"I'm currently in the middle of a 12 hour shift and I was reading a history book between rounding and tasks. The book in question is the history of Satanism, from the knights Templar to satanic panics and witchtrials. The nurse on my unit put off helping another cna with wound dressings to spend 30+ minutes lecturing me about the dangers of evil and warn me off of this interest in apparent fear for my mortal soul.
Now I'm not knocking anyone's religion, but I am solidly atheist and I informed her of that status a couple times during this lecture. Despite all of this, she's loudly eyes-rolling-back-arms-shaking preaching to me about the dangers of my dabbling in evil.
Currently on break having a much needed breather. How do I go back in and pretend that never happened and continue helping with wound dressings. I know some of us night shifters are a lil crazy, but this was one for the storybooks."
Ok, next time she starts up (because with those types, there's ALWAYS a next time) the instant she starts up, SMILE, hold up your finger and say 'Wait. You've already had 20 minutes if my time, and that was a free-bee. However, going forward fair is only fair and we should have equal time. You can give me 20 minutes of your god of choice in exchange, I get 20 minutes of mine.
And when she starts fish mouthing/surprise pikachu face and stammering out her argument, you kindly tell her 'By the terms of the contract, it rounds up to the nearest minute - and my Boss loves contracts! (BIG SMILE) so right now you owe me... 5 minutes and counting?
Yeah... I'm an old hand at that type and have little patience for them...