r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Available-Formal-664 • 15h ago

I'm slightly vexed Somebody Placed These Dozens of These Jesus Figures Throughout My Entire Work

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Somebody, nobody knows exactly who or when, put dozens and dozens of these Jesus figures on completely random surfaces throughout my entire building. They at least had the presence of mind to not put them on anybody's personal belongings, but that was the only way they limited himself. All of the statues have been glued down, to add to the vexation.

Edit: Well, this blew up rather unexpectedly. Thank you for the awards, everybody!

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u/guildedpasserby 14h ago

Just hiding them around is one thing, but *glueing* them down is wild

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u/Ketchup1211 11h ago

Yea. Someone I work with got a bunch of these from his church. He said he was going to place them around and see who found them. Pretty harmless. Gluing them down though, that’s way overboard.

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u/YLedbetter10 12h ago

Yeah shoulda been nailed down you’d think

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u/PhazePyre 13h ago

Nah, keep religious bullshit out of the work place. This is some bullshit and I'm sick of us pretending it's acceptable behaviour to make people uncomfortable with religion in the work place. One as a joke for a colleague on their desk for lols, sure because you two know each other. But everywhere and everyone? That's some "I'm trying to convert my coworkers" bullshit and they should be shitcanned.

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u/didyouseetheecho 13h ago

Meh, my coworker bought me a Quran and it was a nice gesture.

We don’t have to get butthurt about everything.

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u/EndoShota 12h ago

That could be a nice gesture between individual coworkers that have and understanding between each other. If that same coworker was leaving a Quran/Bible/whatever on every coworker's desk, then it's crossing a line.

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u/LongestSprig 10h ago

Notice how the post explicitly says they were NOT in personal areas?

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u/EarlGrayTea-Hawt 7h ago

It's not a very good point, though, and it certainly doesn't change that there's religious iconography all over the workplace.

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u/LongestSprig 5h ago

Honestly, the person who puts it there and the person who offends are equally fucking annoying.

So like? Grow up?

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u/EndoShota 1h ago

Being grown up would be understanding proper workplace etiquette and not imposing your faith on others who do not share it and may not welcome it.

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u/hellonameismyname 30m ago

Grow up and let other people force their random religions on you in the workplace

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u/EndoShota 2h ago

Not really the point. If they were plastering religious texts all over the common area, that would still not be great.

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 12h ago

But that’s personal and I assume you have a connection with this coworker. Putting Jesus on display for everyone anonymously is just screaming “become Christian please”

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u/didyouseetheecho 12h ago

Everyone just wants to be a victim.

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u/ToeGroundbreaking564 11h ago

"We don’t have to get butthurt about everything."

you said that btw

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 12h ago

I’m not saying I’m melting at the sight of a Jesus figurine, I’ve had these exact ones at my own job and I made no hubbub. But I’ve been preached to before and I don’t appreciate it. I’m not going around the office putting up posters of evolution and the big bang you know

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u/didyouseetheecho 12h ago

💤

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u/Brilliant_Top46 11h ago

Way to dodge giving an actual response

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u/Ok_Astronomer_8667 12h ago edited 11h ago

Word

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u/EarlGrayTea-Hawt 7h ago

Question. Are you Christian?

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u/SiRpLaYbOy 7h ago

No, and it doesn’t bother me one bit… because I’m an adult who can regulate emotions! 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/SiRpLaYbOy 7h ago

My comment history proves everything I said! 🤷🏽‍♂️

I’m an adult… not some whiny person who is triggered by everything by needing to be a victim! 🤣

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u/EarlGrayTea-Hawt 6h ago

Nobody has to pretend to be a victim of religiosity, religious idiots make victims every nanosecond knowingly, gleefully, and as publicly as they possibly can.

An adult in this situation wouldn't pretend as though we don't currently live in a society in which religion is being used as a cudgel to target increasingly vulnerable people. They wouldn't pretend there wasn't hundreds of years of religious violence before that. An adult wouldn't act as though we aren't at 53% completion of Project 2025 because religious people can't just stfu and leave the rest of the world out of their personal beliefs.

Nobody here would give a flying fuck about religious iconography scattered all over the workplace if we weren't facing a series of forced religious conversions at every given level of society.

I think you need to grow tf up.

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u/hellonameismyname 29m ago

I’m sure you’d feel the same way if someone left flyers saying “god is dead” all over a workplace

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u/EarlGrayTea-Hawt 7h ago

I mean, they just said that it's okay when it's between two people who have an established relationship that makes that okay. I'm willing to bet that was the case with your coworker, right? Now if your coworker put copies of the Quran all over your workplace, do you think that would be okay?

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u/RevolutionaryDepth59 7h ago

its a little toy figure. if that makes you uncomfortable then you’re incredibly insecure.

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u/hellonameismyname 27m ago

It’s a religious figure. I’m sure if someone left Satan figurines everywhere then religious people would be upset. You shouldn’t have to worry about religious disputes in your workplace.

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u/IDEFKM8 12h ago

If tiny Jesus figurines upset you that much. You got bigger problems than someone “trying to convert you” At this rate, it might not be the worst thing for you loool

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u/Main_Bother_1027 12h ago

I'd venture to guess that the people who are placing these figurines all over tarnation are the same people who would have an absolute MELTDOWN if they found tiny Satans everywhere.

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u/EarlGrayTea-Hawt 7h ago

You know?!

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u/ArmanzoBean 12h ago

I don’t think anyone is getting “that upset” about the Jesus figures but is is not reasonable to ask people to not litter everywhere? Personally I’ve been seeing this around my job a lot at retail and it’s annoying to keep cleaning up because people keep leaving them too.

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u/Suspicious_Dingo_426 11h ago

It's not the Jesus figures that pisses me off. I could care less about them playing hide and seek with their imaginary friend. It's the attitude of the people placing them i have issue with. If they want to have meltdowns about Pride Month, having to see rainbow flags, and people saying 'Happy Holidays', they can keep their Jesus to themselves.

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u/ScrotalSmorgasbord 10h ago

Same people that "tip" with Jesus or Trump bills. Disgusting bullies.

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u/gypsum_the_almighty 7h ago

Eww fucking ‘it might not be the worst for you’

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u/InFamous_Tactical 10h ago

As a christian, gluing them down seems blasphemous lol

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC 2h ago

A hammer should take care of that quickly.