I am SO sick and tired of idiots airing their oh-so-fragile widdle feelings of persecution for the whole world to snivel at! Worse yet, I’m sick and tired of religious crazies attempting to gain special privileges because of their faith, and force others to stroke and pet them, because they’re oh-so-special and victimized.  Enter this asshat.


A West Valley City truck driver is suing Frito-Lay Inc. because he says the company retaliated against him after he requested not to deliver Christmas trees, saying it made him feel uncomfortable because of his Jewish faith.

Richard Cleaveland is seeking damages of at least $100,000.


Cleaveland says he complained in December 2004 and was denied his religious accommodation request.


The complaint contends that since making his request, Cleaveland has been subject to insults, jokes and been forced to observe other Christian traditions. It also says he’s been given worse shifts, been denied jobs he’d gotten in the past and had difficulty securing wages.

The company is in the business of making money.  This particular douchenozzle decided his petty little feelings of religious discomfort merely because he’s exposed to other people’s faith are more important than the purpose for which his employer hired him:  to help the company make a profit.  Aside from the fact that feeling “uncomfortable” by merely being exposed to a bunch of evergreens is just monumentally stupid and requires some serious couch time with a head shrinker, it’s certainly not the employer’s duty to bow down to every whim of every oversensitive would-be victim.

And really… an irrational fear of a tree — a REGULAR tree – AN EVERGREEN (at least until it’s decorated Pagan style for a Christian holiday of a religous figure who wasn’t even born in December) — does not deserve special consideration or treatment.  So if you make a stupid request that draws attention to your complete lack of couth… in other words, if you act like a festering douchebag, expect to be treated as such.

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