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DesertFlower

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4. fortunately i've never had to deal with that.

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2015, 07:34 PM

Sep 2015

i did work with a very religious woman but she did word processing in a law firm. conversations did get heated, but she was always very nice.

she didn't stay very long -- said her reason for leaving was she wanted to serve god. don't know what ever became of her.

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Have you ever worked with someone who refused to do part of their legal job due to religious objecti [View all] uppityperson Sep 2015 OP

That person had no business at all being a nurse, not at all. randys1 Sep 2015 #1

i agree that there is no god, but DesertFlower Sep 2015 #8

She is welcome to her beliefs so long as she did her job, didn't proselytize or hurt others uppityperson Sep 2015 #13

exactly. nt DesertFlower Sep 2015 #15

A long time ago, I was working in a software group wherein one guy was Seventh Day Adventist. djean111 Sep 2015 #2

i worked in a beauty salon with an orthodox DesertFlower Sep 2015 #10

Bottom line, if you cannot do your job as it is laid out for you in your stated job requirements, smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #3

i agree -- but see my post #10. DesertFlower Sep 2015 #11

Oh, well something like that is reasonalbe. He is just requesting a certain day off smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #14

fortunately i've never had to deal with that. DesertFlower Sep 2015 #4

I worked with a guy who literally believed humans and dinosaurs coexisted... peacebird Sep 2015 #5

The closest I came was a Jehovah's Witness KamaAina Sep 2015 #6

One teacher at my husband's workplace was a Jehovah's Witness. Chemisse Sep 2015 #7

I've worked with a few fundegelical nurses over the years Warpy Sep 2015 #9

Never to my knowledge. nt ohheckyeah Sep 2015 #12

With myself. Working is against my religion. kwassa Sep 2015 #16