Being PC in the workplace

[SeekerJen]

Jaded27:

You don’t have to agree with them, and they don’t have to agree with you but everyone should be able to respect the other’s opinions. “I don’t agree with you, but I am not trying to convince you. I just feel the need to state my opinion as well.”

This is the best way to approach this, IMO. And I do have some experience in this area- my new boss is a non-Christian lesbian. When I first started at my job- and several months before she was promoted- she and another co-worker were railing against the Church, not knowing that I was a practicing and devout Catholic. Since I felt more comfortable around the other co-worker at that time, I told that person how I felt about listening to their diatribe, and in the 9 months that I’ve been on the job, I’ve never been put in another situation like that.

My boss knows what I believe and practice, and respects me even if she doesn’t agree, and vice versa. She’s actually asked me a few questions about Church doctrines, etc., and I think I’ve been able to clear up a few misconceptions. She’s an awesome manager, one of my favorite people to work with, and if the powers that be had asked my opinion, she would have been my first choice to replace the manager who resigned. There are just a couple of subjects which we don’t discuss in the workplace, and otherwise we get along really well. It’s pretty much an unspoken agreement to disagree.