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JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
6. I was fired for my atheism.
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 06:03 AM
Jun 2014

Up here in northern MI the churches pack 'em in! So very Christian!

I was working at a bakery, really bone grinding work cause the focus was pies. Yeah, many 50#boxes of fruit, 100# bags of sugar etc., handled per day. The little clique that called the shots did not like my religious views but kept quiet through the summer festival here where we were doing 12 hour days and it was brutal. Right after that shit I had hit a year there I was called to manager's office and let go because I "just wasn't a good fit".

A couple weeks later I got a job at a much better company that is unionized. The two main co-workers I spend my time with could not be more different than me but we manage to get along all right. Of course I keep my atheism to myself but that's mostly so I can throw bible quotes at them when they do their typical hypocrite bullshit.

Nobody scares as easily as the damn believers. Fucking cowards. And yeah trolls,that includes you and your alert stalking bullshit.

Assholes all.

Julie

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I was fired for my atheism. JNelson6563 Jun 2014 #6
Sort of a horrifying story. Warren Stupidity Jun 2014 #7
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My favorite part is the old... trotsky Jun 2014 #20
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Whoa, what a blast from the past. trotsky Jun 2014 #22
Oh boy, that brings back the memories. progressoid Jul 2014 #23
"Nobody scares as easily as the damn believers. amuse bouche Jul 2014 #24
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