Read these telling anecdotes of what the modern world does to people. How they need the Catholic faith!


A reader from New York writes:

Many years ago I worked at a non-profit that happened to be going through a re-organization of its senior management. The board happened to hire an interim executive director. We did get along well, until my performance appraisal where she began crying because she never had anyone willing to mentor her the way she was willing to mentor me. (I never asked her to mentor me by the way!) She proceeds to tell me how her father never listened to her and her therapist insisted she begin to focus more on herself.

I managed to interrupt her before she became further unglued. Once I interrupted the crying stopped and apparently according to her I was on average a 1 (highest), but when it came to my business appearance I really was a 3 because I wore a blouse that she felt was too revealing. Needless to say two weeks after my review she was let go because she had an emotional breakdown at a conference. Apparently one of the board members acted too much like her father.


A reader from Tennessee writes:

My boss came into my department one day and was trying to get us to hurry an order that was to be picked up by the customer. The time frame from when the order was taken and the time they were picking it up was not even realistic. Nevertheless, we were working as fast as we could. But he just lost it and starting jumping up and down. He then laid on the floor on his back and started kicking his feet in the air like a bicycle and yelling, "just go, go, go, go."... His dad (the owner) was standing next to him and told him to get up off the floor and come outside for some conversation. He was about 34 years old at the time. I am glad there were two other witnesses in the room at the time, although I doubt his dad will ever admit it happened to anyone (which is part of the problem). This is one story of many.

To the Arkansas writer, I recommend an exorcist.  =P