Making money off the dubs in the name of jehoobie!!! (page 2)

misanthropic

Is it just me or did this seem a little disturbing to anyone else?"Adorable and affordable little cases for our "pioneers-in-training"

merfi

Is it just me or did this seem a little disturbing to anyone else?

"Adorable and affordable little cases for our "pioneers-in-training"

There was a time when this would have made me proud. Now it must makes me sad.

How about the companies that do Bethel tours or arrange for Bible Group Tours. The best was when a group of people who found out where the international convention was going to be asked a JW travel agent to book the trip for them (I think there were 5 families w/ kids and all, so around 12 or 13 people) and some how the WTBTS found out about it and sent the JW travel agent a letter telling her to cease and desist and cc'd her PO. Even though she was not advertising it as a WTBTS sponsored event, they were pissed that she was making money off of it. They told her in the letter that she was "taking the lead where a sister should not be taking the lead". Can I just say this was really what caused my first step out the door. Don't they make enough off the backs of all the self-righteous bros/sis, they have to threaten a single sister who was a travel agent that they would consider her a jezebel influence if she did not respect the elders and the org and their wise direction. She did what they asked because "even though it did not make sense to her, it was Jah's will" WTF!!!!

limbogirl

Looking-Glass --

How about this? I went on two (yep, I'm a sucker for a good time) of those Bethel bus trips (from hell, I might add ) and the trip was arranged by a couple in my KH. They would charter the bus, secure the rooms, etc. Many years later I was chatting with their daughter about these trips and she told me that they--without disclosing this to anyone signing up for the tour--figured out the price for bus and hotel and then added whatever dollar amount they deemed appropriate for their services and then presented a "total package price" to the participant. They ended up getting to go all expenses paid with spending money to boot.

Mind you, they were not travel agents -- just people who figured out a new way to scam. But of course all of the JWs believe that ALL JW's are extremely honest and no one ever questioned exactly how the package price was calculated.

Now, that's what I call "making money off dubs in the name of jehoobie!!!"

I think I'm gonna set up one of those souvenir stands like they have outside the Vatican right outside the gates of Brooklyn. Then when the pilgrims come to visit the hallowed ground they can buy t-shirts, GB bobble heads and other trinkets. Anyone in?

looking_glass

Limbogirl - I am in. We can get Rich, I say, Rich (insert evil laugh here). Granted we are chicks, so they would run us of as jezebels and probably stone us in the process.

upside/down

Stoops?

Remember them?

u/d

Virgochik

I just ate dinner, and after seeing that picture I feel like being ill. That poor little boy, his smile is so sad. Does that make sense? Many of us who were in his shoes as children would remember that sadness inside, while our parents told us to "Smile when you go to the door!" or You are pleasing Jehoopla when your bookbag is organized, Virgochik!"

I hope he doesn't suffer as long as I did, in my room alone trying to figure a way to move out and have a roof over my head.

looking_glass

Was stoops the one Wisconsin or was that some other one? I know there was one in Cheesehead land as well.

anewme

WHAT ALOT OF NEAT STUFF!!!!

limbogirl

Looking-Glass:

Funny you should mention Jezebel...on one of the bus trips I took there was an old man protesting outside of Bethel -- apparently he was there all the time and when we walked by to enter the sacred gates of Bethel he screamed at us (four 19 year old girls) that we were all Jezebels with painted toenails. That was the highlight of the entire trip.

Anyway, I have a billion (no exaggeration) ideas for trinkets for our souvenir stand...wouldn't it be great to have reproductions made of the pictures in the my book of bible stories -- you know, like those precious moments or lladro figurines. Imagine a life like figurine depicting Jezebel falling out the window to be eaten by dogs! People would eat it up!! no pun intended. It could have a little brass plate that reads: this is what jehoobie does to bad girls.

I'm quitting my job tomorrow...I'll meet you in Brooklyn on Saturday.

u/d: I grew up in the same area that the Stoops family lives and manufactures their lovely wares. They really need to check out the competition, though. This link provided by Kid-A has much better stuff! and cartoons and greeting cards -- they are the Walmart of witnessworld.

Making money off the dubs in the name of jehoobie!!!

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