Praise whatever higher power there might be...even if it IS a pan-dimensional big red eye machine bent on universal chaos and destruction...
Today I met some very nice folks from Connecticut.
They bought some Mammoth Site t-shirts.
The mom then proceeded to put the new shirts on them.
I WISH I had gotten a good look at the second shirt the kids had been originally wearing (not the Mammoth Site t-shirts), because the first one was just pure gold.
http://tjwc.ytmnd.com/
(there is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle music, huzzah...just a heads up in case your volume is cranked...)
I had to stare down at the t-shirt and keep talking because I wanted to read it and not look like I was reading it, so I just kept staring down at the desk for a good ten seconds after she took the shirts away, still talking to them after a kind of "uhhhh" moment...oh, such things as these truly make my day...and also at the same time they kind of make me cringe...so young, so impressionable...so likely to be closed-minded...such a cheesy phrase...but, to each his own...it makes only the third Christianity alert so far in my time here, and it's not like the nice folks were pushing it onto me or directly asking me about it...but still.
The other two times were asking MY personal opinion...and I had to give a disclaimer that this is MY opinion, NOT the museum's, and that the museum is limited to scientific discovery ONLY...and that technically I'm not allowed to talk about it...but that of course everyone's opinions are completely respected...and basically tell them in so many words that I'm agnostic and find evolution to be an undeniable FACT...in a nice way. Or, if you like, maybe "God" created evolution, huh? I swear. It gets me a little flustered, like, oh crap, don't say what they might not want to hear...especially as an employee in the business of informing and treating tourists with hospitality and respect...
I guess I wish people wouldn't bring it up, if they're going to bring it up on the religious aspect of things. At least not until I'm off the clock and don't have my work nametag on. A science museum just isn't the place to debate personal, spiritual opinions, and it's no one's business but mine what I believe.
Ah well. It's the weekend.
Also, I might be staying here longer in order to get actual lab prep experience, which makes me happy...for the most part. I guess I wish that I could've gotten that experience within the allotted time, since it would save me a little anxiety and a $100 United Airlines service charge. December 17th. I'll keep everyone updated.
Also also, it's a full moon tonight, and 12% larger than usual. (It's near its perigee, the point at which it's closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit.) Shine on, harvest moon. Sorry to all those werewolves out there.
Today I met some very nice folks from Connecticut.
They bought some Mammoth Site t-shirts.
The mom then proceeded to put the new shirts on them.
I WISH I had gotten a good look at the second shirt the kids had been originally wearing (not the Mammoth Site t-shirts), because the first one was just pure gold.
http://tjwc.ytmnd.com/
(there is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle music, huzzah...just a heads up in case your volume is cranked...)
I had to stare down at the t-shirt and keep talking because I wanted to read it and not look like I was reading it, so I just kept staring down at the desk for a good ten seconds after she took the shirts away, still talking to them after a kind of "uhhhh" moment...oh, such things as these truly make my day...and also at the same time they kind of make me cringe...so young, so impressionable...so likely to be closed-minded...such a cheesy phrase...but, to each his own...it makes only the third Christianity alert so far in my time here, and it's not like the nice folks were pushing it onto me or directly asking me about it...but still.
The other two times were asking MY personal opinion...and I had to give a disclaimer that this is MY opinion, NOT the museum's, and that the museum is limited to scientific discovery ONLY...and that technically I'm not allowed to talk about it...but that of course everyone's opinions are completely respected...and basically tell them in so many words that I'm agnostic and find evolution to be an undeniable FACT...in a nice way. Or, if you like, maybe "God" created evolution, huh? I swear. It gets me a little flustered, like, oh crap, don't say what they might not want to hear...especially as an employee in the business of informing and treating tourists with hospitality and respect...
I guess I wish people wouldn't bring it up, if they're going to bring it up on the religious aspect of things. At least not until I'm off the clock and don't have my work nametag on. A science museum just isn't the place to debate personal, spiritual opinions, and it's no one's business but mine what I believe.
Ah well. It's the weekend.
Also, I might be staying here longer in order to get actual lab prep experience, which makes me happy...for the most part. I guess I wish that I could've gotten that experience within the allotted time, since it would save me a little anxiety and a $100 United Airlines service charge. December 17th. I'll keep everyone updated.
Also also, it's a full moon tonight, and 12% larger than usual. (It's near its perigee, the point at which it's closest to Earth in its elliptical orbit.) Shine on, harvest moon. Sorry to all those werewolves out there.
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