Scary people

There's a guy on the radio who has a press pass that he uses to watch movies all the time at the theatre.  Nobody at the theatre likes him very much, because he's a little overbearing and tends to creep people out.  I generally keep him at arm's length as well, mostly because the first time I met him he had already talked his way into two or three free movies before anybody started asking if we were getting anything out of the deal.  And even now that he has an official press pass, he still every once in a while tries to get in without having to flash it and sign in.  He thinks it's fun.

Earlier this week one of the employees made no secret that he didn't like the guy.  So the guy came to me and complained.  I apologized and said I'd talk to the kid about being rude.  The conversation continued and it came out that the kid didn't like him.  That was when the guy got defensive and started getting scary.  He said, "Oh well, I'm pretty close to God sometimes and other people can sense it.  It makes them hate me."

Okay, I'm definitely not the most religeous guy, but I've read enough that I'm pretty sure that's not how it's supposed to work if you're close to God.

He continued, "Yeah, and when they're hostile or mean to me, Bad Things happen to them."

I said, "Wow, really?" putting as much of my own hostility and incredulity into those words as I could.

He caught the hint and backed off, mumbling something about telling the kid he was praying for him.  Yeah, I'm sure I'll be included in those prayers now as part of his divine hit list.

All religeous views aside, the thing that I find the most disturbing is the way the reasoning of people like him always starts with, 'Well, I'm a good person so...'  And since it's impossible that he might have been inconsiderate or rude to this kid, it must be that the kid is an evil little punk that deserves whatever he gets.