tarotbear said:
I think you should apologise to your supervisor for the headache he got.
And leave your cards home.
With all respect for your disclaimer that you hadn't read the whole thread, I already did this.
tarotbear said:
I read for my casino co-workers many times - but NEVER at the casino - I
would never bring my deck into the casino... it's bad form to pull out your cards the way you did -
makes them sort of a parlour trick and disses or demeans them - have you no respect for your
cards?
I wouldn't read in a casino either, I agree that that isn't the right atmosphere. However, I see this
differently than you do. If we all keep our cards in a locked crystal cabinet and only take them out
when the moon in the correct phase, then something wonderful is lost. Many people at my work
had never seen tarot cards before, and were delighted for the chance opportunity to have a
reading, look at them, or just ask me questions about it and talk with me.
tarotbear said:
I think you made a big mistake - a gross overestimation of your action. You
should have put up a notice that you would do readings somewhere off-site.
My mistake was that I didn't clear it with my boss first, but that probably wouldn't have changed
the outcome, he wouldn't have had a problem. As for reading off site, that would have been much
worse. I would rather be out in the open than have everyone imagine wild fantasies about what
evil black rituals I am performing. Besides, that would only give more power to the "priggish
little toads" as someone said, that there is something about tarot that is unacceptable.
tarotbear said:
Yes, the 'high mucky-mucks' may have their heads far up their butts as far as
we all are concerned ~ but they are in charge, not you.
Agreed! But they should act that way. They know that they are crossing a line by inventing a rule
that applies only to me, based on their own personal biases. That's why they won't cross it, and
chose to bully my boss instead. I have no respect for that. I have no problem following the same
rules as everyone else. But these rules should be public, out in the open, not secret little rules that
are made up as we go along. I never got a direct message, I got a 'hush hush" message. That's
what was so insidious about this whole situation. It *does* matter how situations like this are
handled, it matters a lot. If there was a complaint about me for some other reason, to do with
religion, or me dressing inappropriately, or whatever, it would have been handled directly and
with respect. Because this was about Tarot, this was handled neither directly, nor with respect. Are they in charge? Yes. Does
it condone the way they have gone about addressing the issue? No, absolutely not. Am I going to
pursue this? No- but not because they are in the right, they aren't.
tarotbear said:
Secondly - anything unusual in a workplace - regardless of which Amendent
to the Constitution you want to pull up and shout about - is under the scrutiny and AUTHORITY
of the governing body
The Constitution IS the higher authority, and the governing body is subject to it in any case, but
who’s shouting? The danger here, and the argument for pursuing the issue, is the slippery slope.
If we don’t insist on fairness and open dealing, then fairness and open dealing cease to be an
expectation, as it seems to have ceased in your case. No matter, we’re all adults here (unlike at
my job lol), and I think the message coming back from most people was that I clearly took a
misstep, by virtue of the outcome, but I am both in the right, and right not to choose this
particular battle.
Except for the problem I caused, reading at work was a positive thing. I work at a design school,
and the teachers there are always having shows, and displaying their art on campus. I teach
English, so until now I hadn't had a chance to share something personal. I also know alot more
about where everyone stands, and that is never a bad thing.
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