For the last couple of mornings, people at work here have gathered together to pray at 10 a.m. That in itself isn't so troubling, I suppose, though it does bug me a little having religious observances going on in my workplace.

What does bug me is that each morning when they do it, they go around and ask each person individually to participate. So each day I have to feel like a cad telling them no, thank you very much, I don't wish to participate.They're always polite and unruffled, but I'm still left with the whole 'fine, burn in Hell for all we care' feeling that I'm sure is totally in my head.