In the words of the old Sesame Street song....
Who are the people in your neighborhood
In your neighborhood
In your neighborhood
Ohhh, who are the people in your neighborhood
The people that you meet each day?
Of course, as a customer service representative in a major grocery store, I meet a LOT of very interesting characters over the course of my day, from chatty toddlers to grumpy grown ups and even the odd bizarre weirdo (No, I never served Michael Jackson...though he sure fits that bill LOL.. Sorry to any Michael Jackson fans :)
But my post today is in reference to my store manager.
This poor individual seems to really have an issue with my homosexuality. I suppose, as an Italian, it is possible that he comes from a very devout and strict Roman Catholic background. Of course, in the view of such people all homosexuals are evil and condemned to hell.
I find it somewhat strange how the morals of the Roman/Italian nation have changed over the last few thousand years. Up until 500a.d. (approx) they had a pantheon of Gods and were much more broad minded than after the onset of Roman Catholicism.
Not to get into a religious debate here (being a Christian myself) but I sometimes wonder how such intense intolerance and hatred could could be considered good... I know they mean well (along with all the other Churches who hold the same views) but they don't seem to understand how unloving and ungodlike these attitudes are... guess it's just a human nature thing. No matter how hard we try to be good we still stuff up!
Regardless, he certainly seems to find it confronting when I view my partner as my family. This was evident several months ago when I requested carers leave to stay with her while she recuperated from a surgical procedure.. until I mentioned the companies non-discrimination policy he stated that I wasn't entitled to carers leave for a same sex partner. Needless to say, it was even more confronting for him when I took last week off to attend her brother's funeral interstate... since I'm viewing her family as my own also.
In any case, this may explain his somewhat surly mood with me all week.
In general he hides his personal convictions and maintains the company policies well but every so often I can see him fighting with them.
Who are the people in your neighborhood
In your neighborhood
In your neighborhood
Ohhh, who are the people in your neighborhood
The people that you meet each day?
Of course, as a customer service representative in a major grocery store, I meet a LOT of very interesting characters over the course of my day, from chatty toddlers to grumpy grown ups and even the odd bizarre weirdo (No, I never served Michael Jackson...though he sure fits that bill LOL.. Sorry to any Michael Jackson fans :)
But my post today is in reference to my store manager.
This poor individual seems to really have an issue with my homosexuality. I suppose, as an Italian, it is possible that he comes from a very devout and strict Roman Catholic background. Of course, in the view of such people all homosexuals are evil and condemned to hell.
I find it somewhat strange how the morals of the Roman/Italian nation have changed over the last few thousand years. Up until 500a.d. (approx) they had a pantheon of Gods and were much more broad minded than after the onset of Roman Catholicism.
Not to get into a religious debate here (being a Christian myself) but I sometimes wonder how such intense intolerance and hatred could could be considered good... I know they mean well (along with all the other Churches who hold the same views) but they don't seem to understand how unloving and ungodlike these attitudes are... guess it's just a human nature thing. No matter how hard we try to be good we still stuff up!
Regardless, he certainly seems to find it confronting when I view my partner as my family. This was evident several months ago when I requested carers leave to stay with her while she recuperated from a surgical procedure.. until I mentioned the companies non-discrimination policy he stated that I wasn't entitled to carers leave for a same sex partner. Needless to say, it was even more confronting for him when I took last week off to attend her brother's funeral interstate... since I'm viewing her family as my own also.
In any case, this may explain his somewhat surly mood with me all week.
In general he hides his personal convictions and maintains the company policies well but every so often I can see him fighting with them.
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