Posted by:
exminion
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Date: June 22, 2019 03:24AM
LOL!
Seriously, I would like to know this, as I like to be PC at the office. I usually don't mention religion at all. I've heard people refer it to "That religion in Salt Lake City," and everyone seems to know that they mean.
A very proper saleswoman at an upscale boutique was helping me, and narrowing down what I was looking for, and she asked me, "Do you have any clothing restrictions?"
I went on a spiel of how clothes seem to always be too tight on top and too loose at the bottom, and that curvy styles don't work well for me, and I don't like polyester..., and she said, "No, I mean, are you restricted in wearing sleeveless tops, or see-through, and do you have to wear a skirt--you know--like that...."
She was from New York, and was trying to figure out how to help women buy clothes, without asking them if they're Mormon or "Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints". She wasn't even sure what to call it.
I told her she was doing a great job with the "clothing restrictions" question.
If you MUST ask a person about their religion, play the "restrictions" card. Socially, ask, "Do you have any drinking restrictions? At work, "Do you have any restrictions about working on Sundays?" "Do you have any dating restrictions?" I'm going to enjoy doing this!
Whatever Nelson and his Mormons come up with--I refuse to use the full name! Never did I receive any tithing settlement letter, or money receipt, or note, or Christmas greeting, or any other letter or e-mail from that Cult, that had my name on it! Think about it, have you ever? Never addressed to Ms. Exminion Jones. Never, "Dear Sister Jones." Always, "Dear Member", or a copied sheet with no greeting at all, or a mass e-mail with no greeting or name.
(Just before I resigned, I did receive a belated birthday card, along with a paper plate of cookies, from the RS Presidency, of the ward I had attended for 20 years, that read, "Happy Birthday, Jane, we love you!" My name is NOT Jane, or anything close.)