Back when I got saved in early '74, I started working in a foundary. During breaks I would go with another brother to various parts of the plant and share the gospel with all who would listen which was almost no one at all. There was this one guy who was some sort of an engineer or technician that did various tests on samples from each batch of steel. He was a very quiet and polite sort. His lab was a room in the factory. We went in there one break and asked if we could talk to him a minute. He said sure. We stepped in and closed the door and told him we'd like to talk to him about Jesus. WOOO_WHEEE! I thought he was going to chuck a piece of steel at us. Cursing! Anger! GET OUT! Ok. We left. I learned that how some folks normally are is not how they necessarily are when around just the name of Jesus.
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I learned that how some folks normally are is not how they necessarily are when around just the name of Jesus.
I think you mean that you've got a reputation as a religious busybody and this engineer didn't want to be pestered by you and your nonsense. Still, I'm sure you rationalized his response as a Satanic reaction to keep him out of Christ's grasp.
And it's spelled "foundry", douchebag. If you can't spell it you shouldn't be allowed to work in it.
Presumably those nice folk at the foundry made sure you got fired from there pretty damn quick. Trying to turn the place into a fundrie was not a good idea, you witless lunatic.
I hope you enjoyed the rest of your career stacking shelves.
fergus
Idiot! You need to be focused when you work in a foundry- dealing with molten metal at a bazillion degrees is NOT the time to be focused on B.S!
You are lucky there was not an accident while you were bothering your coworker!
They were hoping for cast-iron bibles, perhaps. Really, every true christian should be chained to one, and invited to go swimming.
fergus: "fundrie". Nice one.
"Back when I got saved in early '74, I started working in a foundary. During breaks I would go with another brother to various parts of the plant and share the gospel with all who would listen which was almost no one at all."
What a surprise. I would guess that foundry workers aren't the type to bullshit with one another over the water cooler. It's hard work and they aren't going to waste what time they have away from it listening to some prick prattle on about Jebus.
"WOOO_WHEEE! I thought he was going to chuck a piece of steel at us. Cursing! Anger! GET OUT!"
My kinda guy.
I'm sure that if you were that dramatic and then said anything to the effect of "I am going to talk to you for a few hours about things you already know about and do so until you change your mind", regardless of what that subject was, he would probably react the same way.
Yes, if someone comes to my desk and asks to talk to me for a minute, I expect it to be about work.
I have been 'desk-stepped' by a born yesterday again Christian a couple of times where I am now. First time I listened politely (big mistake), thereafter I have told him I am busy.
I'd be pissed too. Especially since by not stating what you were going to talk about, then closing the door and bringing it up, you were essentially cornering him. Everyone gets angry being told that their personal religion, which they may or may not believe deeply in, is wrong; its a personal insult, almost.
Lets see, I'm busy in my office, a couple of coworkers come in and ask if they can talk to me. I'm going to assume that it's business related.
Yeah, I'd tell you to fuck off too. I've got work to do. And I probably would chuck a piece of steal at you.
Yeah because that's a totally appropriate thing to do at work.
Like that time this girl got all pissed because I didn't get consent or something. Like, geez, calm down!
Oh and I'm sure you aren't exaggerating his reaction to make yourself look more "persecuted" or anything. He was probably pissed because he has a hard job and you got into his office by pretending to have something to talk about, then wasting his time. He probably told you to get out and you embellished it like you RR guys do. Attention whores.
"I learned that how some folks normally are is not how they necessarily are when around just the name of Jesus."
Did your typing skills decline as soon as you neared the end of your paragraph or is it just me?
from the way you chose to talk to him no wonder he got angry!
of course you would assume it was because it was jesus that was the problem, not the fact that you didn't tell him what you wanted to talk about till he let his defense down.
no one wants to hear about jesus at work, try a fucking church, people are more receptive at churches
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