Dec 22, 2007 10:13
I work in a big government building with about 3500 employees. A while back, while taking a pee break, I noticed that someone had recently visited the men's room and left a few religious pamphlets on the counter with the word God on the cover. Now, in the past I have been known to rip down pamphlets and advertisements of a religious nature when I found them staring me in the face on the break room bulletin board, and on this occasion I picked up the pamphlets and deposited them in the trash can.
A week later, I stopped in the same men's room to pee, and found a copy of that very same pamphlet floating in the bottom of the urinal that I was peeing in. It seems that I am not the only state worker who feels the same way that I do.
Don't get me wrong. I have beliefs and am very happy with the way I am and I believe. And I keep them to myself. If you want to stop and pray, on your break, in a quiet room away from everyone else, then that is fine. But don't push your beliefs and pamphlets and "God Bless You" on me. I did not ask for them and do not want to have to hear them or read about them in my work environment.
Smile, and have a nice day!