Reply #42: I know what you mean on that last bit [View All]

[TlalocW]

The guy who owns the company I work for is a mega-Christian but very low-key about it. The co-worker who lost the $8000.00 is less so, and I've heard him on the phone talking to prospective clients and using the boss' Christianity to try and sell them, and I just winced. That's just a weird selling point to put out there. Fortunately, the boss does live up to what a Christian is supposed to be when it comes to fair business practices.

I had never experienced a city like Tulsa when I first moved here looking for a job. A placement agency got me my first job, and while I was talking with them in their office, the head guy said something like, "Well, I think we'll be able to find you a position. I pray that you get a good job and make wise career choices." He was an older gent so I took that as wishing me good luck, and I was about to say thanks when he and the guy handling my placement started praying for me. So, I sat there in stunned silence while they prayed, and they paused and looked at me and because I didn't say anything, they started back up again. When they stopped and looked at me again, I said, "Uh, Amen?" That was, if not the right thing to say, "A" right thing to say as they stopped.

When I got the job they were placing me in, the guy handling it met me in the building the job was in and handed me off to my manager and referred to me as, "Brother W." He left, and I went into the manager's office to talk with him, and after he briefed me on things, he asked if I had any questions. "Yeah... Is everyone here going to refer to me as Brother W?" "Oh, no, that's just them and their craziness. I don't like it either, but they've never tried to screw us over so we like doing business with them. You'll find in Tulsa that the first 2 questions you're asked when meeting someone is, 'What church do you go to,' and 'How many kids do you have.'"

So you can imagine how much fun I've had in the 8 years I've lived here what with being a liberal Christian who doesn't go to church and doesn't have or want kids (getting the big V 4 years ago). :)

TlalocW