Dear Editor,
The world we live in is quite dynamic. With technology making it easier for us to stay connected, many services have been extended to suit the needs of the modern consumer.
However, amid the changing world, there are some committed to remaining unchanged… the practicing Seventh Day Adventist. Mind you, many of these individuals lack other attributes which signal virtue but they are steadfast in not working on Saturdays until sunset. Perhaps they are saving energy to fornicate later.
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But I digress, Seventh Day Adventists, as seen in the 2022 turning away of a 5- year- old girl who was wearing locs from their school, were allowed to stay by their colonial- influenced rules.
They could forsake “suffering the little children” to come to their establishment. However, in companies that require work on Saturdays, Adventists have no qualms creating unfair burdens on their other team members to pick up the slack.
To hell with others… literally. Adventists are fine reaching out to coworkers, pushing colleagues to “sin” by switching work shifts so they can be off on a Saturday while their colleague toils.
I think organizations should begin being more discerning about who they employ, not because of their religious convictions, but whether they can do the job. It just so happens that many practicing Seventh Day Adventists do not present the 21st century skill of “flexibility.”
Imagine, you have a security company filled with Adventist security guards… know that you will not secure any contracts. It cannot be that those who make a company pliable and competitive by working on dreaded Saturdays have to do so while others are unwilling to assist.
Can we have a hospital, police force, air and sea port workers, filled with individuals who refuse to work on Saturdays? The reality is, we need people breaking the Sabbath to keep people alive and fed.
Unbeknownst to many practicing Adventists, they omit themselves from advancing within organizations despite their brilliance due to being so rigid.
Your team can only rely on you for so many days and when you are consistently absent in times of need, it’s difficult for a company to see the value in you; after all, in many organizations- extraordinary events and emergencies call for work on weekends. If as a rule, you aren’t there, a company will see less value in your presence.
Everyone had to problem- solve and do the heavy lifting while you were absent. Who cares if you’re here now?
Can you imagine the Commissioner of Police, being unavailable during an emergency because it’s a Saturday?
An arson happens and the Fire Chief has nothing to say… because it’s Saturday?
A barge overturns at the port… The Port Manager can’t be reached… because it’s Saturday?
An inaugural flight arrives and the CEO of the Tourism Authority, he’s at home keeping the Sabbath holy?
Mark 2:27 says, “The Sabbath was made for man, not the man for Sabbath,” but some Adventists will allow the Sabbath to deny their career advancement.
We would all love to be home on a Saturday but sometimes the demands of life require otherwise.
Organizations need to get as tough as the Adventist school was in turning away that 5- year- old girl if employees cannot do what is required on a Saturday.
Pissed
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