Today, I was working at the local grocery store and a customer of mine, who had only bought two granola bars and was holding up my line, tried to convert me to Christianity. Out of all the people to target, she chose the shy atheist who just wanted to do her minimum wage job in peace. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, at work I was trying to be nice and give a customer a discount because she was having trouble finding money to pay for her food. Everybody behind her then demanded a discount as well. FML
Today, at work, I spent half an hour trying to convince an elderly customer that no, I wasn't a messenger sent by the devil to take her soul to hell. FML
Today, working at a fast food restaurant, I was berated by a customer for a good two minutes. It's okay though because she ended with, "Sorry, I forget you all are real people." FML
Today, I was at work as a cashier. An old lady unbagged everything I had, and angrily "taught" me how to bag. She put potatoes on her eggs and broke them. She then screamed that I was useless and retarded in front of all my other customers and manager. FML
Today, I was at work, stocking shelves. A customer got mad because I was in the way of her "shopping time" and knocked down all the work I had done. FML
Today, a shifty customer came in to my store and was hanging around for about 30 minutes. Apparently, he took that time to put religiously-motivated anti-abortion notes into each and every pair of socks. In the following hours, I had 17 angry returns and was personally threatened twice. FML
Today, while working at a dollar store, I was clobbered by a woman because apparently, I was ripping her off by charging two dollars for two doughnuts. She didn't understand that she couldn't buy multiple items at once for one dollar. FML
Today, I saw an elderly woman struggling to reach the top shelf in my local grocery store, so I went over and asked if she needed help. She then accused me of flirting with her and had me escorted from the property. FML
Today, I was made to do checkout training at the supermarket I work in. My third customer spent £90 on food, and whilst I was serving her, she talked about her 6 kids and her ex. Only four hours of this shit to go. FML
Today, I noticed a customer looking for expired products in hopes of receiving a coupon from my store. I told them to let me know if they found anything. They promptly began following me around, telling me how to do my job, only to later file a complaint saying that I was harassing them. FML
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Emmiii_fml 18
Religion is like a penis. It's fine to have, it's fine to be proud of it, but please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around.
tylercarolinex 21
People who force their faith on others really suck
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lunar999 23
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I suppose it's better than targeting somebody that is of a different religion.
iPixelCheese 19
That's what was happening...
Emmiii_fml 18
But atheism isn't a religion, it's the lack of one.
Fairyjoshy 13
Same concept applies, though.
Ryan8878 21
How does the same concept apply #11? One is a belief in supernatural claims and the other is a rejection of those claims until evidence is presented to the contrary.
jtthegr8 26
#9 being an atheist means you don't believe in god(s) or religion and its teachings. An agnostic is someone who doesn't belong to religion, but may still believe in a god(s). It's a pretty common misconception
MandieL 27
I agree it is the same thing though, a they have the right to believe that there is no higher power at all, that is still a belief.
bonermonkey 31
By definition that is not a religious belief though.
interesting33 37
I think the same concept applies here though in that it makes no difference whether the person being targeted is atheist or has a religion different to Christianity - the person is still trying to change their beliefs so it is no better to target an atheist than someone of a different religion.
JKPwnage 27
#33, ANTItheists believe that there IS NO god. Atheists DON'T believe that there IS a god. Antitheism is a claim, atheism is a rejection of a claim. It's the difference between saying, "I don't think there is," and, "There is not."
AnyaS 19
#23, agnosticism is just about lack of knowledge. Agnostics (and gnostics) are still theists or atheists and they certainly can belong to a religion.
walker9879 25
Nope
bullshitspanish 15
It's like saying bald is a hair color
tylercarolinex 21
People who force their faith on others really suck
Nahpets 22
Exactly my first thought. But its the same with all 'radical' people, be it politics, what you should eat or even sports
iPixelCheese 19
Don't you just want to punch customers in the face sometimes? People need to mind their own business, especially when it comes to religion, and especially if you are holding up the line.
sleepisweak 22
Some people tend to forget about public decency when on the topic of religion.
MRSwick2525 23
Its not just religion that people loose their public decency over. My mother owns and runs her business out of our home and some of hers and the woman that works for hers customers lack common decency all together about various topics. And it could get absolutely intense when someone hits a political, religious, sexual orientation, and so on.
sleepisweak 22
very true. expressing your opinion and trying to get them to see it is all fine, but have it somewhere in a private location, not out in public where it can cause issues or turn in into a shaming event of some caliber.
salyhahaha 13
Bet you were pretty cross with her...
Emmiii_fml 18
Religion is like a penis. It's fine to have, it's fine to be proud of it, but please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around.
ProfessorMctitie 20
how do you know a penis is fun to have -_-
Fairyjoshy 13
He said "fine" to have.
ontheFLY4 25
She said "fine" not "fun", although I'm sure she has had fun with 1 or 2 in the past.
ProfessorMctitie 20
fine #13 you want to be a smarty pants, its a she not he
Jared900DUmpling 30
Ok "professormctitie" if you're going to be butthurt about people and try to correct what seems to be a typo or slight misunderstanding, then let me inform you of this: You spelled titty wrong in your username. Have a nice day.
MrConcise 35
Wait, are you telling me what I've been doing with my penis hasn't been okay?
a1_z9 10
Having a penis does look fun, especially doing helicopter-dick with it.
Rebles 15
Are we really questioning whether it is fun to have a penis? Feel free to remove yours if you don't need it. @8 I wish I could like this more than once. I will remember it though and quote you by the next chance.
JKPwnage 27
And please don't force-feed it to your children.
Siehnados 17
Downton Abbey right?
ProfessorMctitie 20
#17 you listen to me ypu peice of poop, ill tickle your nipples
PePziNL 20
8: And please don't shove it down your childrens throats.
Section8_fml 13
I was going to say the same thing! Glad I changed my mind beforehand.
rohan111993 13
Why can't we all stop arguing and enjoy this beautiful girls comment?
gatorgirl7563 22
And it's never okay to walk up to strangers and try to shove it down their throat.
echarlotte 19
It's because you're the only one who can't run away
jd2013 5
She was trying to share her faith out of concern. Inappropriate but touching.
Smooth_Criminal 24
*False* concern.
rebeccacmlc 22
How can you find that touching ? She's being completely disrespectful, you should respect other people's religion, but you should also respect people's choice not to be religious.
a1_z9 10
Well if you genuinely believed people were doomed to an eternity of torment if they didn't think the same way as you, wouldn't you want to help them? This lady has probably been taught that by someone, it's sad.
countryb_cth 38
Concern for what? OP was perfectly happy before the lady started shoving religion down her throat. That's not concerning that's being rude and not minding the fact that some people have different opinions.
interesting33 37
I get what #15 was saying I think, that if you believe people need God and will be more fulfilled having a relationship with Him, and that they will go to Hell if they do not believe in Him and Jesus Christ, then you may really want someone to believe what you do, because you don't want them to suffer unnecessarily. So it may have been motivated by concern but I don't think it was appropriate and she should not have done that at a grocery store, I think she should be respectful of people's beliefs but it can be easy to lose perspective when you have that mindset of 'everyone around me will go to Hell if they don't believe in Christ'. It is a horrible mindset to have, for you and others around. But although it was wrong in my opinion to push your faith on someone, it may well have been motivated by concern.
Aimeejasmine 15
Or she was just trying to worm her way into heaven for 'saving' OP's soul, which most likely meant she was preaching unwanted beliefs, and clearly in the wrong place and time. If she was truly concerned she would've recognised how inappropriate she was being and left a leaflet for OP about the local church.
DoomedGemini 38
It's all "touching" and "generous" until someone tries to convert her to THEIR religion, then HER religion is under attack.
daydreamer244 13
Why can't people leave other people alone when it comes to religion? Everyone should worry about themselves; so what if someone doesn't think exactly like you do.
alex_gen 39
*convert