Re: Not Sure How to Handle this Situation

Big Sister · ‎05-15-2010

Frankly, I cannot abide fanatics of any kind.

I wish you good luck in your job search.

Is there someone at the city whom you can talk to about this problem?

jubilant · ‎06-10-2010

@dooBdoo wrote:

@jubilant, "Blackmail" is exactly the word I was thinking about after I posted and left the thread. Just based on what @Frosted Cake has told us, or as far as she's aware, this person sounds like she's using her position to coerce people into adopting her personal faith.

************** I almost was getting the impression they were getting friendly and forming a bond outside of the workplace and maybe op misunderstood her. Then I read where she save the emails.....to me...that would be all the proof I needed. If this was done on a more personal basis I was thinking let it go....but if op is being "punished" and "shunned" for not accepting this woman's faith and told these things...then, of course that is totally unacceptable and, imo, should be reported.

Frosted Cake · ‎02-01-2016

@dooBdoo wrote:

@jubilant, "Blackmail" is exactly the word I was thinking about after I posted and left the thread. Just based on what @Frosted Cake has told us, or as far as she's aware, this person sounds like she's using her position to coerce people into adopting her personal faith.

Hi dooBdoo:

I am unfamiliar with ministries and how they work. This might sound naive, but what benefits does she have for wanting to make me a member of her church? Do they pay people for bringing in a new person? At one point, she e-mailed me that her mother is a "faith counselor" at her church and she wanted me to give her a call during my frustration. I wonder if her mother would be rewarded somehow for bringing in a new member? This is all new to me. I've never had to deal with this kind of thing in all my years.

KarenQVC · ‎05-13-2010

I would prioritize. First, get a job. Then send the emails to your city commission at city hall and each commissioner at their home address. All that info should be on the city website. That way there will be no coverup. Just say how you felt. Don't prosecute the case. It will speak for itself.

ZoetheCat · ‎11-30-2014

@hckynut wrote:
@Frosted Cake wrote:
I really need some advice.

I had an interview that didn't go so well. I e-mailed this gal and told her how disappointed I was and discouraged. She wrote me an e-mail response that stated unless I come to her church and accept her God, I would never find my way.

my advice? none, but i do enjoy reading fiction novels like this.

hnj

I don't understand this post. I tend to believe someone until proven otherwise. I don't know the OP but I can certainly believe her post. My inlaws are just like this. If you are not "their kind of Christian" then you are wrong. I am Catholic, but to them, because I am not "born again" I am not a "real" Christian. Frankly, it's infuriating. Who are they to decide I am not a Christian. I have known many people like the one the OP references. In my opinon, this type of response is much more prevalent then some realize.

As to the question at hand, I wish the OP the best. These days, it is hard enough to search for a job. You don't need to deal with this nonsense as well. I wish you good luck in your job search.

jubilant · ‎06-10-2010

@Frosted Cake wrote:
@dooBdoo wrote:

@jubilant, "Blackmail" is exactly the word I was thinking about after I posted and left the thread. Just based on what @Frosted Cake has told us, or as far as she's aware, this person sounds like she's using her position to coerce people into adopting her personal faith.

Hi dooBdoo:
I am unfamiliar with ministries and how they work. This might sound naive, but what benefits does she have for wanting to make me a member of her church? Do they pay people for bringing in a new person? At one point, she e-mailed me that her mother is a "faith counselor" at her church and she wanted me to give her a call during my frustration. I wonder if her mother would be rewarded somehow for bringing in a new member? This is all new to me. I've never had to deal with this kind of thing in all my years.

*********** See.....this is what I question???? Something is amiss here. My gut tells me to stop right here.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@Frosted Cake wrote:
@dooBdoo wrote:

@jubilant, "Blackmail" is exactly the word I was thinking about after I posted and left the thread. Just based on what @Frosted Cake has told us, or as far as she's aware, this person sounds like she's using her position to coerce people into adopting her personal faith.

Hi dooBdoo:
I am unfamiliar with ministries and how they work. This might sound naive, but what benefits does she have for wanting to make me a member of her church? Do they pay people for bringing in a new person? At one point, she e-mailed me that her mother is a "faith counselor" at her church and she wanted me to give her a call during my frustration. I wonder if her mother would be rewarded somehow for bringing in a new member? This is all new to me. I've never had to deal with this kind of thing in all my years.

She gets whatever her particular denomination's version is of brownie points. Status within the church. Perhaps her church even encourages a quota system.

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Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@jubilant She gets an atta girl for saving a soul.

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January121 · ‎03-21-2010

She is a QUACK!!!!! ..... I hate when people try to push their religions/beliefs on others .... I would tell her off & report her ... she should get fired!!!! ..... I definately would not let her get away with it .... good luck!!! ☺️

Tadaki · ‎03-10-2010

Did you read about the Indiana state trooper who was talking about his church and asking people if they were saved when he pulled them over? He lost his job after being reported multiple times.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/04/07/trooper-sued-for-proselytizing-durin...

So I wasn't shocked to read about the OP's experience. It happens.