[flint]

Years ago, I had an issue with a coworker. My mentor told me to pray for them. I cursed him but did it anyway. About six months later, a different coworker came to me and asked, "How do you get along with X? They really seem to respect you." I told him that I prayed for X. He called me an axxhole.

[sumtechguy]

sounds like you found someone new to pray for

[selimthegrim]

Do you live in the South?

[flint]

I live in Nashville now. That job was on Wall Street. I am not religious.

[varjag]

This has to be the most American thing I read on HN this year.

[dang]

Please don't take HN threads into nationalistic or religious flamewar, and certainly not both at the same time.

[varjag]

I apologize. I was honestly astonished.