Would you say something?

[BOBKAT]

Have a question. I was standing at the printer in work when I noticed a screen saver of a fellow employee it was a picture of the Last Supper. The problem is this person is a witch a so called pagan so when I saw the picture I went a looked a little closer and what I saw horrified me. Where Jesus would be sitting is a monster a snake like monster with two heads and it looked like it was surrounded by other monsters. There is no question that this was the Last Supper. We have a friendly relationship and she knows that I am religous I am one of 3 catholics that actually work directly with her. My co-worker thinks that she did it to get a rise out of me and feels that I shouldn’t question her, but I feel a need. Help please

God Bless
Kathleen

 

[Black_Jaque]

Well it seems like she has the right to have whatever screensaver she wants.

I personally think we should keep our freedoms, and as Christians, rather than get lured into tit-for-tat erosion of freedom of speech we should turn it around. In other words, instead of whining to the boss and insisting that if a pagan can demand that we take down our crucifix they should take down their demonic screensaver; we should let them have their screensaver, then point it out when they insist we take down our nativity scenes.

So make a note of it. Then put a very Christian screen saver on your monitor. Try to one-up your co-worker. Get them to gripe about your screensaver first. Then point out all the obnoxious displays that you tolerated and invite them to be tolerant of you.

In the end you’ll win. Because generally people find Christian art much more pleasing to the eye than demonic “art”. They sort of hang themselves. I just don’t find heavy metal t-shirts something that draws me in.

 

[sadie2723]

Black Jaque:

Well it seems like she has the right to have whatever screensaver she wants.

I personally think we should keep our freedoms, and as Christians, rather than get lured into tit-for-tat erosion of freedom of speech we should turn it around. In other words, instead of whining to the boss and insisting that if a pagan can demand that we take down our crucifix they should take down their demonic screensaver; we should let them have their screensaver, then point it out when they insist we take down our nativity scenes.

So make a note of it. Then put a very Christian screen saver on your monitor. Try to one-up your co-worker. Get them to gripe about your screensaver first. Then point out all the obnoxious displays that you tolerated and invite them to be tolerant of you.

In the end you’ll win. Because generally people find Christian art much more pleasing to the eye than demonic “art”. They sort of hang themselves. I just don’t find heavy metal t-shirts something that draws me in.

I totally agree!!!

 

[Gerry_Hunter]

First, was it a company computer, or her own? What are the company’s workplace harrassment policies, and does the image offend them ?

If the computer is a company computer, and the policies have been offended, there could have been two wrongs. If it’s her own, then there could been one.

I once received an email on the “company” computer (a federal agency, actually), authorized by the local Director, calling on me, as an employee, to either participate in, or attend, the local gay pride parade. I lodged a complaint with the regional authority, and although there was a “determination” that no wrong was done, there was an abject apology, and a marked absence of anything similar ever since.

Blessings,

Gerry

 

[Black_Jaque]

Gerry,

OK so you succeeded in quelling the invites to gay functions, but you may well have also succeeded in stopping invites to Christian functions alike.

 

[Daniel_Marsh]

Hi Kathleen, check your employee handbook to see what your company polices concerning displaying personal pictures, etc.,

In the mean time, treat her with Love, and kindly tell her that the screen saver is offensive and ask her, why on earth do you want to cause problems at work?

If she is childlike in behavior, it may drive her nuts if you do ignore it.

 

[Gerry_Hunter]

Black Jaque:

Gerry,

OK so you succeeded in quelling the invites to gay functions, but you may well have also succeeded in stopping invites to Christian functions alike.

Oh let me assure you there were never any of those, nor any prospect of them. This is very much a “holiday season” environment once December rolls around.

And this was nothing that remotely resembled an invitation, nor was it merely information of a coming event. Invitations I’m free to decline; information I am free to process, and ignore if appropriate. This communication made it very clear that, as an employee, it was very much incumbent upon me to either attend or participate in the event.

Sometimes, “turning the other cheek” means not running away from the first hit, but responding to it, thereby risking getting clobbered again.

Blessings,

Gerry