At a church that we used to attend, an older gentleman came up to me one morning after the service and announced that the toilet in the bathroom was plugged.  Since I was not the custodian, never have been the custodian, don’t even look like the custodian and have never even been a member of the church board, I was perplexed as to why he was telling me.

So, I asked him if he had told the custodian about the problem.  He got rather agitated with me and said that he hadn’t and that telling me should be sufficient. Since I  didn’t really want to be the middle man and since this guy was a life long member and knows who the custodian is, I suggested that he contact the custodian.

At this point in time, the man stomped off and approached a member who was on the church board.  After a few moments, he was pointing at me and they were both glaring at me as if I was being derelict in my duties.  Soon the elderly man went on his way while the board member continued to glare at me.

Apparently, I was put in a leadership capacity that I wasn’t aware of and could only speculate as to what that position might be.  Junior assistant custodial dispatching clerk (even weeks only)?  Or perhaps the chief liaison between laity and buildings and grounds committee?  Who knows?  All I know is that it really creeped me out.

We no longer attend that church.