Post by theoccultchrist on Aug 16, 2006 17:35:32 GMT -5
What do you do when the 'system' fails to honor the rules it has put in place?
Okay here is a silly example..but it is something that seriously happened today.
I'm sure people have had similar experiences esp. someone who is a meter-maid or something to that effect.
Me personally, I try to be a stickler for the rules..I don't care if you are Jesus Christ Himself I expect you to follow the Rules and Regulations and Laws of the land voted on or otherwise agreed upon by a governing body of some nature.
Today a lady came into my place of business..we'll desiginate the store "retail-hell." And the Floral lady had a disgusted look on her face..and said "she comes in here everyday..go and look where she parked.".....so I looked and lo' and behold this lady parked beside the building in a no parking/fire lane zone. the Floral Lady told me that she parks there everyday, cause she is afraid to park in the lot because she is afraid someone will hit her car.
The Floral Lady went on to say that the main-manager lets her park there..lets call this manager "Mr. Rogers." The Reasoning behind "Mr. Rogers" decision to let this lady park there is because she is a Doctors Wife, and therefore better than us - Translation = She is loaded with money and Mr. Rogers wants her to spend it at our Store.
If this so far doesnt sound like a religious question/story yet..how about this ..right there is a fine example of worshipping the All-Mighty Dollar * Which is a sub-point to this post.*
Anyway, so I was like watch this ---so I went to the floor runner(Supervisor) Who Happens to be my lovely signifigant other (We were together prior to my employment - just for the record) who also happens to be a practicing Pagan and Witch.
I showed her the car illegally parked...and she went over to talk to the floral lady...and then got on the phone with an office worker..and the office worker told her the same thing the floral lady told me about "Mr. Rogers" Letting her park there for the simple fact she is a Doctors Wife.
On her (Floor Runner) way up to talk to the office staff..I told her to just use her Witch Mind Powers to will a cop onto the lot to give her a ticket and I kinda laughed about it..though I was pretty serious.
The office staff re-stated to the floor runner what was said on the phone..and even went onto state that even if a cop wrote the lady a ticket..the lady would simply come in and pitch a fit and "Mr. Rogers" would probably pay the ticket for the lady.
Nothing else was mentioned about it the rest of my shift.
So here are my questions.
Like My Topic States; what do you do when the'system' fails to honor the rules it has put in place?
Pagans/Witches/Wiccans/Asatru's/Heathens on the board..if you have the opptunity for Divine/Magical intervention..knowing that Management or whoever wouldn't do anything about it..do you try to will a police officer to the lot to give the lady a ticket? Or something else of equal dramatic events? or do you just grin and bare it?
Christians or any other religion that does not believe in magick -- would you pray to your God/Saint whatever that 'Justice' would prevail..or do you think that God is too busy dealing with more important things?
Athiest/Agnostics ..how do you deal with this situation?? What do you say or do? or do you just shrug your shoulders at this situation as well?
For everybody don't you hate it when someone else gets special treatment just because they know someone or are related to someone that does :such-and-such occupation: for a living?
Okay here is a silly example..but it is something that seriously happened today.
I'm sure people have had similar experiences esp. someone who is a meter-maid or something to that effect.
Me personally, I try to be a stickler for the rules..I don't care if you are Jesus Christ Himself I expect you to follow the Rules and Regulations and Laws of the land voted on or otherwise agreed upon by a governing body of some nature.
Today a lady came into my place of business..we'll desiginate the store "retail-hell." And the Floral lady had a disgusted look on her face..and said "she comes in here everyday..go and look where she parked.".....so I looked and lo' and behold this lady parked beside the building in a no parking/fire lane zone. the Floral Lady told me that she parks there everyday, cause she is afraid to park in the lot because she is afraid someone will hit her car.
The Floral Lady went on to say that the main-manager lets her park there..lets call this manager "Mr. Rogers." The Reasoning behind "Mr. Rogers" decision to let this lady park there is because she is a Doctors Wife, and therefore better than us - Translation = She is loaded with money and Mr. Rogers wants her to spend it at our Store.
If this so far doesnt sound like a religious question/story yet..how about this ..right there is a fine example of worshipping the All-Mighty Dollar * Which is a sub-point to this post.*
Anyway, so I was like watch this ---so I went to the floor runner(Supervisor) Who Happens to be my lovely signifigant other (We were together prior to my employment - just for the record) who also happens to be a practicing Pagan and Witch.
I showed her the car illegally parked...and she went over to talk to the floral lady...and then got on the phone with an office worker..and the office worker told her the same thing the floral lady told me about "Mr. Rogers" Letting her park there for the simple fact she is a Doctors Wife.
On her (Floor Runner) way up to talk to the office staff..I told her to just use her Witch Mind Powers to will a cop onto the lot to give her a ticket and I kinda laughed about it..though I was pretty serious.
The office staff re-stated to the floor runner what was said on the phone..and even went onto state that even if a cop wrote the lady a ticket..the lady would simply come in and pitch a fit and "Mr. Rogers" would probably pay the ticket for the lady.
Nothing else was mentioned about it the rest of my shift.
So here are my questions.
Like My Topic States; what do you do when the'system' fails to honor the rules it has put in place?
Pagans/Witches/Wiccans/Asatru's/Heathens on the board..if you have the opptunity for Divine/Magical intervention..knowing that Management or whoever wouldn't do anything about it..do you try to will a police officer to the lot to give the lady a ticket? Or something else of equal dramatic events? or do you just grin and bare it?
Christians or any other religion that does not believe in magick -- would you pray to your God/Saint whatever that 'Justice' would prevail..or do you think that God is too busy dealing with more important things?
Athiest/Agnostics ..how do you deal with this situation?? What do you say or do? or do you just shrug your shoulders at this situation as well?
For everybody don't you hate it when someone else gets special treatment just because they know someone or are related to someone that does :such-and-such occupation: for a living?