A Day Both Good and Annoying

[lillian13]

 I had a nice day at the Flea. Didn't make a huge amount of money, but I was in shade and the people were nice. I was upstairs but they had a couple of great helpers who carried everything up and down the stairs for me.

I did go to 24Diner afterwards to have their amazing pork chop dinner (perfectly grilled organic pork, mashed sweet potatoes, and bacon-y greens).

Got home and realized I don't really have to unload the wagon except for the tables, since I have another show on Thursday. I love being lazy efficient.

Checked my mail, and this is where my day took a turn for the crappy. CareCentrix (a weird division of Cigna that handles all the things like my CPAP machine) finally sent me bills for my new unit. I'm assuming that my deductible was applied *somewhere*, but since they sent me (counts) FOUR SEPARATE BILLS IN ONE ENVELOPE, it's damned hard to tell. I foresee a long-ass phone call either tomorrow or Monday to get to the bottom of this. It's also hundreds of dollars more than I thought it would be. Joy.

The second Bad Thing was a weird letter. Handwritten, yet addressed to me "Or Current Occupant".

Inside was a handwritten letter from a Margaret, reminding me that Easter is coming and I should really come to a free Bible talk explaining how Jesus' death is wonderful and cool. There was also a bonus professionally-printed flyer from her church (Jehovah's Witnesses, not that it matters), complete with White Man Jesus picture. 

This kind of casual Christian assumption just makes my blood boil. I am not a Christian. I do not practice any religion, and don't want anyone shoving their beliefs into my mailbox under cover of a letter from a "friend".

I wrote a reply:

Dear Margaret,

In reply to the letter and tract I received from you today:

Stop it. Just. Stop it.

Your assumption that I am a) Christian and b) devout is pretty self-centered. Not everyone worships or believes the same things you do, and when you just blindly send out letters like this you're going to have to expect that you are going to annoy and/or offend an awful lot of people.

Like you did me.

I don't know if you did this because your pastor or whatever told you to, but the next time he (I'm following in your footsteps and assuming) suggests this, please tell him it's a terrible idea.

I am not religious. I do not wish to have your beliefs sent to me as a ”friendly letter” or as a phone call or as a knock on my door too early on Sunday morning. You, Margaret, and your church, have intruded where you are not wanted.

Please, never do this again.

Sincerely,

“Or Current Resident”
 

...don't worry, it's going out without a return address or name. I have zero desire to get in a "dialog" with these people. They just make me furious!

Comments

[tehomet]

I don't envy you the epic call it's probably going to take to sort out that four bills in one envelope billing error fiesta. :(

The 'letter' from that lady - how annoying!

I sympathise as I well remember moving cities many moons ago. The first piece of post I got in my new shack was an envelope from the local Roman Catholic parish for contributions. The nerve of them! It made great kindling.

[snow-white.livejournal.com]

Good for you! *applauds* That is the kind of thing I would love to say to our Bible-bashing resident tutor, but can't because I have to work with him until the end of June when he leaves. I'm a Christian, and if someone asks me about my beliefs I'll talk about them, but I think it's the height of rudeness to shove your value system down someone else's throat.

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