I've got a mormon vibe.
The first time I was confronted about it was early in the school year when my classmates made a joke about Mormons and then hastily apologized to Jessica and I. We looked at each other puzzled and told them they didn't need to say sorry before it sank in that it was probably because they thought we were Mormons. We both then burst into laughter and quickly set the record straight.
The next time it dawned on me that people thought I was mormon was at work. The managers would go on coffee runs and would get everyone coffees except for me. Every single time I was handed a hot chocolate, finally I asked about it and the manager gave me a strange look 'Ummm.. because you aren't allowed to drink coffee." Again I just laughed it off and set the record straight.
The last time was today. It was my first day of clinical and I was wearing a white shirt underneath my scrubs (because my scrubs are a little to big and when I bend over I give everybody quite the view). My clinical instructor told everyone that they couldn't wear shirts under there scrubs unless they did it for religious reason and she looked at me and winked. So I put up my hand slightly confused and asked what kind of religions required the wearing of white shirt under their clothes. She looked very surprised and replied.. 'why the mormons do dear..'
I think the reason I have this 'vibe' is because I am very open about my faith, I dress conservatively, and I am a firm believer in Sundays as a day of rest. Now I don't think these are a bad thing. It makes me happy to see that people can tell a difference in the way I act comparison to the world. What makes me sad is the fact they see these qualities and attribute it to Mormonism and not Christianity.
2 comments:
Good post, Rebecca. I agree....it's so sad that people equate that with Mormonism and not Christianity.
So true Becca! It's a sad reality.
Jolene
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