Surly's Soap Box

A few months ago, I wrote a rather snarky, mean spirited restaurant review in which I slandered my waiter. I wish I had thought to make this apology before he contacted me. I won't go into details, but I have removed the post, and make a public apology to him. Here is the email I sent to him.


Waiter (in respect to his anonymity),

Wow. The Internet makes the world a small place.

First, I was going for snark. It used to be a trademark of mine, but over the last few months (I don’t expect that you’ve read every post since July), my tone has changed considerably. As you pointed out, I state that I am a Christian, and it is true that I was quick to sling out the ole’ judgment stick on you. I was trying to be (and failed, mind you) ‘funny’. I ended up just being an ass.

I have been under going some spiritual adjustment lately, questioning myself about the tone and attitude I present in my writings and other parts of my daily life: Is ‘surliness’ really the prevalent attitude I want representing me, even on a semi-anonymous blog? How does my attitude affect how others see my faith? Your email shows that I have failed representing Christ properly. I would hope that you would read some of my other faith posts and see that I really try to be honest about my faith and some of the struggles I have, and I really believe that I haven’t been overly self righteous. I acknowledge that I was wrong to slander you in the way I did. I apologize, and ask your forgiveness. I will post an apology on my blog, and I will delete the offending post.

Thanks for taking the time to write me with your concerns and “calling me out” on not practicing what I preach. I hope that this shows you that I really serious about how I walk out my faith.

Dave