Yes. The parish across town does this. It’s absolutely insaneIt’s hard to believe that people are not going to object to name tags. If they don’t even want to say “hello” I can imagine they certainly won’t want anyone knowing their name. I envision lots of name tags with incorrect names, like at high school reunions when spouses that did not attend the school make up names. (Yeah, that’s me, Maureen O’Hara.)
But it actually fosters a passive aggressive environment. It’s an outward physical identification of something that should be organic. So those who do not participate are labeled as antisocial stuckups and those that do are labeled progressive sheep. It’s a scarlet letter that will be used to judge ones personality.
Not me, I’d just put a name on it. Not my name mind you, but something childish, immature or even disrespectful.
Perhaps Easter Joy could comment on the actual truth of this. Does this raise a real issue in practice? The objections seem rather extreme and odd, as in, “insane,” sending someone to the ER, and a Scarlet Letter refernce.
It’s called hyperbole. You know, “pluck out your eye,” and all that.
:tiphat::bowdown:If I said, “You, sir, are no Isaac Asimov,” would I win a prize for the nerdiest post, or the lamest insult.
Maybe the nerdiest post would be the one explaining it, without Google, of course.It’s a violation of human dignity. Name tags are for dogs, cats, and other creatures who have not been gifted with the faculty of language.
How did he feel about name tags and compulsory greetings before mass?
Well, not wearing one is the way to object.
If you think so. As a person who wears a name badge every day, I have never felt my dignity impinged on, but you feel like you do and your opinion should not be dismissed. Remember though, I am able do this, no one who feels like you do will be even asked to wear one.
Participation is not solicited. There is a table with name tags, and people either elect to put one on or they don’t. That’s probably why there hasn’t been resistance to the practice: that is, it truly is no-pressure and entirely voluntary.
The “freakin” bulletin? Your name is on the bulletin, but I bet your picture is not, correct?
Not too much trouble, I just don’t have the faculty for remembering names. I remember people, and things they’ve said about themselves, but I’ve never been good at names and my memory is in general pretty bad. I don’t like to ask people to repeat their names, because some are like you and take offense. So I just, as you say, don’t address them by name. It does make it significantly more difficult to talk about them to other people, however. “You know, that woman, the blonde one who is always working on such-and-so, she asked me to tell you…” And then whoever I’m talking to tells me her name, and I try again to remember it, and eventually sometimes I do.
“Hello, My Name Is _____” name tags are a violation of human dignity? Really?
In a church setting, yes. In a corporate training seminar, it works. But those are meant to diminish human dignity.“Hello, My Name Is _____” name tags are a violation of human dignity? Really?
This one really takes the cake.
The issue is relevant to the thread, and is a legitimate suggestion, not a deterioration, one which I have already brought up in my parish. Sharing of ideas that are practical is one of the roles of this forum.
Yeah, that’s kinda the issue. Supposedly it’s done to make the parish friendlier, warmer, more open. But here’s the rub, some will wear it some won’t and what was meant to be a sign of unity will become a visible sign of division. Those who don’t wear them will be labeled objectors and unfriendly. Solidifying the divisions that would not be visible without the name tags. Organic friendliness, after Mass in a hello or an offering of a name is how to foster Christian fellowship. Treating Mass like the first day of WYD is silly.Well, not wearing one is the way to object.