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Is it so hard to segregate personal and work activities? Do the personal stuff, hobbies, religions, ... on your own time in your own place with your own group.

Is it so hard to segregate personal and work activities? Do the personal stuff, hobbies, religions, ... on your own time in your own place with your own group. When in the work environment, do work things and play well with others who probably aren't the people you'd prefer to be with. If their behaviour is that uncomfortable to you, you'll move on. Similarly, if your behaviour is that uncomfortable to them, you'll move on.

Incipient 3y ago
So no wearing crosses in the office? No praying towards Mecca, or wearing a headscarf, having a beard, eating spaghetti is pastafarian and cramming religion down my throat! Also plants and fish offend me, so I don't want to see them in the office. And population is anti-environment, so no photos of kids either. I think the only solution is to work on cubicles with separate entrances. Excuse the sarcasm, but having a small push back against mandatory pronouns and being fired is just another step to a really damn bland office environment.
- jleyank 3y ago
  Crosses are fine, just don’t badger people about crossism. Same with meccaism, scarfism, beardism and spagism. Do it, don’t badger or bother people about it. We get you’re into those things and we’ll return the favour and let you do them in peace. Although I should point out that there are hard rules in Quebec that govern some of these behaviours in a rather discriminatory way.
version_five 3y ago
I agree with you that's an option, but then it should go for "pronouns" and other identity stuff too then. Why should certain things get a pass? As it stands now, there's all this "bring your whole self to work" nonsense, but it really means "as long as your whole self conforms utterly to an extremely narrow set of dimensions along which you can pretend to be nonconforming". Either accept differences of opinion and don't hassle people for not actively prostrating themselves on the alter of your religion, or keep personal life out of work entirely.

Incipient 3y ago

So no wearing crosses in the office? No praying towards Mecca, or wearing a headscarf, having a beard, eating spaghetti is pastafarian and cramming religion down my throat! Also plants and fish offend me, so I don't want to see them in the office. And population is anti-environment, so no photos of kids either. I think the only solution is to work on cubicles with separate entrances. Excuse the sarcasm, but having a small push back against mandatory pronouns and being fired is just another step to a really damn bland office environment.

jleyank 3y ago
Crosses are fine, just don’t badger people about crossism. Same with meccaism, scarfism, beardism and spagism. Do it, don’t badger or bother people about it. We get you’re into those things and we’ll return the favour and let you do them in peace. Although I should point out that there are hard rules in Quebec that govern some of these behaviours in a rather discriminatory way.

version_five 3y ago

I agree with you that's an option, but then it should go for "pronouns" and other identity stuff too then. Why should certain things get a pass? As it stands now, there's all this "bring your whole self to work" nonsense, but it really means "as long as your whole self conforms utterly to an extremely narrow set of dimensions along which you can pretend to be nonconforming". Either accept differences of opinion and don't hassle people for not actively prostrating themselves on the alter of your religion, or keep personal life out of work entirely.