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So, as a disclaimer and a warning here, I am not making this topic to put down, defame, curse or otherwise make an ass of myself regarding other peoples religious views. I trust you all to do the same if you read and reply to this.
So, I live and work in small towns. My workplace alone resides in a town where there is no police force. They elect a sheriff. I also live in one of the whitest states of the union, so it's rather unsurprising to say that most places of worship you run into here are some denomination of Christianity. I've seen others around, but they're few and far between all the Bake sales, rummage sales and potluck dinners. But no big deal, regardless of religions we're all a very laid back population with a live and let live attitude.
That makes this all the stranger. While I was taking a bathroom break, I noticed something sitting atop the water tank. I picked it up and was greeted by the Grim Reaper, waving and giving a hearty 'Hi There!' Looking closer, I saw it was a Christian Conversion Pamphlet, detailing the horrors of not accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Having spent 5 hours out of an 8 hour day behind the register yesterday without a break, then getting to leave work to hear my grandmother died, I was quite miffed and tossed the thing in the garbage so as to avoid the possibility of offending tourists. But that was not to be the end of my run in with these things.
Later in the day, while getting a snack in our public snack machine, I noticed something else in the bottom along with my candy. Checking it again, I saw another picture of the Grim Reaper, still waving, and this time mentioning that 'We have an appointment'. I went to throw it away in anger, when something struck me.
Whomever was putting these things out in the store was obviously putting them where they thought they would do the most good. The bathroom made sense, people used it all the time. But the snack machine? Was this person honestly expecting a person to reach down to retrieve their sugary chocolate treat, feel the paper and get curious enough to reach down and pick it up along with said candy, read it, then run straight out to the nearest church to convert along with their holy Snickers bar that showed them the light?
I dunno, but for whatever reason, it stuck with me and made me chuckle a bit. Just hope I haven't offended anyone inadvertently.
So, I live and work in small towns. My workplace alone resides in a town where there is no police force. They elect a sheriff. I also live in one of the whitest states of the union, so it's rather unsurprising to say that most places of worship you run into here are some denomination of Christianity. I've seen others around, but they're few and far between all the Bake sales, rummage sales and potluck dinners. But no big deal, regardless of religions we're all a very laid back population with a live and let live attitude.
That makes this all the stranger. While I was taking a bathroom break, I noticed something sitting atop the water tank. I picked it up and was greeted by the Grim Reaper, waving and giving a hearty 'Hi There!' Looking closer, I saw it was a Christian Conversion Pamphlet, detailing the horrors of not accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Having spent 5 hours out of an 8 hour day behind the register yesterday without a break, then getting to leave work to hear my grandmother died, I was quite miffed and tossed the thing in the garbage so as to avoid the possibility of offending tourists. But that was not to be the end of my run in with these things.
Later in the day, while getting a snack in our public snack machine, I noticed something else in the bottom along with my candy. Checking it again, I saw another picture of the Grim Reaper, still waving, and this time mentioning that 'We have an appointment'. I went to throw it away in anger, when something struck me.
Whomever was putting these things out in the store was obviously putting them where they thought they would do the most good. The bathroom made sense, people used it all the time. But the snack machine? Was this person honestly expecting a person to reach down to retrieve their sugary chocolate treat, feel the paper and get curious enough to reach down and pick it up along with said candy, read it, then run straight out to the nearest church to convert along with their holy Snickers bar that showed them the light?
I dunno, but for whatever reason, it stuck with me and made me chuckle a bit. Just hope I haven't offended anyone inadvertently.
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, we never take it personally.
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