Got Religion?
Dear Larry,
Hey! I just needed to vent a little. Not real happy with the work situation right now. I'm stuck doing menial tasks so often these days that I almost dread going to work. Today was no different. I had to move PCs again. Usually I have some help from colleagues but apparently all have decided that they are too busy to do this sort of grunt work which leaves me the only responsible party. I mean, here I am with an MBA and yet I am stuck doing work that a high school kid could do. On one hand, it tickles me a little to be paid so well to do what amounts to heavy lifting but on the other hand I feel ashamed that I have been relegated to perform such a chore. So, this morning after having moved two people's computers, which was completely pointless by the way, I headed back downstairs. For some reason I stopped by a copy room, for what I can't recall. I think that maybe I wanted to sabotage a printer or something. Instead, I found several leaflets advertising some sort of church Easter function nearby. How inappropriate! You know that I work for the government so I don't need to tell you how important the separation of church and state is to our lives, nay our very existence. Well, principle got the better of me. I searched furtively for a pen and having found one, and without arousing any suspicion, I returned to the copy room and proceeded to scribble 666 on each of the four flyers. I felt better. And hopefully I taught someone a very important lesson about what should and should not be discussed in the workplace. You know as well as anyone that I have nothing against religion. I wouldn't say that I am areligious. In fact, I think that I happen to be religiousful. At the very least, I am cognizant that religion exists and that I should be thankful for God when good things happen.
Not a very eventful day by any means. But I do hope that I have pointed out to someone the error of his or her ways. It is the least that I can do.
I hope that California is as wonderful now as it has been here for the last week or so. Talk to you soon.
Paul
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Dear Paul,
This is the Easter bunny from "Donnie Darko". I'll be bringing you a special treat on March 27.
Thanks, Bunny. I can't wait. I like multi-colored eggs and the pink peeps, if you've got 'em. I'll have something for you too. Long and shiny and oh, so sharp.
Oh no, somebody was copying church flyers on a government copier!!!?? Call the ACLU!! You've been the victim of discrimination! No, that's not true. But this must be government sanction of religion!! No, that's not true. This is the government trying to combine church and state!! No that's not true either.
Perhaps this is just a case of a religious person who works for the government being forgetful, and has nothing to do with the religious freedoms prescribed in our Constitution.
Burn it. Burn it to the ground.
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