I know I was clear,not coming back, but they're showing up at work now.

I'm seriously busy now ( factory is going out of business) and had to walk to the reception area. It's more than a 5 minute walk from where I work.

I could tell the receptionist that I don't want to be contacted but that kid of puts her in a spot, as they stood right over her while she was calling me. So I'll just not answer the phone.

Went up, no not going to church, no don't want to do some lame activity that has me staying up after my bedtime. No no no..

honestly, I think I'm a pretty tolerant guy towards contacts by the morg. I am polite but firm


but, if some morg showed up at my place of work to try and persuade me back, they would receive nothing but a torrent of abuse

I'd call the bish and say, "How dare you barge into my workplace! Will this stop or do **I** need to start harassing you where you work? That's what will happen if necessary until I can arrange for a lawyer to sue your ass!"

Do you have security where your work? If so, call and have the mormons escorted to their cars.

That would be more effective if you showed up at the bishop's office with an "emergency." Even better if you took a vacation day and went to the workplace of each member of the bishopric to ask them an inane question that could totally be handled at a better time.

When they complain about you showing up at their office, explain that it keeps happening to you and that's how you thought the mormon community interacts with each other. If you'd like me to not show up at your office unannounced, then could you please make sure nobody else shows up at mine? Thankyouverymuch. Kindly eff off now.

Have the receptionist call security and tell them Mormon polygamists are recruiting women on your floor. I'm serious.

Ron

I'd take some of them if I weren't trying to fly under the radar.

I was just surprised that someone would actually do that here. ( Texas) They seem so much more laid back than from what I hear for the Mountain Time Zone people.

I was supposed to be laid off a couple weeks ago, but when they came buy I was not at my desk, and they kinda missed me. Things are so screwy here that one little change throws them off.

:) too bad the plant closing is prolly common knowledge!!
but seriously.............. WTH? you aint under the radar anymore though.......... sorry about you gonna lose you job!! that sucks.... why the closing?

due to not being profitable enough.

Corporate decided to ship most work accross the border, but then they have to ship it back to be repaired here.

Ww were never in the red, just not black enough.

I would tell church visitors that coming to see you at your place of employment is completely inappropriate and needs to stop at once. Write a letter to the bishop stating the same. If anyone else shows up after that, have security escort them off of the site.

I would say that the situation is unbelievable, but unfortunately we've had accounts here of workplace visits before.



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At least 30% of DH's coworkers are mormon, and most of them are in our ward. Church gets brought up ALL the time. This is our big concern as we move forward with our complete exit--that there's going to be no way to get away from it. For you, since they are not employees, but merely showing up at your workplace, isn't there something legal that can be done? Have security remove them from the premises, or file a harassment complaint? No one should have to put up with that at work.

It seems that your visitors are either underemployed, unemployed or retired. Either way, they have nothing better to do with there time. I agree with everyone here that this was totally inappropriate and needs to stop.

nomilk Wrote:
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> I know I was clear,not coming back, but they're
> showing up at work now.
>
> I'm seriously busy now ( factory is going out of
> business) and had to walk to the reception area.
> It's more than a 5 minute walk from where I work.
>
> I could tell the receptionist that I don't want to
> be contacted but that kid of puts her in a spot,
> as they stood right over her while she was calling
> me. So I'll just not answer the phone.
>
> Went up, no not going to church, no don't want to
> do some lame activity that has me staying up after
> my bedtime. No no no..

How about telling the receptionist to politely tell them, "I am too busy with my job to be interupted right now. Have them leave their number and I will call them back when it is more convienent..."

Then you can forget to call them back, and have not blown your cover. After a few fruitless trips they will stop.

excellent response

Time to write letters to the stake president, the bishop, and anyone else you want to contact, like the area 70's!
They are totally out of order going to your work to contact you.
That's inappropriate on so many levels.

If on the spot, I like the idea of just saying: I'm busy, take a number.

The next time it happens, ask the receptionist to find out who the "people" are. If they say they are Mormons or if their names sound Mormon, tell the receptionist that they're stalkers and s/he needs to call the police, that you'll file a stalking complaint with them when they arrive.

Ask to talk to them over the receptionist's phone, rather than coming down.

Tell them that it's inappropriate to come to your workplace, especially since you made it clear that you no longer participate in their organization. Tell them you do not want to be contacted again by anyone in their organization. Ask them if they intend to honor your wishes or if they are going to continue to try to force their church on you.

They'll probably agree to leave you alone, because the other option makes them sound like jerks.

I am not sure why there are some polite responses here, ie: having the receptionist get their number and call back another time. That is polite, and is not an appropriate response to a total lack of boundaries and complete rudeness.

Here is the thing, I don't care WHO you are, mormom, neighbour, etc.... it is impolite to just show up at someone's work without a prior call to them to arrange a meeting. I would say the only exception would be a home emergency. Your work place is your workplace. If I get phone calls at work from telemarketers, if they are lucky not get get an earful (I don't use swear words on them, but I am very effective at letting them know I do not take sales pitches at work), I simply hang up.

If I ever had any mormoms show up at my home, or work, because I would not take the phone calls, I would tell them that I would be calling the police and that I would never expect to see such a disregard of my boundaries again. I have had TBM show up at my door after I have told them that I wanted no contact (prior to getting my name taken off records) and I have walked to the door, opened it, looked at them, and slammed it in their faces. I have had one bang on the door after this happened, and I opened it to an irrate PH full of self righteousness that asked me how dare I shut the door on the Lord's rep.... and I replied to him that if he stood in front of my door one more second, I was first going to release my dogs on him, then call the police to say I have someone trying to force their way into my home against my wishes.

That was enough. Never again.

There is no need for politeness. You should have walked up there, then looked at the receptionist and asked her to call security, or if there is none, tell them to leave and never come back. Maybe you should have tried mockery and raise your hand to the square and command them to be gone? Isn't that what they do to evil spirits?

On a different topic, so sorry about your work shutting down.