I am sort of shocked and wonder if I pulled this same kind of sh*t as a Witness. I already know JW's believe they are better than everyone else, what with being God's only chosen people and all that.
Well, I am sitting at my table, minding my own business. There is a group of six JW's at the next table, three adults, three kids. If their clothing doesn't indicate that they are JW's, their discussion about the "anxieties" they face, and how glad they are to "have Jehovah to lean on" is.
My laptop has some stickers on it, not anything offensive in my opinion (one is a butterfly, one says "101 North", one says "be what you are", and one says "Reading is Sexy"). As this group was sitting and chatting, and the kids were eating their bagels and cream cheese, the littlest boy, who looked about 7 or 8, suddenly gasped and pointed at my laptop. All six heads turned and looked at it, and then their eyes moved to my face. I just looked back. (If I were to guess, it was the word "sexy" that the little boy found shocking.)
This is the part that I just couldn't believe. The father turned back to his kids and said, "You have to be careful because it's all around you, things you don't want to look at." He knew I was in ear shot. He had to have known!
I'm sorry, but lessons to your children about how NOT to be while using a person within earshot as the example is REALLY CLASSY. Sign me up for one of your Bible studies right now. I want to be JUST LIKE YOU PEOPLE.