Well, there's another off my list, and me getting myself upset

[tbyg52]

So I hope you'll indulge my venting a little here.

A small place where we often go for breakfast on weekends was playing a Christian channel this morning. (Not good music, either, not that that's the point - made elevator music sound good.) Every other word was "Jesus," with *feeeeeling*.

I didn't realize this until after we'd ordered our food, because I headed straight for the bathroom when we came in.

I stuffed down my food as fast as I could (usually we sit and read the paper) just to get out of there.

When the owner (at least I think he is) was in the area, I told him that apparently he only wanted Christian business and, since I didn't qualify, I wouldn't be back. He offered to change the channel, but I told him I shouldn't have to ask, and that in my opinion the fact that the music was playing at all indicated that he either assumed all his customers were Christian or didn't mind making them listen to his music anyway even if they weren't.

I already know about myself that I get more worked up about this sort of thing than most people, but I just find it arrogant to play religious music in a business or to display symbols of your religion in a business. Money is money, and I keep mine out of places like that.

Thanks for reading. I think I'm calmed down now.

[Warpy]

1. I'd have asked him to change the station

rather than ruin my dinner.

However, I'd probably never go back.

[tbyg52]

2. Yeah, that's what most people other than me would do

It seems to be in my nature that I've just *gotta* let them do their thing, and then I've just *gotta* tell them how I feel about it.... ;)

[tbyg52]

3. Oh, and

my meal was already ruined by the fact that he thought it was OK to choose that for the music his customers would listen to. I can't come up with any subsequent scenario that could have fixed things to my satisfaction. So I consumed my nutrients, stated my objections when the opportunity presented itself, and left.

[enlightenment]

4. Just a thought . . .

if you bought a meal and it was improperly cooked - to the point of being 'ruined' - would you eat it and then complain about it or would you ask to speak to the manager at the point that you discovered that your meal was ruined?

Since you clearly don't have any problem stating your objections, why not do it at a point that you might achieve a satisfactory (if not perfect) solution?

I'm not criticising; we all have our own way of dealing with issues; but this seems to be a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

[tbyg52]

6. >>cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Yeah, I forgot to mention that that's my specialty.... ;)

I've been in a similar situation when we were having lunch in a pretty nice bar (read: expensive), we were the only people in there, and the bartender/waiter had sports on the TV, with sound. When we were there before there had been pretty nice canned music. I didn't have any problem with asking him immediately to turn the TV sound off and some music on. I understood that he wanted TV with sound if nobody minded, but I minded and I was the customer, and therefore neither of us had a problem with my request.

The hymns were different, to me. They should not have been on in the first place unless fair warning was given by a Christian symbol on the door or in the name or something (so I could *know* to stay away). If I had noticed when I walked in the door, I would have walked right back out. To me there was absolutely no excuse for their being on in the first place. There was absolutely nothing that could have been done to satisfy me after I noticed. Just wish I hadn't had to head to the head so I would have noticed in *time*.

[prostock69]

5. Hell, when I was a Christian, I couldn't STAND listening to Christian music! n/t

[tbyg52]

7. It *was* pretty bad

I had never heard any before, so at least I got a new experience for my money and irritation. It really did make elevator music sound good!

[onager]

8. OK, bear with me, sort of on-topic...

I have a Weird Hobby. I build scale models. Have done it most of my life and really missed it here in Egypt, where not a single hobby shop exists.

If they did, I'm sure the Religious Authorities (spit) would just love some of the Anime-XXX figures on the market. And I'm leaving Egypt soon, so I can't wait to start madly gluing/painting again. But I digress, as always.

The scale-model forums have been buzzing recently because one company released a 1/24 scale model of a big Cityliner bus. Here, have a look. This thing is about 2 feet long when built:

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2008/august/first-looks/revell_neoplan.php

On a model-building forum, one poster said he wanted to build it as a rock band tour bus. With "guitars, groupies, booze bottles, groupies, bags of pills, hashish, and grass, needles, porn mags/DVDs and groupies."

Then he added: "Or I could make it a tour bus for a Christian band, if I added all the above plus a Bible."

:rofl:

[tbyg52]

12. Who cares if it's (sort of) off topic - it's FUNNY! ;-> nt

[Iggo]

9. "Every other word was "Jesus," with *feeeeeling*. "

My mom always called that "four syllable jesus." Je-EEEE-sus-(uh)!

[amyrose2712]

10. That reminds me, I almost had a moment like that ...

at work today. I work in a small Dr's office in South Jersey. I gave a patient the remote control while he was waiting with a few other patients. Then I heard it "JEE SUS!" But is sounded more like the Jesus Shopping Network. I looked up an could see the older Jewish couple looking up at the tv and in my mind becoming uncomfortable. Fortunately, it only took the man so long to change the channel because he couldn't reach the remote. But, that happened once before. Someone put the God Channel on. And we are in a community of Jews, Hindus, Muslim Christians and Atheist/Agnostics of which we have patients and employees.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. I can ignore music....

but what I hate is when I have a song stuck in my head. "Gather at the River" is not a song an atheist likes have stuck in their head :)

[onager]

14. I can sympathize...

Earlier today I had an old hymn stuck in my head: "Leaning On the Everlasting Arms."

Fortunately, it always reminds me of the movie Night of the Hunter. With the "preacher," Robert Mitchum, singing that song as he stalks the two kids he is trying to kill.

So it's not a total loss, like having a random Jesus-Earworm. :-)

Bargain Sleaze Alert, long as I'm here bloviating about movies: geezers who remember, or youngsters who want to see what they missed, should go over to Amazon and check out the collections called Drive-In Cult Classics.

Eight movies for ten bucks. Can't beat it. And what movies! Deathless stuff like The Babysitter, Blood Mania, Malibu Beach, etc. etc.

The real Magnum Dopus of the bunch has to be Cindy and Donna, from 1970. Presented as a "teenage morality play" about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and kinky sex. So it has PLENTY of those, along with gratuitous nudity about every 10 minutes. I may send a copy to Concerned Women of America and American Family Association, as a tax-deductible donation...

[Deep13]

13. Yeah, a lot of places serve coffee.

Fuck him.