Reason 1,001 to Hate Organized Religion

RoadDawg55 · March 2015

So my Jewish neighbors are moving and are having a moving sale. They aren't quite Orthodox Jews (at least I don't think they are), but the guy always wears a Yarmulke and the lady is a stereotypical serious, neurotic Jewish woman. My girlfriend wanted a dresser and I wanted to be more like @thechatch and get a little 24" flat screen for my bathroom. I didn't have the cash on me on Friday night and figured they wouldn't want a check. So I told them what I wanted and that I would be back. So today, I go over there.

Me: Hey I'm here to buy the TV and the dresser.

Lady: Oh, great. But today is the Sabbath and we can't accept money today or do any work. And tomorrow we are leaving for my mother-in-laws at 6 in the morning and won't be back until Wednesday night.

Me: Umm what?

Lady: It's the Sabbath so my husband isn't allowed to move things. The dresser is heavy and you might need help.

Me: That's fine. If I can't get it myself, I'll get a friend to help.

Lady: But we can't accept any money today. And we leave until Wednesday tomorrow.

Me: How about I put the money on the counter so it doesn't change hands. Or I can write a check for Monday so you technically aren't accepting money today. Would that be okay?

The lady and her sister confer in Hebrew. The sister seems to think that would be fine.

Lady: Okay, let me leave the room. Can you put the money above the refrigerator?

As I'm putting the money above the fridge, the lady yells out from the bedroom.

Lady: Wait! I'm sorry, I can't do it. I would feel too guilty and my husband might get upset if he found out. I'm so sorry about this. It's probably weird to you, I know.

Now I have to wait until Wednesday to shit and watch TV. What a terrible way to live with these arbitrary rules. It must be miserable. I was kind of annoyed and this situation was certainly a mind fuck, but I also felt bad for the lady. And her husband. It's 2015.