Missionaries 1, Karla 0
I was casually walking along Piata Victoriei last night, minding my own business. I had one thing on my mind: The Incredibles. I didn't want to miss any of the movie.
Two girls stopped my. I saw immediately that they were Mormons. "Buna seara", they said. "Hi!" I said back.
"How did you know we spoke English?"
"Only Mormon missionaries dress like that and wear name tags"
"Oh! Where are you from?"
"Canada"
"Would you like us to tell you a bit about our church?"
"No thank you"
I told them no less than four times that I wasn't interested. They asked if I'd like to know about their church, their religion, the path that Jesus set for them and his plans for me. I told them politely every time "I am a very strong non-believer. Nothing you say will change my mind". They asked for my phone number, and I told them once again that I was an atheist and would not be converting to Mormonism.
Then they pulled out the loneliness card. "Are you lonely here?" "No, not really. It was hard at first, but I've made friends and I enjoy my life here" "Oh. Well, here's our church brochure!".
I finally gave them my phone number, mainly so I could get out of there and get to the movie. Yet another reason to go to Turkey.
4 Comments:
I studied in Budapest this time last year. I know all about the Missionaries. I was approached at least once a month. Luckily, I speak Hungarian, so I was able to pretend I didn't understand their accents.
There needs to be a rejection hotline in Romania. I wonder how a mormon would react if they called and were told by a hotline that they should consider suicide rather than bother you again. Still, it's all in good fun! Except, you know ... really, who'd miss a mormon?
Eeek, okay - I'll shush now, before I start trouble.
Fala você portugûes?
Find a Romanian sex-line, or use a taxi cab's number instead of your own.
Developing factoid that I'm starting to figure out:
A lot of the guys and girls (performers) on porn sites (especially ones with webcams) are from Romania. The majority are still from Russia though.
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