Sometimes you feel like a nut
(Now I want an Almond Joy.)
A friend at work asked me what kind of degrees my interns usually have (or are working on). Most of them (I’m including interviewees, too) are IT-related, but I’m considering hiring a guy with a sociology degree and a minor in religious studies. I told my friend that; his response was to tell me I shouldn’t hire another religious nut. (He was clearly joking – no need to be outraged on anyone’s behalf.)
“Having a minor in religious studies does not make him a religious nut. Wait. “Another” religious nut?”
“Yeah, like yourself.”
“How, exactly, am I a religious nut?”
“You don’t celebrate Christmas. Or decorate.”
“I’m an atheist.”
“My point!”
“Are you kidding me? That might make me an anti-religious nut. But I’m not militant or anything.”
“I didn’t say you were militant. Just a nut.”
It was a ridiculous conversation, but there you have it. I am a nut.