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Dawn wrote:We have been told we must be respectful and pay attention. No writing is allowed. No iPods. I suspect I would get in trouble for reading something, but I will probably try that anyway. We must give attention to the chaplain. It is not just a prayer. She preaches a sermon and ends with a prayer. The purpose of her participation is supposed to be about saying the names of the people who have died that week so we can have a moment of silence (like they do in our other offices). She uses the time we are supposed to be remembering the deceased with sermons about her pet religion. It doesn't have anything to do with the deceased. She is the one who says she is pleasing the majority. Actually the other staff members (even ones I know are Christian) look bored silly and impatient which is probably why we were chastised about paying attention. The Christians were the ones writing during her sermons. They were trying to get their work done and make good use of the time. These meetings are supposed to be focused on patient care and are quite long enough without her preaching.

I am there to do my job and we are supposed to be focused on patient care, not fulfilling her needs to preach to us. It is a needless waste of time.