johnart said:

I say you should have a lunch-date in your break room with your gal-pal Johnart.

Oh yeah... and Fuck that sensless bitch.

Hon! Oh hell no! Bitch prolly start speakin in tongues or some shit.

True story with this same nutjob. The janitor (or is it sanitary engineer now?) I want to be politically correct here; came into our office complaining of a headache. Sally Savior asked him if he wanted her to "lay hands" on him. Bro man took her up on it. Next thing, I hear all this jibberish and grunting and looked up just as Sally had put her hands on his head and said something like, "Devil! I rebuke you! Leave this man's body in Jesus' name!" Then she shoved the man's head backwards. Hell, I thought she was trying to push the man into the wall or something. I'm sitting there bug-eyed, thinking, "No this fool didn't!" Just then, the boss walked in. You should have seen her ass scrambling to look like she was giving the janitor some kind of instructions. Bitch, please! When the man had to walk by my desk to leave, I said, "How you feel? Watch them tongues, now!"

Shyra said:

johnart said:

I say you should have a lunch-date in your break room with your gal-pal Johnart.

Oh yeah... and Fuck that sensless bitch.

Hon! Oh hell no! Bitch prolly start speakin in tongues or some shit.

True story with this same nutjob. The janitor (or is it sanitary engineer now?) I want to be politically correct here; came into our office complaining of a headache. Sally Savior asked him if he wanted her to "lay hands" on him. Bro man took her up on it. Next thing, I hear all this jibberish and grunting and looked up just as Sally had put her hands on his head and said something like, "Devil! I rebuke you! Leave this man's body in Jesus' name!" Then she shoved the man's head backwards. Hell, I thought she was trying to push the man into the wall or something. I'm sitting there bug-eyed, thinking, "No this fool didn't!" Just then, the boss walked in. You should have seen her ass scrambling to look like she was giving the janitor some kind of instructions. Bitch, please! When the man had to walk by my desk to leave, I said, "How you feel? Watch them tongues, now!"

OH. .MY. GOD

I sooooooooooo wanna work there!!!! While this is some sad stuff, its funny as HELL Shyra!!!

babynoz said:

paintedlady said:

Exactly!!! because they believe the rantings of their snake-oil sales men preachers.

They will throw the ONE scripture they know at you with a ferver like their very life depended on that opinion.

It is not a good idea to go at it with a nutjob that needs to believe what they do because they need validation of their miserable existence. Because to actually repent and change their lives is too hard so they believe their snake-oil preachers in order to justify living the lives they do.

You will not make that person believe the truth because they need that lie to make them feel good about their situation.

Nothing in this world is more irksome than a sanctimonious fanatic! I've never met one that wasn't hateful and intolerant.

We have one of these characters in our office. One day this person got together with a co-conspirator and the two of them actually cornered a gay coworker and tried to get him to join them in praying his gay away. I was furious with him because he wouldn't do anything about it!

Well, eventually they spread their venom to the wrong person and ended up being reprimanded because the person complained to management.

As for Shyra's coworker, I would have asked her when God hired her as a spokesperson and how much he was paying? Then I would report her to management.

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See. You ain nevah lied! I used to ask my mother, who believed in God and read her Bible every morning, but was not the type to ram religion down anyone's throat, but she did make me go to the Episcopalian church when I was growing up, why it seemed to me that every so called "saved, born again, holy ghoster" I came across was the nastiest, most vindictive, hateful mofoes I've ever met? She said, "Trisha, I don't know, but I know what you mean. I've met some like that, too." Those are the "Christians" who must stay away from me when they get their asses on their shoulders because, "I AIN'T THE ONE, OKAY??!!!"

double post

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Shyra said:

johnart said:

I say you should have a lunch-date in your break room with your gal-pal Johnart.

Oh yeah... and Fuck that sensless bitch.

Hon! Oh hell no! Bitch prolly start speakin in tongues or some shit.

True story with this same nutjob. The janitor (or is it sanitary engineer now?) I want to be politically correct here; came into our office complaining of a headache. Sally Savior asked him if he wanted her to "lay hands" on him. Bro man took her up on it. Next thing, I hear all this jibberish and grunting and looked up just as Sally had put her hands on his head and said something like, "Devil! I rebuke you! Leave this man's body in Jesus' name!" Then she shoved the man's head backwards. Hell, I thought she was trying to push the man into the wall or something. I'm sitting there bug-eyed, thinking, "No this fool didn't!" Just then, the boss walked in. You should have seen her ass scrambling to look like she was giving the janitor some kind of instructions. Bitch, please! When the man had to walk by my desk to leave, I said, "How you feel? Watch them tongues, now!"

I think the girl needs a mental checkup...

imago said:

This is my favorite thread title in ages!

You had to go there

On topic: I would ask the woman to actually read her bible for once, then make a decision.

Shyra said:

babynoz said:

Nothing in this world is more irksome than a sanctimonious fanatic! I've never met one that wasn't hateful and intolerant.

We have one of these characters in our office. One day this person got together with a co-conspirator and the two of them actually cornered a gay coworker and tried to get him to join them in praying his gay away. I was furious with him because he wouldn't do anything about it!

Well, eventually they spread their venom to the wrong person and ended up being reprimanded because the person complained to management.

As for Shyra's coworker, I would have asked her when God hired her as a spokesperson and how much he was paying? Then I would report her to management.

[Edited 4/19/12 16:16pm]

See. You ain nevah lied! I used to ask my mother, who believed in God and read her Bible every morning, but was not the type to ram religion down anyone's throat, but she did make me go to the Episcopalian church when I was growing up, why it seemed to me that every so called "saved, born again, holy ghoster" I came across was the nastiest, most vindictive, hateful mofoes I've ever met? She said, "Trisha, I don't know, but I know what you mean. I've met some like that, too." Those are the "Christians" who must stay away from me when they get their asses on their shoulders because, "I AIN'T THE ONE, OKAY??!!!"

LOL! We Episcopalians tend to be a non intrusive bunch for the most part, so the "in your face" tactics don't sit well with us,

paintedlady said:

tinaz said:

I did that too... yup, I destroyed my ENTIRE Prince collection... even a white vinyl record and two purple colored records and tons of posters and shredded all my Prince T-shirts and tourbooks .... yeah, shut up... I was a newbie OK! I even tossed out my BC pills and got pregnant. I was a total dumbass when I first got saved.

No, really...

Shyra said:

I work with this woman who can get on my last nerve with her religious banter. She's a "Christian." She comes across as very judgemental and holier than thou which really irks me. I believe in God, and I try to respect others beliefs, but I hate it when these so called "saved" folk just start spewing bullshit. A person came into our office who was obviously homosexual. I didn't pay it much attention because I accept folk for who they are and try not to judge. After the person left, my coworker said, "Humph! You know he's not getting into heaven!" I asked her why she said that, and she said, "Because he's a sinner! The Lord does not condone homosexuality. He is wrong for choosing to live in sin! He's wrong for choosing that lifestyle!" I couldn't help it, and, "BITCH, PLEASE!" popped out of my mouth before I could stop myself. She looked at me all bug-eyed and said, "What??? Why did you say that???" I said, "Because the man is homosexual, he's going to hell? God will cast him to Hell to burn forever? I'm sorry, but I don't accept that. I believe that folk are born with their sexual identify in tact. I don't believe it is a choice. Here she goes, "OH, NO! THEY ARE SINNERS BEFORE GOD! THEY WILL BURN IN HELL. KEEP THEM AWAY FROM ME!" At that point I said, "OK. I see this conversation is not going anywhere sane, so let's just end it with the agreement to agree to disagree because I see I will never be able to hold a sensible conversation with you when it comes to this." Lawd, give me strength... She couldn't let it rest, "So you believe they are born that way?" I said, "Yes, I do." And the rant continued. I asked her why she believed that it's a choice, and why is it that children discover their homosexuality even before they become sexually active. She said, "Because people tell them they're Gay and they believe it!" I gave up. Your thoughts?

Everytime she makes some judgemental comment just lift your hand in her direction and say.... "Satan I rebuke you" and girl go on about your day. If she questions you--you simply tell her if she can say that then you certainly can say this.

I think you should put a bloody chicken foot and a pile of salt in a pentagram on her desk and tell her you were there praying for her....

StillGotIt said:

I think you should put a bloody chicken foot and a pile of salt in a pentagram on her desk and tell her you were there praying for her....

!!!

LOL! Just tell her that people have more fun in hell. It's like Vegas. Exactly why I wear my snake and apple necklace. I love how Christian folk look at me perplexed. I'm a proud heathen. I practice hoodoo so I can give two shits. At least I'm upfont about it. Not a heathen trying to be a Christian. I know some Christians that go to church on Sunday and light their hoodoo candles on Monday. She wants to put down gay people. I bet the guy leading the chior at her church is a happy ass tambourine player. Desperate hoes that can't be married off are the main ones that marry the DL dudes in hiding.

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StillGotIt said:

I think you should put a bloody chicken foot and a pile of salt in a pentagram and a boiled rabbit in a crock pot on her desk and tell her you were there praying for her....

Fixed.

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StillGotIt said:

I think you should put a bloody chicken foot and a pile of salt in a pentagram on her desk and tell her you were there praying for her....

johnart said:

I say you should have a lunch-date in your break room with your gal-pal Johnart.

Oh yeah... and Fuck that sensless bitch.

can I come, too?

Shyra said:

johnart said:

I say you should have a lunch-date in your break room with your gal-pal Johnart.

Oh yeah... and Fuck that sensless bitch.

Hon! Oh hell no! Bitch prolly start speakin in tongues or some shit.

True story with this same nutjob. The janitor (or is it sanitary engineer now?) I want to be politically correct here; came into our office complaining of a headache. Sally Savior asked him if he wanted her to "lay hands" on him. Bro man took her up on it. Next thing, I hear all this jibberish and grunting and looked up just as Sally had put her hands on his head and said something like, "Devil! I rebuke you! Leave this man's body in Jesus' name!" Then she shoved the man's head backwards. Hell, I thought she was trying to push the man into the wall or something. I'm sitting there bug-eyed, thinking, "No this fool didn't!" Just then, the boss walked in. You should have seen her ass scrambling to look like she was giving the janitor some kind of instructions. Bitch, please! When the man had to walk by my desk to leave, I said, "How you feel? Watch them tongues, now!"

omg....

you should bring her to john's Pride show at the gallery in June..

Oh honey, it would take me to get on that bitch's ass. First of all, everyone is a sinner, including her. And as for this "people tell them they're gay and they believe it", that's the furthest from the truth. People tell them they're gay and they fight it until they get tired of fighting it. The bitch must have never heard of a closet.

Genesia said:

I would say, "This conversation is inappropriate for a work environment and is over, as far as I'm concerned."

Well, since she brought the subject of homosexuality up in the first place, then I'd leave the subject open and use it to piss her off. She wants to discuss homosexuality, then the bitch better hold on to her wig because here it comes. I'd tell her about many of my various sexual encounters in graphic detail. She wants the "sinning" side of homosexuality, she'd get it until she became so disgusted she'd quit. If she complained, I'd simply tell her "Bitch, you're the one that brought up the subject in the first place, not me".

Shyra said:

johnart said:

I say you should have a lunch-date in your break room with your gal-pal Johnart.

Oh yeah... and Fuck that sensless bitch.

Hon! Oh hell no! Bitch prolly start speakin in tongues or some shit.

True story with this same nutjob. The janitor (or is it sanitary engineer now?) I want to be politically correct here; came into our office complaining of a headache. Sally Savior asked him if he wanted her to "lay hands" on him. Bro man took her up on it. Next thing, I hear all this jibberish and grunting and looked up just as Sally had put her hands on his head and said something like, "Devil! I rebuke you! Leave this man's body in Jesus' name!" Then she shoved the man's head backwards. Hell, I thought she was trying to push the man into the wall or something. I'm sitting there bug-eyed, thinking, "No this fool didn't!" Just then, the boss walked in. You should have seen her ass scrambling to look like she was giving the janitor some kind of instructions. Bitch, please! When the man had to walk by my desk to leave, I said, "How you feel? Watch them tongues, now!"

Do you work with Denise "Vanity" Matthews?

vainandy said:

Shyra said:

Hon! Oh hell no! Bitch prolly start speakin in tongues or some shit.

True story with this same nutjob. The janitor (or is it sanitary engineer now?) I want to be politically correct here; came into our office complaining of a headache. Sally Savior asked him if he wanted her to "lay hands" on him. Bro man took her up on it. Next thing, I hear all this jibberish and grunting and looked up just as Sally had put her hands on his head and said something like, "Devil! I rebuke you! Leave this man's body in Jesus' name!" Then she shoved the man's head backwards. Hell, I thought she was trying to push the man into the wall or something. I'm sitting there bug-eyed, thinking, "No this fool didn't!" Just then, the boss walked in. You should have seen her ass scrambling to look like she was giving the janitor some kind of instructions. Bitch, please! When the man had to walk by my desk to leave, I said, "How you feel? Watch them tongues, now!"

Do you work with Denise "Vanity" Matthews?

Yessss,

And is she an ex crackhead?

See one of my roomates at my twilight zone rooming house use to be big on drugs. Big enough to have a huuuge tattoo on her chest that says "Ms Herb" .

Well the lady is now into Jesus.

Night and day she is into Jesus and sometimes she does this chattering thing that sounds real strange.

It sort of like Prince, the further they go one way the further they will swing out the other when they try to curb their "sinner" behavior.

My belief is that this saint of the sanitation workers everywhere has quite a few deep dark secrets of her own . I seen the pattern one too many times .

The way Shyra described the woman, I'm gonna assume she is in fact a former druggie.

Timmy84 said:

The way Shyra described the woman, I'm gonna assume she is in fact a former druggie.

When they are taking drugs they are an obnoxious pain in the ass and when they stop taking drugs they find a new way to be an obnoxious pain in the ass.

Deadflow3r said:

Timmy84 said:

The way Shyra described the woman, I'm gonna assume she is in fact a former druggie.

When they are taking drugs they are an obnoxious pain in the ass and when they stop taking drugs they find a new way to be an obnoxious pain in the ass.

KingBAD said:

"I asked her why she said that,"

you know this is where it all started riiiiiiiight.

it's called leadin with your jaw. why do you care

whut someone thinks about heaven?

By asking the Christian coworker why she said "Humph! You know he's not getting into heaven!", referring to the obviously homosexual person that came into the office, was the OP expecting a reasonable response that would make sense and put her mind at ease? Because unless this was the case, the OP should have realized that she was only leading the conversation into further conflict by providing the Christian coworker the opportunity to elaborate. In many ways, judgmental "Christians" are a lot like Internet Trolls; she set the bait, and the OP took a bite, and then it was on!

Personally, I would have ignored that "not getting into Heaven" statement at the drop, and would have continued forward ignoring anything my Christian coworker had to say, aside from "Good Morning" or "Good Evening".

missfee said:

StillGotIt said:

I think you should put a bloody chicken foot and a pile of salt in a pentagram and a boiled rabbit in a crock pot on her desk and tell her you were there praying for her....

Fixed.

[Edited 4/21/12 10:13am]

Shyra said:

johnart said:

I say you should have a lunch-date in your break room with your gal-pal Johnart.

Oh yeah... and Fuck that sensless bitch.

Hon! Oh hell no! Bitch prolly start speakin in tongues or some shit.

True story with this same nutjob. The janitor (or is it sanitary engineer now?) I want to be politically correct here; came into our office complaining of a headache. Sally Savior asked him if he wanted her to "lay hands" on him. Bro man took her up on it. Next thing, I hear all this jibberish and grunting and looked up just as Sally had put her hands on his head and said something like, "Devil! I rebuke you! Leave this man's body in Jesus' name!" Then she shoved the man's head backwards. Hell, I thought she was trying to push the man into the wall or something. I'm sitting there bug-eyed, thinking, "No this fool didn't!" Just then, the boss walked in. You should have seen her ass scrambling to look like she was giving the janitor some kind of instructions. Bitch, please! When the man had to walk by my desk to leave, I said, "How you feel? Watch them tongues, now!"

What u think I can't talk in tongues??

Gurrl, I will start neck rollin and havin a mf tongue-off with that bitch.

What should I wear.

PDogz said:

sfinky1 said:

PDogz said:

By asking the Christian coworker why she said "Humph! You know he's not getting into heaven!", referring to the obviously homosexual person that came into the office, was the OP expecting a reasonable response that would make sense and put her mind at ease? Because unless this was the case, the OP should have realized that she was only leading the conversation into further conflict by providing the Christian coworker the opportunity to elaborate. In many ways, judgmental "Christians" are a lot like Internet Trolls; she set the bait, and the OP took a bite, and then it was on!

Personally, I would have ignored that "not getting into Heaven" statement at the drop, and would have continued forward ignoring anything my Christian coworker had to say, aside from "Good Morning" or "Good Evening".

I get the point of ignoring this crazy woman so as to shut the bitch up & not give her a chance to expand on her wacky world view, but don't u think saying & doing nothing might give the assumption that u are in agreement with what she said?

On the contrary, I feel that ignoring her would give her the impression she was talking to the coffee mug on her desk.

sfinky1 said:

What if she had said something downright racist or offensive to u personally (if, as in this case, u dont happen to be gay)??

Well, saying something racist or offensive to me personally would be quite a different thing than just making a comment under their breath, which is the impression I got from the scenario the OP desribes in this post.

Nevertheless, I can't immediately think of an instance in my adult years where someone said something personally offensive to me directly (face to face), but I'm guessing my demeanor would give someone cause to think twice about doing so. However, as a Black man, I have, on more occasions than I care to remember, overheard someone make racist or provocative statements in my presence, for my benefit or otherwise. But what would one expect me to do? Argue with them, or beat their ass? LOL. As far as I'm concerned, as long as they stay clear of my space, and remain certain to keep their hands to themselves, people can basically say whatever they want. I have no control over what another may let drop out of their mouth, but I do have control over how I may choose to respond to it, or not.

Then, for the sake of this particular discussion, I am also SGL (Same Gender Loving).

sfinky1 said:

I feel like it's the right thing to do to speak up and let fools like this know they are in the WRONG and that u do NOT agree with them and it is entirely UNPROFFESIONAL & INAPPROPRIATE to make an offensive comment like that in the workplace.

And I applaud you, but hope that you have an unlimited supply of energy, because the world is full of lots of fools like this, and you're going to be very busy, lol. Personally, I choose to let fools miss me with the nonsense.

sfinky1 said:

Let them know that it is a form of harassment and she can be reported to management for it. The trick is to be able to tell them this firmly and assertively with an air of finality so that they don't try and open up a debate and start quoting bible verses and shit, cos that shit gets REALLY painful & then u will REALLY be tempted to open up a can of woop ass on the bitch.. But yeah my point is if we don't speak up these fools will never learn.

Now, in situations of more direct and personal confrontation (which again; I don't feel was the case above - but I dunno, maybe it was), I absolutely agree; report it, let 'em know you won't stand for it (in the firm & assertive manner that you speak of, with that air of finality), then keep it moving.

Shyra said:

KingBAD said:

BUT btw,

if you're like me and you just can't let it rest

for comical reasons, you should ask her how

she deals with her uncle paul and cousin darius

or whut her brother is up to these days

is she old enough to have a son/daughter?

Check this out, ya'll. One day I was at my desk in my office and in walked this drop-dead handsome, black as the ace-of-spades, (I'm very partial to dark men) braids down to his shoulders, immaculately dressed, sparkling white-toothed, gay or on the down-low, man accompanied by a young woman. I batted my eyes (ya'll know I'm lyin), and asked how I could help him. He said, "Is Mrs. Winters in her office?" Mrs. Winters is the pseudonym for my co-worker. I told him that she was at lunch, but that I would be happy to give her a message. He swished, "Oh! Just tell her that her son-in-law stopped by just to say hi!" I didn't bat an eye...

When "Mrs. Winters" came back to the office, I gave her the message. I asked her, "Um, is he married to one of your daughters?" She said that he was married to her oldest daughter. I couldn't help myself, "Oh really? How long have they been married? Do they have any kids?" She said, "Oh, they've been married for about a year, but she hasn't gotten pregnant yet, but they're trying real hard! We don't know what's taking so long!" I didn't say shit.

Oh, okay. Now I understand better, lol. You ENJOY stirring the pot at work. Those questions are incredibly inappropriate, please excuse me.