Don't you just love those days when you are out shopping and right as you turn the corner you are face to face with someone from the hall? It's really bad when you can't remember their name but they remember you. I was a Walgreen's and ran into a sister from the hall I am supposed to go to. She was nice, very peppy and after a minuter of chit chat asked me which Kingdom hall I was going to. At first my mind panicked but then I just looked her in the eye and said "I'm not really going anywhere" You should have seen her face, her mouth dropped and she got a tear. She gave me a hug and said well what can we do about that, here is my phone number, we can talk. I said thank you and then excused myself very quickly, I actually felt bad.
Then at the Assembly with my parents they introduced me to one of the Elders in their hall. He was nice but asked the inevitable question, "So who are the elders in your Hall?" To which I said, " I really don't know, I've only been a couple of times" He was speechless, didn't know what to say in response. I thought my parents would die but when we got out to the car for lunch my Dad hugged me and said he loved me. He actually said he appreciated my honesty and humility. I was shocked. My dad's reaction did make me feel better.
At the Convention I ran into the classic. My mother and I were walking and ran into a Brother from her Hall. The first thing he said to me was, "Sister, where is your name tag?", very seriously mind you. I didn't get a chance to answer, my mom was very quick: "We forgot them." Good grief, you would have thought that we committed a huge sin, how ridiculous is it to judge someone because they don't have their name tag?