Hi I'm Rai

Don’t get me wrong, I may not be the prime example of a fine and upstanding Roman Catholic, but I do have my beliefs and am not afraid to admit my religion. However there are some things that tend to happen at church that just piss me off to no end. Maybe I’m the only one it happens to, or the only one to see it, or just the only one to be pissed off by it, but I digress.

1. People sitting right in front of you when there are obviously other seats available.

Yes, I know, it’s church at no point will there be anything I haven’t seen before on the altar, minus the occasional good looking altar server (kinky) but when there are four empty pews in front of and behind me what makes people think they have to sit RIGHT in front of me. Literally right in front of me. Do you think you’re better than me? “Oh, I’m sitting closer to the altar than this person, God will love me more.” Idk, do people think that? Bleh

2. People laughing at jokes that are not funny.

When the priest tells a joke, it’s ok NOT to laugh at it. Honestly, some of the jokes these people come up with are either so dumb, or so far of a stretch they barely make sense. But every week they say a joke and every week everyone laughs like its one of the funniest things they ever heard. IT’S OK NOT TO LAUGH. Sure the priest may feel a bit awkward, but then maybe he’ll stop annoying me with these bad jokes. Worst part is they have absolutely NOTHING to do with what he says next. Honestly I don’t know why this bothers me so much, but it does.

3. Unnecessarily loud people.

We all know the prayers, after going to church every Sunday for 18 years and being an altar boy for four, they kind of get ingrained into your mind. And we all just have the same monotone type of voice when we say everything, but I always seem to hear ONE person who wishes to make it known what he/she’s saying. I don’t know if they’re just naturally loud people but whatever. This is especially prevalent in things being said in response to the speaker. For example, “The body of Christ.” “AH-MEN” Yes, it’s never Ay-men, always AH-MEN.” And when the priest says have a good day or whatever, “You too father!” The priest will not know who said it, well considering how loud they are they might, but whatever.  

4. Parents who refuse to take their baby into the cry room

I don’t know if other churches have this, but my church has a sound proof room with a glass window that looks into the church. There are microphones set up on the altar and speakers set up in the cry room so that they can hear. The room is called THE CRY ROOM. Your baby IS CRYING. It is 9:30 in the AM and the last thing I want to hear is a baby crying. I’m 19 I shouldn’t have to deal with that for at least another few years…if not closer to a decade.

Might think of more, idk…what do you guys think?