by Poztate 21 Replies latest jw friends
Poztate:
It Is Sooooo easy to do. In fact it's pretty great. Get a coffee, a donut or whatever, sit in the parking lot for a half hour, hour and just wait for people to come out. Then ya jump out and ask them if they want a mag and yer done with that.
Although.... one time this woman came out, one of us offered her the mags, then she promptly went right back in and complained to the management and they came out and told us to leave.
In hindsight.... good for her!
I know that when I was still married to the JW-wifey, my daughter would go out a lot...
The way that they did it was to have a crazy-lady-driver who would drive them around in a mini-van, spot the unsuspecting 'victims' at a bus stop, careen the vehicle over towards them at full-speed, come to a screeching stop, push the next 'volunteer' out of the vehicle, and let them present the mags to the freaked-out-person-waiting-for-the-next-bus.
It's a wonder that someone didn't get hurt. In the area that they were 'working', some folks carry guns, and may have mistaken the aggressive nature of the mini-van as a rival gang making a 'hit'.
They would do this before the 9AM meet - and then disperse for return-visits - or whatever.
Lunch (or break) would be whatever they brought - or bought - to eat/drink - in the mini-van, as it went about its' way - swerving into oncoming traffic - to miss the potholes.
Regards,
Jim TX
I can recall several dubs preferred this type of witnessing because they would witness to many more people. I can occasionally see dubs outside busy supermarkets on Saturdays.
I don't know about it being dead. It never came to life round here.
Was surprised just yesterday: I took a shortcut across a small, tree-dotted plaza between two busy streets yesterday mid-morning (a locale where local shop assistants and other boutique workers sit on the several benches to eat lunch), and witnessed an older man (late 50's?) simply sitting alone on a bench next to his satchel -- against which was propped a Watchtower magazine for public viewing. I slowed my step to read the headlining title, glanced directly at him... and he gave no sign of recognition of interest! His facial expression changed not one iota. Very off-putting! Maybe the current technique is that of the Silent Witness.
-V
We did it about 55 years ago, but we quit and I haven't seen one on the street since. I hated doing it back when I was about 8 years old and everyone here quit when I became a teenager.
Ken P.
preferred this type of witnessing because theywould witness to many more people., did not have to make back calls
Around here we did it perhaps 10 years ago before I stopped "activity". This was in the local car park. It was a dead loss because everyone was either going out shopping or heading back to the car because their parking time was up. I recently saw an old "brother" in a wheelchair parked in the High Street giving out literature - he could not walk door to door. I stopped and talked to him, about old times, but nobody else did.
I hated that work. I knew that I would resent being approached so I did not like doing it to others...I think it may be done still sporadically .
Linda - Why don't you and Trevor ask him for the latest mags, every week!!! Could be fun!
I think a lot of them have moved inside: tables in malls, university campuses, flea markets etc This way they even get to sit
In the Northeast of the U.S. you see street work in the poor neighborhoods. God forbid you ever see them in a wealthy suburb.
