[Magdalen] Grumpy greeter

[Roger Stokes]

On 11/10/2015 19:54, Scott Knitter wrote:
> Well, isn't that special. I lost my patience with a fellow parishioner
> today as I greeted folks in the narthex after Mass. (Subdeacon
> typically helps greet.) Just one too many complaints. The one that set
> me off was "Glad you were subdeacon today instead of N. who can't
> chant." I said, "I trained N., and somebody barked at him after the
> first time he served, complaining about his chanting. No one else will
> ever step up to do anything around here because of the constant
> complaining." Then I vanished to the sacristy, probably a good move as
> I think I might have gotten louder and attracted attention.

An alternative response would have been "Are you offering to train as a 
subdeacon then?"  You might bring that yp if you decide you need to make 
your peace with this complainer.

Roger