Saying bless you

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This might be me being stupid, but when ever I am at work and my coworkers sneezes she makes it a big deal that I must say bless you and get physically and emotionally upset when I do not say Bless you. I understand it is polite to and I do say it if no one else says it, but if someone says it i don't but she will look at me till I do.

Now the part that annoys me is when I sneeze she does not say bless you, I dont remind her, will not make a big deal out of it, I just brushing off but deep down it annoys me because of how much of a big deal she makes about saying it.

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  • freakyman69
    3 years ago | pl

    You should also make a big deal out of it. give her a taste of her own medicine.

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    • whythisworld
      3 years ago

      correct

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  • litelander8
    3 years ago

    You should bring little candies to reward her for saying it and pat her on the head whilst baby talking.

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    • [Old Memory]
      3 years ago

      https://youtu.be/LSHWzOXJDSs

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      • litelander8
        3 years ago

        😂😂

        But we want the coworker to stop. Lol

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  • SwickDinging
    3 years ago

    She sounds weird. Next time she makes a big fuss over you not saying it, I would say very clearly and firmly "You are making me feel uncomfortable. I do not want to say bless you. Stop trying to force me." In a work environment this kind of response works really well, because it makes people wonder if you might formally complain about their behaviour, and shines a light on how inappropriate they are being.

    Personally I will often say bless you if someone sneezes, but it's just a heavily ingrained habit from childhood. I don't really care whether or not people say it to me when I sneeze.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    3 years ago

    start sayin HAIL SATAN instead

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    • RoseIsabella
      3 years ago

      That's hella jacked up! 😂 ... but it still made me laugh.

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    • MonteMetcalfe
      3 years ago

      Did you watch NightStalker on Netflix?

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      • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
        3 years ago

        nope never heard of it

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        • MonteMetcalfe
          3 years ago

          It's a documentary about serial killer Richard Ramirez. Once when leaving a court appearance he yelled "Hail Satan." He was a real sick bastard.
          Your answer was funny but made me think of that since I just watched it the other day.

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  • JustAHuman
    3 years ago

    You are so good looking!

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  • [Old Memory]
    3 years ago

    Just call an ambulance, you guys got corona.

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  • S0UNDS_WEIRD
    3 years ago

    They really need to come up with an atheist alternative.

    It feels rude for me not to say something but it feels just as rude for me via disingenuousness to essentially say, "Yeah may some unspecified deity cast protective magic upon you."

    But when I think about it further, why is it actually rude for any of us not to say it? It's not like someone was hurt. We don't say anything about yawns so ritualistically. We don't congratulation people on the bomb piss they just took when they leave the bathroom. Who decided something needed to be said here?

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    • [Old Memory]
      3 years ago

      Used to be people thought your soul was leaving you or you were dying if you sneezed, so saying bless you was for like, congratulations on not dropping dead

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      • SwickDinging
        3 years ago

        It harkens back to a time when disease wasn't understood at all, and was greatly feared. People said "bless you" as in, literally, may the Lord bless you, because if you're sneezing you might have a horrible disease that we have no cure for.

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      • S0UNDS_WEIRD
        3 years ago

        Well good thing no one should be anywhere near stupid enough to believe that now. Sounds like it's time to retire it.

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        • [Old Memory]
          3 years ago

          It's like a meme now, a meme in humanity's collective unconscious. It would be hard to change it, it would take hundreds of years probably for it to be used by like less than 15% of the population

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          • S0UNDS_WEIRD
            3 years ago

            Jesus Christ that's depressing. I'm looking at space travel, sup-human AI, genetically enhanced humans, and even the possibility of the technological singularity within hundreds of years; you're telling me you don't even think we can be done with "bless you"?

            I totally disagree. Even barring the enlightenment inherent to the things I just described, I think stamping out "bless you" could be done at least to the extent that "happy holidays" has replaced "Merry Christmas" in neutral settings if there were simply a call for social awareness regarding it spread over social media.

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            • [Old Memory]
              3 years ago

              I dunno, try to get it done if you think it's so easy

              And I wonder what the percentage of the extent of people switching from Merry Christmas to happy holidays is. This past Christmas I don't think I even heard happy holidays 🤔

              You can Google this by the way, like colloquialisms and how long they last. Bless you has lasted several hundred years as it is...

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    • LloydAsher
      3 years ago

      Do we need an atheist version? What's so hard about saying bless you?

      Bless is just a word, it's a nice word too, I dont get why people get butt hurt when people say it. It's being nice.

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      • S0UNDS_WEIRD
        3 years ago

        Because it's incredibly stupid. Even religious people these days don't actually think there's any real meaning to it. It's a relic of the past.

        Really we just need to drop it. People are fine when they sneeze and saying "bless you" has no effect on them. It helps in no way and help isn't needed to begin with. It's not even like an exchange of gratitude such as "thank you" and "you're welcome".

        The only message is literally "bless you". It's like being socially expected to say "I'll pray for you" or something. I shouldn't have to look the same as someone who shows no gratitude or lets the door close right in a feeble, old lady's face because I didn't assert that I'll partake in some religious/magical belief when they never even needed praying for anyway as they just sneezed, which is about like a yawn.

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        • LloydAsher
          3 years ago

          Sounds like you are butt hurt about even a smidge of religious spice. All that it shows is that you are an uncaring dick to other people. So yes if a little old lady said god bless you I say thank you. You are the one making it weird by asserting you need to throw salt over your shoulder or something every time you sneeze, you are adding the complexity that you hate by reading too much into it.

          It's a common phrase, get used to it. Most of america still believes in God so its gonna stick around for a while.

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          • S0UNDS_WEIRD
            3 years ago

            How about if you were instead expected to utter "as-salamu alaykum"? That's an Islamic salute meaning roughly "peace be upon you". You're not a Muslim, but you're gonna fucking say it if I sneeze or I'm gonna look at you like you're a total dick. Submit to my beliefs. They're common so get used to it.

            Suddenly see this for what it is?

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            • Clunk42
              3 years ago

              According to Google Translate, that is essentially the equivalent of saying "greetings" in Arabic, and has nothing to do with Islam.

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            • LloydAsher
              3 years ago

              Well I'm not in a Muslim majority country. You are probably in christian majority country. If you want zero religion go to china.

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  • Somenormie
    3 years ago

    She does come a bit as rude when not saying it.

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  • idkyourmom27
    3 years ago

    no report her asssssssssssss, she be soundin like a bich dawg :3

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  • RoseIsabella
    3 years ago

    I always say gesundheit.

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    • Somenormie
      3 years ago

      I'm gonna guess that word is deutsch.

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      • RoseIsabella
        3 years ago

        Ja.

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  • [Old Memory]
    3 years ago

    Just don't say it next time and when she stares at you just be like " what you want a cookie" or "you lose something over here"

    Maybe even say salud or gazuntite or something else, I'm guessing the religious connotations do something for her so denying that would probably upset her, maybe make her question if she should continue seeking sentimentality out of you in particular

    But maybe she's crazy and will up the ante or maybe she thinks you'd be a good partner

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