All well and good being over it, but do leave a printout of the hoax deconstruction on her desk.
“I am still a person, that’s all that mattersBitch”
should have been your response.
I respect people who detatch themselves from their country. Patriotism is abstract and more often than not : counterproductive.
I also want to apologize on behalf of Ann Arbor. I mean, one of the reasons this is such a good place to live is that the pinheads are in a definite minority. For some reason, you have the misfortune to work with one of the few.
We may have to ride her out of town.
Yeah, except now what am I supposed to call fella bilong missus flodnak on second reference, hmm?
Kyla, the only way this can be resolved is in the deathmatch arena.
Serenity now, insanity later.
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Thanks for the welcoming messages. Nice to “meet” all of you.
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This sounds like a job for HR.
(cue swooshie-special effects & orchestra playing jingoistic music)
Seriously, most bosses don’t know what to do when this stuf happens. Many are embarrassed & just hope it goes away. Take it to HR: They Will know what to do.
fellow member!
No no no. I work for a teeny company. My bosses ARE HR. I’m probably going to be moving in a few months, it’s not worth getting riled up about it at this point.
P.S. Twistydear, love the idea.
'Nuff said.
Just for fun, you might consider pressuring your coworker to observe Yom Kippur.
Kyla, I comiserate with you for your misery. I worked in a larger firm some time ago & kept going to my boss about a similarly annoying person (she actually threatened to kill me once). Said bosses did Nothing… and nothing was documented because the boss kept no records.
The other person went to HR every time I told her I found her statements offensive. To HR it looked Very one sided…almost cut & dry.
For posters in ‘medium to big’ companies, that advice was for you…
Make sure you send that bitch off correctly when you leave.
P.S. don’t forget ot key her car. 
If she only knew how silly she looks to people in other countries…
Here in Canada, we have as much pride in our country as any other nationality, but you can hear a mouse fart during the singing of the national anthem cause that’s just not how we express our patriotism (on the other hand, there wasn’t a dry eye in Canada when our olympic hockey teams took double gold.)
Co-worker dearest needs to get her head out of her ass and look around a little - there’s more to life than in-your-face, hardcore patriotism.
Not here in the States, there’s not.
I would’ve fucking flipped on her “I’m so American because I pledge myself to the U.S. but anyone who isn’t just like me must be anti-American” ass.
My god…
I’d second the “ask her to celebrate Yom Kippur” and give her a CD you burned for her of Jewish Holiday songs.
It’s beginning to look a…lot like Yom Kip-pur with ev-ry jew you see.
Which countries would those be?
Uh oh. Did I just threaten the security of the US by suggesting that other nations might be okay, too?
Here’s an example of the sort of conversation we’ve had:
Her: I would never want to live anywhere else.
Me: Well, I’m not saying I’d want to live in another country permanently, but I think it would be interesting to live somewhere else.
Her: What other countries have the freedom we have here in the US? In what other countries do you have the opportunities that we have here? We have freedom of religion and the press, and free public education! Where else can you get that?
Me: Um, Canada? Britain? Ireland? Australia? New Zealand?
Her: They don’t let you have guns there!
Me: Yay!
Her: Those are socialist countries!
Me: Neat!
Etc., etc.
Actually, from everything I’ve seen on these Boards, Americans don’t have nearly as much freedom of religion as people like your co-worker think you do. You seem to have the freedom to belong to the religion of the majority. The angst I’ve seen on these Boards over clashes in beliefs has been very eye-opening for me.