Ok...so we have a new girl in our department. She started the beginning of December. We were told that because of her religious beliefs, we were not permitted to have a gift exchange (we have been doing this the whole 7 years I have been in this dept).
This month, it was our supervisor's birthday...I brought in a card and cake for her, everyone signed but the new girl, who brought it over to my desk, threw it down and looked at me like i had grown a 2nd head and said "You people offend me - I do not celebrate this type of thing".
I think everyone has a right to whatever religion they choose, but I don't feel that she should try to force her beliefs on everyone else in the department and told her that (but I wasn't rude about it)...she can choose not to participate, and that is fine, but that everyone else has the right to participate. She told me off, and complained to our boss about me...I got a "talking to".
I don't think I was wrong, what do you think??
2007-02-20
02:16:53
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