Dear Miss Manners: I am happily employed by a very low-key, faith-based organization. Community and collaboration are part of our work culture, so leadership encourages our teams to share holy day meals together several times a year. We always pray a simple blessing before we eat.
One of our co-workers is careful, and vocal, about how her food is sourced. Every time we eat together, she asks about the sourcing of the foods: “Is this egg/cheese/beef free-range/organic/local?” etc.
Most times, our responses are evidently unacceptable to her. After we’ve all prayed our simple blessing, she will add something that sounds like a mini table-side exorcism: “We cast out all toxins and poisons that may be in these foods.” She sometimes elaborates with details about PFAS in water sources and chickens suffering abuse…