Rapture discussion at work
I was in a Microsoft Teams meeting yesterday at work (I work in a healthcare setting, fwiw). We were discussing some staffing changes, and there’s a high level of stress right now. Most of the people are very vocal about their faith, mostly Baptists and Catholics. The person leading the meeting said they felt like the rapture was right around the corner, and they had a bit of anxiety about who was gonna look after their patients once they were no longer here. There was a round of laughter and jokes about people leaving this earth behind. It was lighthearted, fine, so I just said, “Don’t worry, I’ll look after your caseload after you’re gone.”
The tone went kind of serious after that. One or two people said they would work on trying to save me, while other people started to try and dissect which of our patients would be left behind versus which ones would be taken to heaven. The discussion evolved into speculation about the spiritual condition of different people on our caseload.
I forgot some people take that rapture shit seriously lol. Growing up, I remember it being something that was just right around the corner.