FebreezeIt
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So I recently got a new job where there is an Amish community close by. Before this job, I had never really met any first hand and always thought of them as "quaint", good furniture and all that good stuff. The more I began to interact with them, I found myself growing more irritated in many ways. First and foremost I noticed a shitty attitude, especially from the older ones. Unfortunately my job requires that I greet and interact with them..
I greet people in a variety of ways, a simple head nod, a little wave or a "hi there". With the Amish, almost all of them completely ignore me, no response. Some of these same rude assholes immediately stop me as I begin to walk away. I relish the opportunity to ignore them right back when I can. If they want my help after blowing me off, I make them chase me down and raise their voice to get my attention.
I have studied a lot of material on psychology, pick up techniques, body language, etc. When I began to notice certain things, I knew exactly what they were trying to do. They would stop me just to waste my time, see how far they could push me. Some of these same Amish I see often enough to recognize. They know damn well what they're looking for and where it is, but love to ask me instead. I notice all the subtle dominating gestures, such as invading my personal space with direct intimidating eye contact. Of course I don't move or even flinch, and stare back even harder. Amish men shower maybe once a week, and always have some level of horse shit smell. Part of this is due to the horse shit on their shoes, which they happily track all over inside. When they do speak to me, I can see the look of scorn and judgement all over their face.
Aside from my direct first hand personal experiences, seeing the poor kids kinda upsets me. As children, we have little choice but to listen to our parents. Amish children are immediately alienated from the rest of the real world. They wear strange clothes, practice strange customs, all designed to make sure they can never leave. They have special schools and no education past the 8th grade. None of these schools teach any practical skills for non-Amish jobs. Sure they have a "choice" if you can really call it that. Raised from birth with the threat of hellfire and brimstone, and the very real threat of being disowned by everyone in their life.. They travel for miles in freezing cold, on narrow roads, in vehicles begging to get hit by every car on the road (including mine). Since Amish don't recruit new members, they breed them like the rest of their animals. It is not uncommon at all to see 8-10 kids by a couple under 30.. This is encouraged, as all forms of birth control are banned.
Before meeting the Amish, I had little opinion. All of these things I've described are my first hand experiences dealing with them, furthermore I am also a Christian. Its hard for them to accept that Jesus loves the "english" just as much as the Amish
I greet people in a variety of ways, a simple head nod, a little wave or a "hi there". With the Amish, almost all of them completely ignore me, no response. Some of these same rude assholes immediately stop me as I begin to walk away. I relish the opportunity to ignore them right back when I can. If they want my help after blowing me off, I make them chase me down and raise their voice to get my attention.
I have studied a lot of material on psychology, pick up techniques, body language, etc. When I began to notice certain things, I knew exactly what they were trying to do. They would stop me just to waste my time, see how far they could push me. Some of these same Amish I see often enough to recognize. They know damn well what they're looking for and where it is, but love to ask me instead. I notice all the subtle dominating gestures, such as invading my personal space with direct intimidating eye contact. Of course I don't move or even flinch, and stare back even harder. Amish men shower maybe once a week, and always have some level of horse shit smell. Part of this is due to the horse shit on their shoes, which they happily track all over inside. When they do speak to me, I can see the look of scorn and judgement all over their face.
Aside from my direct first hand personal experiences, seeing the poor kids kinda upsets me. As children, we have little choice but to listen to our parents. Amish children are immediately alienated from the rest of the real world. They wear strange clothes, practice strange customs, all designed to make sure they can never leave. They have special schools and no education past the 8th grade. None of these schools teach any practical skills for non-Amish jobs. Sure they have a "choice" if you can really call it that. Raised from birth with the threat of hellfire and brimstone, and the very real threat of being disowned by everyone in their life.. They travel for miles in freezing cold, on narrow roads, in vehicles begging to get hit by every car on the road (including mine). Since Amish don't recruit new members, they breed them like the rest of their animals. It is not uncommon at all to see 8-10 kids by a couple under 30.. This is encouraged, as all forms of birth control are banned.
Before meeting the Amish, I had little opinion. All of these things I've described are my first hand experiences dealing with them, furthermore I am also a Christian. Its hard for them to accept that Jesus loves the "english" just as much as the Amish
