It's all very sad - I am sooooooo pleased that I will not be attending this year for the first time in 36 years - hoorah!
New Stupid Assembly Rules
by WTWizard 91 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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zack
Communities are built on shared experiences. And as awful as some of the "lunches" that some here have experienced when left to the WTS food prep dept., the
lunches at the conventions I went to before the "simplification" weren't too bad. But the food wasn't the point. You actually walked around, saw friends, talked, spent time with others, and
to me it was a sense of community that only a shared meal conveys.
When they went to the "simplified" arrangement, it was everyman for himself. And it has been everyman for himself ever since. Not just cultish, but selfish and exclusive.
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Lo-ru-hamah
Congratulations Sweet Pea!!
The funny (great) thing is that you won't even feel guilty.
Loruhamah
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SirNose586
Hey Nose. You should make your own sign just like the attendants carry that says: "PLEASE MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS"
This reminds of an idea that I had a while back when I was still a JW. I wanted to make some signs that were identical to the ones that attendants carry around, but that say different messages such as:
PLEASE KEEP MOVING, YOU CATTLE
SHUT THE F*** UP, PLEASE
DO YOU WANT TO SCORE SOME?
THIS SIGN MAKES ME FEEL IMPORTANT
Great idea! I'll make one that says DON'T BOTHER ME to carry around.
I will also print up the latest news on those settlements and put them in the contribution boxes.
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Beep,Beep
(1) Sitting together with your congregation. I heard that some KM inserts have been urging those whose congregation has cleaning assignments to sit in the section that they are assigned to clean. This makes meeting the opposite sex more difficult, and it makes it harder for someone to fake making the a$$emblies by showing up for the first morning and then walking out. It also makes the a$$emblies blur in with each other, since you are not going to meet anyone special at any of them.
This is false. There is no such 'requirement'. Yes sections are assigned for cleaning and some CHOOSE to sit there.I don't see how it makes meeting the opposite sex difficult.
When the food arrangements were changed THAT made meeting the opposite sex more difficult. You could no longer work with them at food sites. That was a bummer.
Since there is no requirement to sit together faking attendence isn't affected.
(2) Staying dressed up after the a$$embly is dismissed. You are supposed to go to McDonald's dressed up and with your name badges on. Supposedly, this is another form of advertising for your
MLMreligion.This has been suggested for YEARS. Nothing new.
(3) The One Towel Rule. Using only one towel to dry your hands might save them money. However, the towels are sized for children's hands to prevent wasting an adult sized towel on a child. Men's hands are generally larger, and it is going to take more than one towel to fully dry them. It also takes extra towels to clean up the mess after you wash your hands.
Unknown to me. I've never heard of such a 'rule'.
(4) Staying in the building for lunch. This is so people won't take off after the morning session and not come back, perhaps using the remaining time to explore the city and its surroundings. It also limits what you can eat for lunch, since most motels lack refrigerators.
If you want to meet the opposite sex by all means stay at the site. By the way it doesn't mean stay INSIDE.
(5) Not using vending machines within the facilities. I can understand not allowing people to use the cigarette machines, since no one is supposed to smoke and people are there that are bothered by smoke. However, these are not issues for candy. Not allowing children to have any candy is rather tough, since there is no fun for them, and they are going to get restless and act up after sitting there for hours at a time. I don't think it's fair to expect children to sit there for no reward, since they are now going to have to stay in that suit once the program dismisses.
Since I haven't been to a convention site that had vending machines I have no answer for this one.
However since children can get rather out of hand with a lot of sugar why make it difficult for them
(6) Many a$$embly Hells have other rules. There are rules against candy (I can see for gum, since gum is extremely difficult to clean up and gets stuck on the floor and the seats. But candy?). They have rules against ink pens in some A$$embly Hells, since they can mark the seats. All of them have rules against running and playing, which are designed to p*&^ off the children. They have rules against using flash bulbs (who would need them anyway, with today's digital cameras). Many have rules against videotaping part or all the a$$emblies, especially now that one could put the whole drama up on YouTube or other video sharing program. You cannot wear headphones in the a$$embly Hells unless they have special arrangements for deaf people to wear them (then you put in a MP3 player or mini disc player in place of the tuner) and playing with the Game Boy during the a$$embly. Some even ban these devices during intermissions!
Ink pens banned? I don't believe so. Flashbulbs can be distracting. Video taping banned? I can't see that happening either. There are too many who cannot make it to the convention who NEED such to be able to hear and see the program.
Since many conventions and circuit asssembly halls now have arrangements to broadcast the program on FM headphone ban is rather silly.
Sorry but most of your information is just plain wrong.
Been there done that.
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OnTheWayOut
The One Towel Rule.
I have heard many of you say "I never heard this one."
It may not ever have been in print, but it's common practice at
assembly halls and convention sites.The sign "One towel only, please" is posted by every towel dispenser.
Some bathrooms have the continuous roll, so a sign is actually placed under the
dispenser that says, "Use this much only" and a line is at the bottom of the sign.
This would be about 12 to 14 inches (my guess, don't quote me) from the dispenser.
People only follow the rule because others are standing there. GUILT.I always used what I felt I needed, as I was donating money anyway. Guilt never
got to me, and nobody ever said I was using too much. I would even take extra towels
to have in my pocket for emergency sneezes or spills. I didn't waste the stuff, though. -
WTWizard
Did I hear arrangements made to 2013? And I thought by the way they were ranting last summer that Armageddon would be here for sure sometime in 2007, at that in the early part of it. So much for that! And so much for having it in 2012, when the Mayan calendar points to the end.
This seems to be one mighty confused organization. They can't make up their minds on anything. Even on the rules: many of you who have posted that some of the rules are false did not receive them. Others, on the other hand, received some of these directives. I guess a lot of it depends on which circuit or district you belong to, since the hounder-hounders like to make their own interpretations of what the Faithless and Indiscreet Master Class put out. So much for unity!
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cognizant dissident
I hated those attendants with signs too. They would come up to me when I would be having a very IMPORTANT conversation with another sister and hold up their QUIET PLEASE sign right in front of us. How do they know it wasn't a life or death matter we were discussing? I never noticed them going up to brother's talking and doing this. Of course whatever brother's talked about was important business and whatever sister's were talking about must be superfical and trivial. I really wished I had my own sign in my purse that I could pull out that said, GET BENT! or better yet, FUCK OFF! Wouldn't that have been just worth it all?
Cog
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TopHat
No candy from the candy machine....cuz...the money SHOULD go INTO one of the 1000 contribution boxes located in your face at the assemble.
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WTWizard
I wish someone would take the Out of Order signs off the (working) candy vending machines and put them on top of the slot on those contribution boxes. And put a heavy piece of duct tape on those slots, preferably after stuffing them full of Zero Dollar Bills and Void Checks.