You! Get into the closet! Quick!

[Craveman]

My atheism.

Like Binny, I work for myself. A comment made by her hit home and I realized I'm not so alone.

When on a job that part of me has to to be locked in the closet.

It just grates my cheese when a customer starts in with the "Oh thank Jesus, praise God he sent you here." (I thought it was their phone call to me that sent me there(?)) when the repairs are minor and inexpensive.

When giving bad news, major repairs/expensive I get asked "Are you Christian?" as if they are judging my honesty by asking this question.

Or even worse they start 'witnessing' to me and that part of me locked in that closet also needs to be bound and gagged because I got a $1800 job staring at me and honesty about that aspect of my life most likely would cost me that job. So I force myself to 'play the part' and I respond "Oh yes, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Halleluja. Praise God! etc etc etc ad nauseum...."

Anyone else? Anyone else here who's very bread and butter, who's very livelyhood would be threatened if they gave honest answers or responses to religious actions by others? Have you ever taken a chance and been honest and it cost you a job or money in some way?

Before coming over to the UK, I had my own electrical business for a few years. On one of my jobs, I was sub-contracting for this one builder who was a very devout Christian. He use to tell me pretty much every day how wonderful God is and what a wonderful and devout Christian he was. I really don't mind if any person is religious, I just don't like it when they preach to me all day long.

This very same Christian guy never paid me for the 2 weeks of work that I've done for him. He lied and said that the client never paid him the money, therefore he couldn't pay me in return (the client confirmed payment...) I couldn't even take him to court because we only had a verbal contract. He got recommended by someone and because he was such a devout Christian the thought that he might stitch me up never even occur.