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Oh today I had one of those moments. I am usually pretty good at keeping myself quiet about what I really think when the lord/jesus talk starts at work. But today I almost lost it.
Early morning, at a farm, I am responsible for spraying salmonella vaccine on baby chicks and we have contractors that take the chick baskets from the delivery truck inside the house. This contractors are like from a different planet; anything you can remotely imagine I have to see. There is a preacher among them. A small older guy that I can barely understand, always smiling and I swear he is high on something.
Today he started saying (what I think I understood) that we should find God in the next house. House meaning chicken house in a chicken farm.
I tried to ignore he was talking to me. He insisted. I am looking at him trying to understand why I would find God on this house and we didnt find on the two previous ones, in my view every house is the same thing.
My nerves are already on a fine line trying to understand the guy, avoid laughing or even going into questioning his line of thought.
Then he asks me if I don't want to go to heaven. (I am puzzled where that question came from?!) I said: heaven is right here.
He then has the courage to say my answer was wrong.
That was it. I am probably 5" taller and a good 20lbs heavier than this little preacher. I am looking down at him and I took a deep breathe, put myself together and said: you think I am wrong? You have your beliefs, I have mine. I make the best of what I have here on earth (pointing down to the ground), I know when I die, I will be just fine.
Then I walked away and back to work.
I am still bugged about it. Lol

Zoohome 8 Jan 4
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I don't envy you in that situation. It's really frustrating when you are getting preached at, especially when you are working. Here is what I do. I sing a song in my head. I think that Little Village sings it.
Don't Bug Me When I'm Working
I'm working. I'm working. I got a job to do.
Don't Bug Me When I'm Working. I don't work for you.
Don't Bug Me When I'm Working. I got a lot to do.
At the sound of the tone, I'm gonna hang up the phone.
If you want to be my friend, don't bug me when I'm working.

CK-One Level 6 Jan 5, 2019
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you did fine. don't let it bug you. the guy was buggy.

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genessa Level 8 Jan 4, 2019

Thanks! It is hard to keep straight face on those type of situations. ?

@Zoohome sometimes being polite is inappropriate behavior. i probably would've laughed and felt good about it! but that's just me!

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@genessa I think I shut him up with my "I am bigger than you" look while I while saying I had my own beliefs.
But I sure felt like laughing at him directly. I just don't want to open a can of worms. People are so judgemental, just scary!

@Zoohome judgmental people plus guns, especially dangerous! judgmental people plus a job in radio, omg, really dangerous!

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I wish we could call all our friends on this site to have our backs when we get backed into a corner and forced to deal with ignorant banal rhetoric. I’m usually at a loss for words when this happens.

That is such a wishful thinking that I would love to make it reality. It woul be awesome to get a Support League of Rationalism ??
Of course, in little guy, the head is so limited that nothing would be worth saying to him.

@Zoohome True! Maybe a good knock to the head will get his rational machine working again. ? Worth a shot! Also, “Support League of Rationalism” ❤️

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That's a bit whacky to be exposed to that in the workplace?

Of course there are more of them than us I guess? Sigh.

I think you did okay. I'd be pondering that one too.

RavenCT Level 9 Jan 4, 2019

One of the beauty of our site is that we can vent with mind like individuals ???
Thanks

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