starrystarrynight said:
I won't, either. Denny's has been cited as recently as the '90's in law suits over racial discrimination, which I think is an abomination...I haven't eaten in one since before this case occurred:
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/25/u...illion-in-race-bias-suits.html?pagewanted=all
Edited to add:
But back to topic, I've drawn a crowd at places like Starbucks, but nothing has ever been said.
I remember this vividly too. it angered me to the point of not going there anymore as well, and I was a regular at Denny's.
Lark, I think you handled it rather well--but too bad you didn't know about the religious part of the tarot--at least know of it well enough to recite this to that manager--LOUDLY, so the bible readers would hear of it too.
I saw on the history channel last night, a documentary on tarot cards, and there was one part that spoke of a man who took a deck of tarot cards into the Mass at a Catholic church with him. he looked at the cards, one by one, while Mass was being said, and the priest came up to him to reprimand him, when the man explained the cards and their religious affiliation to the Catholic teachings. unfortunately, because i was eating dinner in the dining room, i cannot recall all that was said on this. darn! but, they did go through all the cards--the Majors maybe?---explaining the full religious meaning of each card, based on the Catholic faith.
I was overheard speaking of my 'abilities' to my friends with whom I worked. I worked at the time in the Catholic Church office. lol! the priest is the one who overheard me and threatened to excommunicate me if I didn't 'throw all that stuff away at once!"
I never did throw it away--none of it, but I also was a bit more careful of what we spoke about when he was near.
another time, i was reading for a friend/client when i drove her to the hospital for a test. we had a chair between us that was used for a table, adn I spread the cards out there telling her what the cards were giving to me. a nurse walked by asking what game we were playing when my friend told her, "we're not playing a game! she is a card reader, and she's reading my fortune! and she's good at it too!!!"
I had no need to say anything, my friend/client took very good care of it herself. we got a few stares and the nurse was taken aback a bit, but it was a priceless moment in my 'career' of reading cards.
DevilishAngel and Chiska, I went all through Catholic schools too. at the time tho, I never tried to read fortunes, though many of my catholic friends knew my mother was a card reader and a psychic reader. they knew because many of those friends had relatives, (mostly their mothers) who frequented my mother for business!
my mother also worked at the school as the librarian for about 30yrs.
I don't think the nuns ever caught on, but probably close to 50% of the parents of children attending that school knew - if not supported my mothers "part time job".
heck, my mother often took us girls (my sisters and I) to a card reading house in the city for readings and lunch. mom would never read for us herself. it was a sort of 'rule' not to read for family within my family. a rule that was broken by me. my family use to be my best customers! lol!
53rdspirit--your story is very funny! very good move on your part too!!!
But laughter? I asked if they wanted a reading...made them laugh harder.