On Ash Wednesday, my family was adorned with ash forehead crosses. It is a Christian Holy Day that is observed by a large number of religious orders, not just mine. Especially here in the Southern Bible Belt.
Ironically, we had a visitor appear at our door about 4pm. It was a visitor from "UNITY MANAGEMENT". You know, the bible-toting-"I believe in God"-magazine-SCAMMERS!! Actually, I opened the door... normally, I just don't answer. But it is Ash Wednesday and all, I should at least be polite. A new Lenten promise?
After twelve minutes of this scammer-girl's speech which included 55 "God" words and 34 "I am a Christian" phrases and 29 "I am a good person" statements {by the way, yes, I did count!}, scammer-girl still hadn't gotten around to "WHAT" she was selling/scamming.
So, I finally told her, "Thanks, but NO thanks".
Defensively, she had nothing else to exclaim EXCEPT...
"By the way, did you know y'all have some BLACK SHIT on your foreheads??"
I replied with a smile, "It's Lent!"
Scammer-girl {remember the Christian-Claiming, God-Loving, Holy Roller} questioned, "Can you please enlighten me? What's SLENT?"
I smiled back at her and told her to "GO TO CHURCH"! It just might save her from ending up in jail.
