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'Tis the season to be jolly
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Author: Zanf on December 04 2007 Viewed 3684 times. 23 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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Today at work, I had to see one of the directors to give him a walkthrough of how to use wireless on his laptop and the remote access system. While I was waiting for him I engaged his PA in conversation.
She has a Greek surname and so asked about what the weather would be like there over christmas, as Im planning to go away to either there or somewhere else warm, instead of staying in London and being cold.
She asked why I was going to go away for christmas, I replied that it was because I dont celebrate christmas and want to go elsewhere for the period.
As soon as I said this, she exclaimed, "you miserable git!".
I took offence at this. Just because I dont celebrate a religious holiday [if you didnt know, Im an Atheist], doesnt instantly make me 'miserable'. Me, being the sarcastic fucker that I am and also that she mentioned she had religious leanings, went on to explain that I dont have any kids [people always say "christmas is for the kids innit?"] and that religion is a load of empty superstitious nonsense and being atheist, why should I celebrate it?
She replied aghast that I should respect her views and her religion but showed little respect for my belief system.
I am never miserable over christmas despite it being the time of year when my mum died or that its some long dead d00ds supposed birthday.
I dont celebrate it after years of suffering a really stressful as a kid, at home with all my fellow siblings and parents and got to a point where I asked myself why we did it every year being stuck around each other for about a week, stressed to fuck, for no real discernable reason.
Previous years I have helped out with a charity event that gathers all the 'meals on wheels' old folks and people with learning disabilities and puts on 'a bit of a spread' for them at a local college hall. I dont sit indoors being miserable or shouting humbug to people from my balcony.
How dare someone prejudge me according to their belief system because I dont 'play along' with theirs. I get the same shit because I havent eaten meat for nearly 20 years and most peoples instant response to my informing them that i dont follow football is, "What? Are you gay or something?"
I have to agree with what cbit said on a previous blog about that you cannot respect everyones viewpoint, especially when they are prepared to make snap judgements because you do, or dont do, something.
I think its worse because they make instant associations that are quite spurious when I express about a lifestyle choice I have made.
I think its also because Im a bit upset as one of guys I work with that is pretty much my best friend, is leaving to live in Latvia with his GF. Also, my performance manager is going back to Australia after being in the UK for 6 years and its these 2 that I work with the most and quite closely as well.
So it looks like Im going to be looking for another job as the person most likely to take over the Aussie girls job is, to put it bluntly, a glory seeking power crazed cunt but thats the world of corporate for you. The money is not good enough and despite saying that I want a payrise, my company is not forthcoming with an offer of an increase. Im actually earning £2/hour less than I was 10 years ago and to top it, the fares on my train line are going to be subject to a 14.5% increase in January.
Bah, humbug!
So, are you non-religious and go along with the trappings of the festive season or do you do your own thing? If so, what do you do? | |
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jack123
i just like getting gifts.
great blog by the way.
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cbit
zanf said: "She replied aghast that I should respect her views and her religion but showed little respect for my belief system."
what a stupid cunt :D if we respected each others beliefs we'd all still believe that the world was flat.
also: merry christmas you horrible shitsack!
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tylth
i'll enjoy a lot of simpsons xmas episodes and a lot of egg-nog. to, you know, "get in the mood". i feel like doing something special this year. maybe i'll pick up a bum from the street to bring over for xmas eve dinner.
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sweettrip
the twist of the story is that I have many friends who are non-Christians (mostly Buddhist) and do celebrate a Christmas somehow. They buy trees and ornaments, presents, etc. the hardcore Christians probably think that folks like my friends are celebrating Christmas for the wrong reasons, and probably find that offensive. but being a Christian, i do not find that offensive because i see it as a group of people who can squeeze out some of the good stuff out of a holiday they do not quite understand. they know that one of the many good things about Christmas is about thinking of your love ones, togetherness, family love, etc. etc. as hippy-ish as that may sound, i think that is a positive reason to celebrate.
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sweettrip
plus i think discussions over religion and beliefs in general should be avoided. one should always put their intelligence first before their emotions and be smart about situations like this. arguing about religion is like arguing about who has the best mother...
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flies
tylth said: "i feel like doing something special this year. maybe i'll pick up a bum from the street to bring over for xmas eve dinner."
party!
her telling you to respect her belief system after calling you a miserable git for not celebrating christmas is pretty ridiculous.
oh, and what exactly is a 'performance manager'?
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mlbot
a cock ring?
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tantan
dirty old man
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mlbot
If I can't be a dirty old man on Zanf's blog, then there's nowhere safe!
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Roshi
LOL @ performance manager
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cbit
sweettrip said: "plus i think discussions over religion and beliefs in general should be avoided."
I don't. If we all thought this way we'd still think the earth was flat.
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jdg
and we all know its a perfect cube
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djugel
I've gotten shit for hating on christmas... I don't like it because it makes gift giving forced. It's just a weird thing with me ... I hate gifts out of obligation and I have posed pictures.
I like to give gifts at random .. multiple times a year... mostly in the fall for some reason..
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djugel
I "hate" posed pictures
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Zanf
flies said: "oh, and what exactly is a 'performance manager'?"
All the IT services are contracted out and she works for the client. If an issue has a large business impact, she escalates it and assigns the job to me [or the specific dept] to rapidly resolve. She is like the liason between client and all the services - like a contract manager really.
So, shes very much like a cock ring.
I was venting a bit when I wrote this and forgot to add that my older sister first suggested about heading away to foreign shores as her kids are now 21 and 20 and will be doing their own thing over christmas so I will be spending it with one of my family. I was thinking about either Greece, Turkey or Morroco. the place where she would get the least grief for being a lillywhite skinned woman will win.
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