street.

Sure, they can be annoying, but there's no need to go overboard.

WonTon
*signing out...for good(?)*

[ditchdj]

It's about people using religion to bug and harass (sometimes illegally) other people. I dont know about anyone else but if someone bugs and harasses me I sure as hell aint gonna buy em a beer.

[Enjis]

So, to get this onto a customer-type religious complaint.....
I hate it when I get the religious liers coming on to me at work. It goes something like this:

Me: (to couple shopping or walking towards me) "Hi! May I help you find something?"
Couple: "Oh, yes, thanks. We're looking for (fill in blank) for a gift."
Me: Sure! Let me show you...." (followed by about 10 minutes of salesmanship, lots of questions by customers...)
Finally....
Couple: "Thanks so much for your help. You're so nice...we'd love for you to come worship with us! "(hands pamphlet)
Me: (looks at church directions and info) "No, thanks. I'm Jewish."
Couple: "That's alright. Please come anyways...we'd love to have you." (leaves without buying anything at all):rant:

This has happened several times. I hate it because the people are not really shopping...they are there to hand out pamphlets, but because the only way they can get us to listen to them is to be 'customers', they lie about it, and waste my time!!
I don't respect any 'religious' people who lie to get my attention...and make me lose sales while I 'help' them!!
I respect that people love their religions..and true faith does not need to convert by trickery.

[ArenaBoy]

I have some good stories on religous people. Last summer, I worked a Catholic conference and I hated it. I hated hearing them whine about the parking fee, or how my soul needs saving. This summer, I worked Joyce Meyer and some people were very nice and kept their beliefs to themselves while others were just stupid. One person asked me if I had found Jesus, I replied with "Nope, I worship Raptor Jesus." The look on the person's face was priceless.

I found a great way to deal with JWs. One is use your big dog to your advantage. I have a greyhound and he is bigger than most dogs; his head reaches my hip and I'm 6'2. When he stands on his hind legs he about my height; he is very friendly and wouldn't harm a fly. One day a JW came to my door, I answered the door and was about to tell him I wasn't interested until he saw my dog. He started his spiel but my dog ran after him scaring the JW away.

[Slave to the Phone]

Heh. My dad used to clean his guns in front of my boyfriends when they came to pick me up for dates.

*blinks*

Sandy, is that you?

Remember the time Dad had a couple of beers too many and painted his 12-gauge white because he knew Mom wanted us girls to have formal weddings. It was years before I realized that I should have been offended and by then, it was just funny.

[Kusanagi]

I kind of see the point being made by the gentleman who left, but for a different reason.

This thread was supposed to deal with overzelous SCs who preach their religion to the point of being an annoyance or hindering your work day and the thread has rapidly changed to something that resembles alot of people relating their stories of JWs or other people harassing them in their personal lives, or in areas that have nothing to do with work.

While I find the stories very funny, they aren't really work related and I don't really see them going along with the spirit and purpose of this forum, as it's not on the SC topic...

Just my two cents...

That being said, here's my work related story which I posted in another thread, but it fits better here.

I had one woman when I worked retail a few years ago that would come in twice a week and if I was a register, she bugged me. She was going on and passed me enough literature on the Mormon church to make a few trees. I politely asked her to stop as I wasn't a mormon and she never did. She gave me literature about twice a month and I politely declined it, but she just left it on the register on her way out.

I asked a manager who was a buddy of mine what to do about it, as I was scared to get REAL management involved. I was just a cashier and we had a really high turnover rate, and a trained monkey could do my job. If I complained about it more vehemently to the woman, she might claim I was "persecuting" her - she loved to claim how people persecuted her about her religion - to the cashiers in line, no less. So I came up with an idea.

I had a gothic friend of mine that had some rather interesting jewelry. She had a pentagram ring that fit my finger that I borrowed - I had always worn a ring there and one day at work I wore the pentagram ring backwards, with the pentagram in my palm. She passed me the same pamplet she did before and I said "No thanks" with a little smile. I held up my hand so she could see it, and I swear she turned six shades of white when she noticed what it was. She took her purchases, got her change without another word, and when she opened her purse to put her billfold in there - I saw no less than a dozen of the same pamplets she had handed me a few times a month for nearly four.

I didn't get away scott free with it though. She went to a manager and complained that they had hired a Satanist. The manager was the friend I talked to about it, as we had five or six and he was the only cool one about it (he was the one I could speak openly with without him worrying about tattling on what I said or how I acted). My manager basically said "Well, we're an equal opportunity employer, and if he's a Satanist, that's his choice."

"HE WAS WEARING A PENTAGRAM!"

"We have a few employees here that wear crosses and Stars of David. We can't legally tell them not to wear them because they are symbols of their religions. If he wants to wear a pentagram, it's his choice. Just like it's your choice to come in here and hand out religious literature a few times a month."

She got the hint and I never saw her again at my register. I never wore the pentagram again (I made my point) but every time I did see her I gave a big smile and waved.

I left the job two months later for a much better one. As far as wearing a pentagram for a day and for some laughs? I figure God has to have a good sense of humor :)

[Seanette]

I heard a true classic from one of the Blue Collar Comedy guys (I am pretty sure it was Ron White). When a guy came to pick his daughter up for a date, he said something like this....

"Son, see that girl over there? That's my daughter...my ONLY daughter. And I love her more than anything else on this planet. So tonight, when you're out with her, and start getting ideas about kissing and hugging and other things, remember the words I am about to say to you: I don't mind going back to prison."
That would have been Bill Engvall, actually (don't think Ron White has kids). I remember that bit from one of his CDs.

[Moirae]

Kusanagi, that's priceless. The most I've ever had was one or two people approach me at work about it at work. If they'd come back and harassed me I'd have been well within my rights to throw them out because they were harassing me.

[amarisse]

i had two older women demand i be removed from the store i work at because of my jewelry choices. I simply told my maanger when they attempted to do so that unless they went and removed EVERY person wearing jewelry that i would have a nice call for the corp people they never bothred me again. We have a lot of problem with stealing at the store i'm in where people will actually attack employees. I feel making myself stand out makes me less of a target and it appears to work because in my 4 years now no ones gone after me.

[Rapscallion]

Okies folks...

Let's keep this to people who hassle you about religion at work where you aren't really able to escape. Don't be too surprised if the mods come through here and trim out a few posts that aren't relevant.

If anyone is feeling sore about this thread, we have report buttons for a reason.

Rapscallion

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

That would have been Bill Engvall, actually (don't think Ron White has kids). I remember that bit from one of his CDs.

It was Bill Engvall. However Ron White has one son...he calls him 'Tater Tot'

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

These religios folks are not doing anything inhumane, so there is no reason to be rude to them. It's a two way street.

Most of the time when I come across these people I usually state that I am comfortable in my choice of religion, and it gives me great comfort and strenghtens me when I'm in need. This gets 99% of them to smile, wave, drop off a flyer (that I chuck when they're not looking) and leave me alone. I started this thread to cover the 1% of them who press further and dig to find out what I am and then try to 'save' me when I don't feel the need to be saved, and finally do not wish to be bothered. This thread was for the ones who are so rude to you that the only way to be rid of them is to be rude back and in some cases even more rude.

Sure, they can be annoying, but there's no need to go overboard.

Oh but there is...in the right circumstances. I agree that there is no need to be rude to remove the presence of those who are polite, but there are some fanatics out there who think you're going to hell simply for being a part of the church next door to theirs and that is is their mission to save you at all costs and if they fail to convert you then thier own souls are at risk. Those are the people this thread was meant to immortalize.

WonTon
*signing out...for good(?)*

I wish you hadn't done that. If this thread was bothering you then why didn't you say something. Most of us here would realize that our actions are getting out of hand and will calm it down a bit. In previous versions of the forums I have been known on several occasions to re-evaluate my words and to apologize for words said in haste and it is something I've seen others in the forums do. Wish you haven't left before letting us have a chance to address your concerns but it is your decision.

Hope to see you again soon,

Mongo Skruddgemire

[JustAGirl]

If the subject bothers him so much, why is he reading it?

I mean, ok I understand, this should ONLY be about those who harrass you while you cannot really say what you are thinking and are trapped at work, that Part I agree with.

But if you are soo upset about it, why read it?

I don't get it. I hate to say/type it, but its like those SC's that say "I'm never coming back" yet come back again and again, like they want to be offended...

I hope wonton comes back though. Just ignore the posts that bother you.

:)

[technical.angel]

Before we have mod intervention.. AGAIN.. let's take a breather. Wonton does have a point. It started out as getting preached to at work, and went OT from there. Yes, he could have stopped reading it, but he decided to do what he did, and that's his right.

Let's keep the venting in the area it deserves to be... the Sucky Customers.. or Sucky Non-Customers (for those who come in sucky, but don't actually BUY anything..)

Jenni, the peacekeeping :angel:

[Barefootgirl]

Thanks, Jenni.

At the risk of being repetitive; this is NOT a thread for bashing religious people in general, not even annoying religious people in general . This is a thread for complaining about annoying religious people AT WORK. Any more non-work related complaints, and I'm going to close this thread.

*cracks knuckles, looks threatening and exercises mod power*

[Lace Neil Singer]

Had someone today, funnily enough, who did just that. I was scanning their stuff in silence as they'd made it clear that they didn't want to talk when out of the blue, the woman said, "Have you discovered the love of Jesus?" WTF??? I replied, as nicely as I could, "I'm an atheist." She seemed to take great offense at this, neither looking at me or speaking to me, but she didn't make a complaint, luckily.

[csdrone]

I have some good stories on religous people. Last summer, I worked a Catholic conference and I hated it. I hated hearing them whine about the parking fee, or how my soul needs saving. This summer, I worked Joyce Meyer and some people were very nice and kept their beliefs to themselves while others were just stupid. One person asked me if I had found Jesus, I replied with "Nope, I worship Raptor Jesus." The look on the person's face was priceless.

I found a great way to deal with JWs. One is use your big dog to your advantage. I have a greyhound and he is bigger than most dogs; his head reaches my hip and I'm 6'2. When he stands on his hind legs he about my height; he is very friendly and wouldn't harm a fly. One day a JW came to my door, I answered the door and was about to tell him I wasn't interested until he saw my dog. He started his spiel but my dog ran after him scaring the JW away.

Scared of a sighthound? :roll: If your dog is like mine, he thinks everyone is there to play with him! :lol:

Back on topic, I do not mind an occasional prayer card but starting to argue religion would be a very very bad idea at work. I do not honestly care what religion a customer practices (or a coworker): all I want is to avoid an SC or co-Irker. It is a bad reflection on the religion one claims to practice if one acts like a jackass "to spread the word."

[Rapscallion]

If the subject bothers him so much, why is he reading it?


Should Wonton have to read it?

As far as I am concerned, if it happens at work, fine. If not, then it's going to end up in the usual case of us having to warn people as fights break out and any people of faith feeling under attack.

I don't care if anyone has a religious faith - that's their business. I won't offend against it knowingly, and I suspect I should have stepped into this a little earlier.

If someone logs on to preach on here, we'll step in, but otherwise I don't want anyone feeling like they or people they identify with are the object of mockery.

Well, unless they're sucky customers of course - they're always fair game, but who thinks of themselves as a sucky customer?

Rapscallion

[Gurndigarn]

Why is it okay for you guys to gripe about people (SC's) being rude to you, but you can rude to anyone you want by choice? See what I'm saying?

Well, I've been on both sides of the door. And if you think being the victim of religious sucky behavior is bad, just imagine what it's like being on the other side of the door in a place that's had sucky religious nuts in the past. :p Especially when you're quite willing to understand that others have their own beliefs, and actually understand that "Not interested" means "Please go away."

And actually, this topic has been rather unique. Usually, when someone complains about prostelytism, it's followed immediatly by rather banal stories about "how I got them off my doorstep" that the writers think are rather amazingly clever, but, honestly, aren't; plus a number of posts bashing religion in general or specific religions, followed by counterbashing, counter-counterbashing, ad infinitum.

While this topic has had some banal posts, it's also actually had some clever or interesting ones, as well, which is a real change from the way it usually goes, and so far, not a single anti-religious post I can recall, which is a real tribute to the way the board as a whole has been run.

[LostMyMind]

I think you're kinda of missing Wonton point. Which was some people were posting ways they "get even" with a "religion pushers" (please don't take it as an offense, it was the only generic term I could come up with.) to make them go away. When you're at your house, in the street. You have options, such as closing the door, etc... But instead, some post were proudly doing SCish behavior which offended Wonton. Which I can understand that point of view and will even respect it. To be honest some post in this thread were starting to offend me (got a high offend point) because everyone has someone they know or family that are part of religion that have "pushers". I'm able to laugh at my own religion "mis-steps" or lack of "social restraint", but not everyone can do this.

Something funny unintentionally happen is one thing, to go out of your way to make "fun" of "religion pushers" in their face is another. Which to some people might equate to you intentionally bashing their religion.

[Rapscallion]

While this topic has had some banal posts, it's also actually had some clever or interesting ones, as well, which is a real change from the way it usually goes, and so far, not a single anti-religious post I can recall, which is a real tribute to the way the board as a whole has been run.

We've done some trimming. We want to keep it to customers or colleagues trying to convince you of their beliefs in the workplace and not spill out into general religion bashing. It just spills out into bad feeling, since some members here have religious convictions and others don't - it seems to polarise along those lines.

We're having to keep it simple on the grounds of keeping the peace on the board.

Rapscallion

[real people person]

Sorry - not work related, so deleting. Rapscallion

[Insurancegal]

:angel:
Hi . I'll introduce myself more later, right now I'll just say I work customer service at an insurance company, which we get our fair share of SC's.

*This bit snipped since it didn't happen at work - Rapscallion*

Oh, on another note I once got a phone call from a JW at work. They have taken to calling people on the phone!! I did debate a little with that woman,mainly cause she wasnt in front of me.

*This bit snipped since it didn't happen at work - Rapscallion*

[Rapscallion]

Since making the site news yesterday, I've had to edit two threads regarding religious proselytising that wasn't at work. Folks, it just ends up in a slapfest if it's anything other than an incident at work.

Any more require editing and I or someone on the mod team will close the thread.

Rapscallion

[Seanette]

It was Bill Engvall. However Ron White has one son...he calls him 'Tater Tot'
I thought that mention was a joke (I only know anything about Ron White from the BCC Tour DVDs). Thanks for the info.

[rdp78]

Okies folks...

Let's keep this to people who hassle you about religion at work where you aren't really able to escape. Don't be too surprised if the mods come through here and trim out a few posts that aren't relevant.

If anyone is feeling sore about this thread, we have report buttons for a reason.

Rapscallion

I know I post something on this thread two days ago and it defiantly wasn't about SCs but pretty much my opinions on religion and my personal experience with religious folks (most outside of work). Anyway I'm happy I never had to deal with people trying convert me at work and just a few prayer cards pass along after a transaction. I have even notice a couple prayer cards taped on the back of the drink cooler which faces the registers and I think they've been there for awhile.

[Mighty Girl]

Before the woman could say anything Liz said "Lady, I'm a Satanist." and dropped the sheet and stood in her doorway starkers.

Mongo

How could you divorce a woman with balls like that?
That is absolutely hilarious!:roll:
I only wish there could have been a hidden camera to check out the expression of the PITA woman.