I just heard a new one. Not so much an urban legend just a ridiculous statement to boost JW's ego's. According to a JW in my old cong. the great Bill Gates of Microsoft absolutely loves to hire JW's because of their honesty and work ethic, he seeks them out. This is evident, according to this person, because a lot of JW's in the Seattle/Redmond area in Washington state work for Microsoft.
This is ridiculous for two reasons
1. I highly doubt that Bill Gates has anything to do with hiring for Microsoft except maybe the executives, and even then probably only a very very small percentage of them.
2. Microsoft is a HUGE corporation that has over 33,000 employees in Washington State alone therefore it's no surprise that a percentage of them are JW's.
OK, one more reason
3. The JW's I've known have no better work ethic than anyone else I've seen, they're pretty normal really.
Silly JDubs.
~LL06