This is My Daily Journal and today is Wednesday, February 21, 2018. It’s 4:04 a.m. and still a clockin’ as we used to say back in the olden days – and outside my kitchen window this morning – I’m seeing just a flood of rain pouring from that old dark sky.
The threat of heavy rain turns me instantly into an old church lady praying warrior – comparable to the likes of which – most have never seen. BECAUSE our oldest son – lives in a very beautiful neighborhood – – – but because of circumstances connected directly to the City of Paducah, Ky – it’s a very flood prone neighborhood and he’s had major – rip the house out to the core – flooding – 3 times in the last 10 years – and OH MY GOODNESS – neither he nor I are up to flood duty right now. Shall we pray …
But I had a message yesterday wanting to know what day I’d be telling the story about the Baptist preacher … lol because they said they read most days – but they sure didn’t want to miss that particular story – so let’s just go ahead and do that one now.
The Day I Tangled With The Baptist Preacher On Register 3
It was a Saturday afternoon about 2 p.m. and the first several years Hobby Lobby was open – that place was a mad house most days and especially on Saturday afternoon.
We had most of the registers open and going that day – but in spite of that – our lines were all still long.
A man stepped up to my register and laid an item down to pay for it – I rang him up – he gave me his credit card – and yuck – it wouldn’t go thru. I tried several times – but nothing – and finally I had to turn to him and say ‘I’m sorry sir – but this card just isn’t going to go through – do you have another one you’d like to try?”
He immediately took offense and ask WHY it wouldn’t go through and I said I had no idea – but these things happen and he’d have to find another way to pay.
He became increasingly irate to the point of raising his voice to where most everybody in the front of the store could hear him and EVERYBODY was looking our way.
Now I was pretty good about soothing over a very bad situation – but this old rascal – would have nothing to do with soothing or trying to work out a viable solution.
One thing led to the other – and he was getting louder and louder and mad to the point of almost being threatening – and finally he leaned across that counter and got right up in my face and he was pounding his fist on the counter with all his might and he said “Little lady – I’ll have you to know – I’m a Baptist Preacher and pastor of a very large church and how DARE you question the funds in my bank account.”
I stood there just a second or two as I looked him straight in the eyes and I said “Well I’ll tell ya what I’m really wondering about right now. I don’t give a rip how much or IF you have money in your bank account – my thought NOW is “What are you going to be preaching about tomorrow?”
He slammed his fist down on that counter one more time really hard – hard enough that I thought he could break his fist or the counter – and he stormed out the door.
As he walked away I just said “Peace be with you pastor – and prayers for your congregation.”
OH MY GOODNESS! YES I was being sarcastic!!! Even an old church lady can only take so much!
If you have a problem – I’m one of the first one’s you probably ‘should’ be thinking about calling – because I’m a sincere care giver and pretty good at problem solving – but if you stab me in the back – LOOK OUT – because me and the Lord are a tight team – and we’re comin’ for ya. I just believe that was a ‘misprint’ in the bible – about turning the other cheek … SOMETIMES it may be ok – but not always …
As Grandma Marie has always said “Rights right and wrong’s wrong – and I don’t care WHO ya are!” 🙂
I was always in trouble at Hobby Lobby – because you know what businesses say “The customer is always right.” But I was born into a pretty doggone sharp family – and I knew for a fact that it didn’t matter who you were – or what position you held – no one – is always right – and I made no bones about saying so.
I’d be threatened with dismissal – because I wouldn’t conform to things that I didn’t believe they were right about – and I’d just tell ’em – “HEY if you want to fire me – go right ahead – I don’t need this job anyway – I’m just here to have fun – but I won’t be doing THAT at the expense of doing or saying something I’m not comfortable with. If they’re wrong – they’re wrong and I’m gonna let them know it. And I’ll do that – in the kindest christian way possible – until sparks start to fly – and when that happens – look out – cause I can take ’em down – before they know what hit ’em.
We had a cashier that was slapped hard in the face one afternoon – and then the customer stormed out the door. When the manager was called to the front – and was seeing to the very shaken cashier – I said “Ok – now I’m confused – was that customer right? Or wrong? Because if she had hit ME? You’d have had to call the cops!”
THEN Harry McKenzie came to Hobby Lobby for about my last 3 years there – and he was a deacon in a little Baptist church in Mayfield – and he was my age and because I was a Baptist preachers daughter – we hit it off and my troubled days at Hobby Lobby were over. He thought I could do no wrong – and if my way – went against Hobby Lobby’s way – he thought HOBBY Lobby was wrong … lol
Oh goodness – I’ve gotta get my dailies done and get back on that Junk Book – I’m telling you the truth – it is so full – and filled with such priceless old things – quotes – readings – buttons – rags and ribbons and more – It is going to be SO hard to let this book go.
As my mind is prone to do – it started spinning yesterday with the next 2 books and I had to stop and scribble out some notes – and get them going real quick. SO I think after this one – they will go much faster.
These books don’t close like a book – all flat and nice. LoL You fill them so full of treasures – you have to tie them shut with a big ribbon or rag bow.
Won’t be long now and Kim will video my flip through and we’ll post it. And we’re both so excited – and then others will follow very shortly after.
Gotta get busy – I hope you all have a most fantabulous – grand and groovy zippity doo dah day –
Peace and Lots of Love from a very wet and soggy – Round Knob Canyon –
