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Update on the appointment that will effectively end my career

submitted by Aze to whatever 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 17:16:06 ago (+70/-0)     (whatever)

Original Post: https://www.voat.xyz/viewpost?postid=6360458a30c7d

After reading all of your suggestions, both here at over at conpro I found one idea buried deep in the comments that I thought could work. Attempt to use a religious exemption.

Shoutout to rapid_water for putting the idea in my head.

I'd already said several times that the masks were never about safety or public health, but always about control. Specifically they are method of forcing people to show their submission to tyrannical authority. They are a sign you wear on your face that says "I submit". Submit or be drummed out of society, submit or suffer. This is mark of the beast territory as far as I'm concerned, and on those grounds I claim a religious exemption. I reject the beast in all its forms.

I chewed on this for a few minutes and thought it may just work, although be it a long shot. So I tried it.

It failed immediately. The girl behind the counter called her supervisor, who promptly reject anything I had to say, wouldn't give me any time to make any arguments, and then close the glass window between us, effectively hanging up on me.

I was prepared for disappointment, so I didn't rage like I have in the past. I left quietly after trying and failing to contact the director I spoke to the day before. As I left I noted how many mask signs they had up everywhere. Signs on the doors coming in, practically a gauntlet of them I had to walk through once inside, and more at the window. I reflected that of all the places in the world to be super uptight about masks why was it here in podunk Indiana? Not even at the height of covid had I seen so much signage.

I mourned my career for a few miles on my way home, then I remembered something my brother had suggested. DOT physicals. I'd never heard of these before but he explained that for about 100$ you can walk into just about any large truckstop or urgent care and get a physical done. So I googled it really fast, called one nearby and asked about their mask policy. Sure enough they don't care at all. Perfect.

I considered if I should just get it done, then figure out how to get it to my people at work after. They can be a bitch to work with at the best of times so maybe it would be better to wait for a bit since I won't be pulled out of service until they get the paperwork (or lack thereof) processed, and that could be several weeks. That would be several weeks I'd keep working, adding to my savings for if I do get canned. I chewed this for a bit then opted to call them and ask if they would even accept the report from a random DOT physical. I figured if they said hard no I could at least tell them to "reschedule" to later this month at the same place. That would buy me some more time.

It ended up not being necessary as the medical people said they could change my physical location to this DOT place I had lined up, since it was in network. PERFECT! They'll even pay for it. I talked them into setting it up right now, off I went, got it done and was out of there in an hour.

My eye was still an issue of course, but otherwise I'm shipshape. And let me tell you I am relieved. I'd more or less made my peace with moving on from my career, but I'd not wanted it to happen all the same.

Now I wait and see if medical will try to pull me out for that bad eye. I'd give it less then 25% chance since I see 20/20 with both eyes open, and we have another guy with a fucking glass eye for God's sake.

Anyway, I'm very very happy just now, and wanted to share my relief. Cheers to everyone who shared words of encouragement, fuck you to everyone who said cave in, and for those that said a prayer on my behalf, you have my thanks.


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[ - ] AugustineOfHippo2 7 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 17:51:36 ago (+7/-0)

congrats. glad it worked out for you.
it is hit or miss on the mask-tards. here in Minnesota, it is about 50/50 on the clinics that require masks or not. it's either mask-no-exception, or no mask required. no in between whatsoever.

[ - ] cyclops1771 6 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 17:44:17 ago (+6/-0)

If your cataracts are so bad, why cant you get it done? They have these new artificial lens now where the lens itself works like a transistions lens. Wife had them put into her eyes and will never need glasses again.

and we have another guy with a fucking glass eye for God's sake

WTF.

[ - ] Aze [op] 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 01:49:24 ago (+1/-0)

I should be able to, but all four times I've tried I've been rejected because of the mask policy of the eye doctors offices involved. The last two was actually the hospital where the surgery would take place rejecting me.

Yes I know its garbage. Yes I am fucking pissed.

[ - ] cyclops1771 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 9, 2022 11:59:16 ago (+0/-0)

Start from the back end then - find a surgery center that does not have mask policies, then work backwards to find which doctors refer to the surgeons who operate there, and then go to that optometrist.

[ - ] PotatoWhisperer 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 12:47:22 ago (+1/-0)

" and we have another guy with a fucking glass eye for God's sake"

WTF.

Some people take the pirate's life a bit far.

[ - ] DivineLight2 4 points 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 00:01:58 ago (+4/-0)

Read your previous post and I'm very happy it all worked out.

Never compromise on principles, once gone, you never get them back.

You stuck to your (correct) morals and got to keep your job.

Good luck with the eye, hope it all works out well.

[ - ] con77 4 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 20:20:46 ago (+4/-0)

I still have to wear a mask at the VA. the last time I went I left it dangling from one ear and no one said shit.

[ - ] Hall_of_Cost 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 21:37:31 ago (+1/-0)

My VA is always pretty empty - yet the VA police are double what they used to be. They patrol the building on hyper alert. It wasn't like that before. What about your VA?

[ - ] SenpaithatFriendzonesyou 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 09:20:38 ago (+1/-0)

Jobs program and they are legit terrified of the younger vets. Here is a dark secret: the Vietnam vets are dying off in mass now, and the first wave of afghan vets have started to die off due to health problems. The younger ones are catching on that they will not live to be 50, and since they don't have families they have nothing to lose and big books of grudges.

[ - ] paul_neri 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 01:42:13 ago (+1/-0)

and you, a medical man! Very disappointing.

[ - ] voatersaredumbasses 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 03:22:03 ago (+1/-0)

So you're still complying. What's the difference?

[ - ] La_Chalupacabra 4 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 19:59:47 ago (+4/-0)

of all the places in the world to be super uptight about masks why was it here in podunk Indiana?

Sounds like your company's got a power-hungry control freak on its hands; probably an overweight "cat mama" somewhere in upper-middle to upper management.
That or a cuck male in upper management with a shrew wife who likes to boss her husband around concerning company policy (knew one of these companies that ended up relocating out of state because the CEO's wife didn't like our Winters and wanted to be near her family.)

In any case, I'm pleased to hear things worked out at least somewhat well for you.

[ - ] Aze [op] 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 00:05:05 ago (+1/-0)

cheers.

[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens 4 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 19:27:28 ago (+4/-0)

You mean up to this point, you had never considered using a religious exemption at your jobs? Worked for me at this job and my last one.

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 3 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 23:35:23 ago (+3/-0)

thats fucking awesome news.

fuck the box that they want you to think in.

[ - ] Aze [op] 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 00:11:40 ago (+1/-0)

right on.

[ - ] paul_neri 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 01:40:54 ago (+1/-0)

Rather that than the one you could be buried in!

[ - ] mannerbund 3 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 18:08:24 ago (+3/-0)

Very nice, I'm glad it worked out in the end. The DOT physical is certainly an out of the box route. The next step is to make sure more people learn about it so they too can leverage it.

[ - ] NukeAmerica 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 03:52:56 ago (+2/-0)

TL;DR?

[ - ] ReturnOfTheGoats 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 18:06:17 ago (+2/-0)

That’s awesome to hear! Good job not compromising your principles.

[ - ] dulcima 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 17:54:54 ago (+2/-0)

Good luck to you, but fuck you back for showing concern about your eyes.

[ - ] Love240 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 17:52:50 ago (+2/-0)

It ended up not being necessary as the medical people said they could change my physical location to this DOT place I had lined up, since it was in network. PERFECT! They'll even pay for it. I talked them into setting it up right now, off I went, got it done and was out of there in an hour.

That's great, man! Now, on to that eye!

[ - ] deleted 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 17:24:21 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] Leveraction 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 18:14:55 ago (+1/-0)

Wow, put the word out!!
Huge congrats. I know your pain

[ - ] Cantaloupe 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 01:23:37 ago (+1/-0)*

Glad that worked for you. Disability works too, you should try sensory disabilities, now that you have time.

Anyhow if you have time, even though you have resolved the issue, force the hospital to treat you for something or other, out of spite.

There is always a way.

Anyhow if you need a religious exemption for something, the key is fetal cells. And never answer their questions just give your religious claim of orthodox beliefs.

[ - ] Prairie 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 01:03:20 ago (+2/-1)

Attempt to use a religious exemption.

People keep talking about principles. This seems to be the weakest, most submissive approach. It validates everything they stand for, and you're putting your head down asking for them to, out of their graciousness, give you a little exception.

I don't see any problem with putting on a mask for something exceptional like this. The point is for their shenanigans to impact you the least, not to give great weight to them and give them more power. It's going to pass by soon anyway.

[ - ] McNasty 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 21:10:22 ago (+0/-0)

They are demanding you were a mask in 2022 for an alleged virus that came about in 2018. Any day now they'll quit. I'm sure of it. Lol.

[ - ] 1234lkjh 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 00:13:17 ago (+1/-0)

And everybody clapped!

[ - ] observation1 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 23:37:06 ago (+1/-0)

Nice

[ - ] RMGoetbbels 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 22:50:08 ago (+1/-0)

Congrats.

[ - ] thoughtcryme 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 22:35:19 ago (+1/-0)

Now you are a man.

[ - ] MartinTimothy 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 22:19:40 ago (+1/-0)

Nearly the same thing happened to me .. I got banned from the local medical center after I told them I was not gonna play charades re masks, quoting Dr Vernon Coleman who says the entire Covid thing is hoax and that "they" have renamed the flu, that the vaxes are killing ppl world wide, and that the doctors prescribing and administering them should be charged with homicide, they told me to "get out!"

[ - ] Cantaloupe 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 01:28:45 ago (+1/-0)

Tell their customers, anonymously

[ - ] MartinTimothy 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 04:26:21 ago (+0/-0)

If the ppl can't take the trouble to check their sources what are we gonna do, Dr Coleman is not the only one decrying the whole thing, funeral directors and all sorts of other ppl have testified re excess deaths - So the local medicos banned me.

At the next doctoring place ppl were bringing young ppl in to get Pfizer & Moderna vaccinations I felt like hammering out a warning, if I had done I probly would have been jailed or locked away in a secure madhouse somewhere, with masked sskin assholes giving orders.

[ - ] SilentByAssociation 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 22:01:36 ago (+1/-0)

Congrats, goat. I'm glad you found a way out (there's always a way out). I wish you the best in your future endeavors.

I believe I've seen at least one other post in the past several months about the eye doctors. I truly hope you find the solution you need, and without bowing to the pressure.

Grace and peace to you.

[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens 1 point 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 19:27:05 ago (+1/-0)

You mean up to this point, you had never considered using a religious exemption at your jobs? Worked for me at this job and my last one.

[ - ] Hall_of_Cost 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 21:32:42 ago (+0/-0)

That's good to hear.

[ - ] DanielR 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 21:20:22 ago (+0/-0)

I already survived cancer, so wish u big luck

[ - ] texasblood 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 21:07:35 ago (+0/-0)

You got it because a truck brought it

[ - ] I_am_baal 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 20:12:00 ago (+0/-0)

Congrats, brother. I'm glad you found a way.

[ - ] Aze [op] 2 points 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 00:11:53 ago (+2/-0)

me too

[ - ] PostWallHelena 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 19:51:57 ago (+0/-0)

Great news, friend.

[ - ] rapid_water 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 19:48:50 ago (+0/-0)

godspeed brother. I respect you decision; you stood for your values. You stood admirably in the face of tyranny.

[ - ] NaturalSelectionistWorker 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 18:39:53 ago (+0/-0)

Congratulations! Glad you found a way around. Kinda ridiculous just how mask-tarded some people still are.

[ - ] beece 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 18:18:30 ago (+0/-0)

Damn man, mega updoots to you brother. Great outcome, you rule brother.

[ - ] SecretHitler 0 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 18:18:20 ago (+0/-0)

That's great news! Thanks for taking a stand, and through that action finding a way around the problem.

I hope your experience helps others.

[ - ] paul_neri -1 points 1.4 yearsNov 2, 2022 01:39:30 ago (+0/-1)

Glad I could help.

[ - ] Poo_on_a_Jew -3 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 20:50:43 ago (+1/-4)

"I refuse to wear a mask because it's akin to the Beast and since I'm religious I reject wearing masks"

Retard alert

[ - ] DeadJewsEVERYWHERE -4 points 1.4 yearsNov 1, 2022 19:24:49 ago (+0/-4)

When do you find your balls and realize you are surrounded by jews and niggers?
Get some white man work.
Use your noggin stop sucking Jewish cocks.