Jew-Gentile Relations
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tinhuvielThe oddest thing just happened.
My Feudal Mistress was complaining about something, what I did not know because I couldn't hear from my cube to the area where she stood. It was not a biggie as I really didn't want to hear her anyway. But then she came over to my cube and said, "I'm not sure if you heard what I was saying over there about one Jew ruining the holiday spirit for everyone else, but I wasn't referring to you in any way. I just wanted to apologise if you took offence to this."
It turns out that a fellow in the neighbouring office had something snide to say to Mary, who is passing around snowman ornaments to everyone. He's apparently staunchly Jewish or is playing at it just to raise the ire of the Fundamental Mob that comprises the majority of his coworkers. Whatever it is, the Feudal Mistress was complaining about him.
What's so odd about this is that my Feudal Mistress rarely, if ever, apologises for her glaring deficiencies in the Tact Department. Usually, tactless people don't apologise for being so because they don't have enough tact to realise that they are indeed tactless. So here she is apologising to me, who isn't even a practicing Jew, even though half my family can be counted among the Chosen of God. I told her I didn't care as I celebrated (or is that fail to celebrate?) every damned thing since I've got Fundies, Jews, Agnostics, Atheists, Mormons, and Amway members in my family and I, myself, am nought but a simple Wiccan.
As an aside, I've noticed that my Feudal Mistress has been terribly nice to me these past couple of weeks. It's rather disconcerting and is getting more than a bit paranoid. Why is she treating me like I have more than two brain cells to rub together? Why is she sending jokes via email? Does it mean that she readying to sack me? Or is she lulling me into a false sense of security before the hammer falls and enslaves me even more? Maybe she's being nice because she knows that no raise will be coming in 2004 either and she's attempting to soften the blow of poverty. Who the hell knows?
Maybe I should abandon my Pagan ways and embrace this whole Chosen of God motif. If I do, perhaps it will save me from the imminent horrors surely to follow the Feudal Mistress' affable mood.
nah....
My Feudal Mistress was complaining about something, what I did not know because I couldn't hear from my cube to the area where she stood. It was not a biggie as I really didn't want to hear her anyway. But then she came over to my cube and said, "I'm not sure if you heard what I was saying over there about one Jew ruining the holiday spirit for everyone else, but I wasn't referring to you in any way. I just wanted to apologise if you took offence to this."
It turns out that a fellow in the neighbouring office had something snide to say to Mary, who is passing around snowman ornaments to everyone. He's apparently staunchly Jewish or is playing at it just to raise the ire of the Fundamental Mob that comprises the majority of his coworkers. Whatever it is, the Feudal Mistress was complaining about him.
What's so odd about this is that my Feudal Mistress rarely, if ever, apologises for her glaring deficiencies in the Tact Department. Usually, tactless people don't apologise for being so because they don't have enough tact to realise that they are indeed tactless. So here she is apologising to me, who isn't even a practicing Jew, even though half my family can be counted among the Chosen of God. I told her I didn't care as I celebrated (or is that fail to celebrate?) every damned thing since I've got Fundies, Jews, Agnostics, Atheists, Mormons, and Amway members in my family and I, myself, am nought but a simple Wiccan.
As an aside, I've noticed that my Feudal Mistress has been terribly nice to me these past couple of weeks. It's rather disconcerting and is getting more than a bit paranoid. Why is she treating me like I have more than two brain cells to rub together? Why is she sending jokes via email? Does it mean that she readying to sack me? Or is she lulling me into a false sense of security before the hammer falls and enslaves me even more? Maybe she's being nice because she knows that no raise will be coming in 2004 either and she's attempting to soften the blow of poverty. Who the hell knows?
Maybe I should abandon my Pagan ways and embrace this whole Chosen of God motif. If I do, perhaps it will save me from the imminent horrors surely to follow the Feudal Mistress' affable mood.
nah....
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Date: 2003-12-09 09:35 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2003-12-09 09:41 am (UTC)Do you even look Jewish?!
I found that funny. One time my Spanish prof says: "Now I don't want to offend any one who is *pauses* homosexual in the class..." looks directly at me and continues with his story.
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Date: 2003-12-09 10:08 am (UTC)As for looking Jewish, hell I dunno. Do I? ::looks in the mirror::
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Date: 2003-12-09 05:08 pm (UTC)I took his final, I never have to go to that fucker's class ever again.
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Date: 2003-12-09 11:42 am (UTC)Oy vey!
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Date: 2003-12-09 11:47 am (UTC)Nah is right.
Maybe all's right with her world and she's mellowing out, and realizes how much your hard work saves her ass.