{"id":56731,"date":"2011-08-15T02:12:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T06:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/56731\/talk-religion-work\/"},"modified":"2011-08-15T02:12:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T06:12:24","slug":"talk-religion-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/56731\/talk-religion-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Talk Religion at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It is best not to talk about religion or politics at work. Leave them out of all interactions. I KNOW this, really I do. <\/font><\/p>\n

Religion and politics on social networks? They’re our bread and butter, right? <\/font><\/p>\n

My new workplace, as is becoming common amongst big companies, has it’s very own social network where employees can post status updates, blogs and participate in discussion forums. It’s kind of fun and makes me feel like I’m part of a community where we all have something in common. I started a bit of a kerfuffle on our company’s social network this morning. <\/font><\/p>\n

It was on a discussion board entitled “Customers Say the Darndest Things!”. You can imagine the content. I love the threads on the board. Some of them are heeelarious! <\/font><\/p>\n

My post from this morning (which actually is an anecdote from my previous job doing the pretty much the same thing I’m doing now):<\/font><\/p>\n

This anecdote seemed appropriate to share here on a Sunday Morning.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

A well-dressed lady entered the appliance department and started looking at washers and dryers. I greeted her, started to discover her needs and we eventually narrowed it down to a mid-price top load set. I suggested that the pair fit her needs perfectly and she agreed wholeheartedly. The time had come to close the sale. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

“Would you like put this on your store account today?” I asked, “You can save an extra 5% or get 6 months to pay with no interest.”<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"“Oh, no.” she replied, “I won’t be putting this on my store account.”<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

“So visa or mastercard then?” I continued.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

“No, no. I won’t be paying with a credit card.”<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

“Okay, well our cashiers take checks or cash too. How did you want to pay for that today?”<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

She continued to look approvingly at the washer and dryer set and said quite matter-of-factly, “Jesus is going to pay for it.”<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

I gave her my card and managed to not tell her to have Jesus ask for me when he comes in. <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

___________<\/font><\/p>\n

The first few responses were about how funny my post was. Someone used the words: “that’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard!” <\/font><\/p>\n

Several others took this to mean that faith the Lord would provide is insane. They jumped all over the lady who made the comment. <\/font><\/p>\n

Whoops. I didn’t mean to spur controversy, really! <\/font><\/p>\n

Oh well. Remember that for next time. <\/font><\/p>\n

And, no, Jesus never showed up to pay for the woman’s washing machine. <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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