Jehovah's Witness Radar----Do You Have It?

by minimus 44 Replies latest jw friends

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  Gopher

  I think sometimes they make it obvious that they are J-dubs. I've never attended the Kingdom Hall in the city where I now live. Yet twice, I've seen people dressed in their "Sunday best" on Saturday mornings at about 12 noon and they must have been JW's.

  One Hispanic family was going into the supermarket, dressed like they'd just gotten done making return visits or something. Another Saturday, I saw what must have been a 'car group' with a two middle-aged women and two kids -- going in to the Chinese buffet, again dressed like they just finished a morning of service (and not looking very happy either).
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  poppers

  "and on the way out picked up a piece of trash on the floor and threw it in the wastebasket. Just then an old JW friend walked up. She didn't recognize me at first but commented that when she saw me pick the item off the floor, she thought it had to be a witness--nobody else would do that." What total bs - I do that sort of thing all the time. Do they think they have cornered the market on this sort of thing?
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  gaiagirl

  I was recently speaking to a man, he told me he had two jobs, one as a locomotive mechanic, the other job was his own business cleaning offices and windows. I immediately thought "this guy is a JW", and it turned out, he was.
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  minimus

  If u r a self employed cleaner u r a JW.
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  tetrapod.sapien

  mine is more of a "babylon-guy-dar". JWs bleep especially loud.

  tetra
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  Bonnie_Clyde

  "and on the way out picked up a piece of trash on the floor and threw it in the wastebasket. Just then an old JW friend walked up. She didn't recognize me at first but commented that when she saw me pick the item off the floor, she thought it had to be a witness--nobody else would do that."

  What total bs - I do that sort of thing all the time. Do they think they have cornered the market on this sort of thing?

  Hey Poppers - Apparently this our carryover from our JW thinking. We just haven't apostasized enough. Bonnie
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  Fleshybirdfodder

  So far I've never been wrong. Can spot their "righteous indignation" a mile away.

  FBF
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  jaguarbass

  I cant spot a witness easily. Since I left the organization, the only time I encounter them is when they are at my door. Then I tell them through the window I'm not interested. Or

  If I go up to 7-11 on Saturday about 10:30-11:00 I am pretty sure the crowd hanging out there in shirts and ties and females in dresses are dubs.
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  Junction-Guy

  If they are regular gung ho witnesses I have no trouble, the only trouble I have is when they are casual JW's that only go to a meeting here and there.
  
  I worked with a woman who was rumored to be a JW, but it was really hard for me to figure her out, she used alot of 'worldly" expressions, plus she had multiple piercings in her ears. I did find out she was a JW only after my shift supervisor spilled the beans about me having JW family, he did it in a joking manner. She immediately said she was a JW. After talking with her I found out she was very inactive and only attends a few meetings a year. I got along fine with her, she was a nice lady even though half the shift couldnt stand her. She was one of the few people that actually showed concern for me, plus she didnt freak out when I told her I was "sort of" an apostate. She quit 2 months ago.
  
  
  A 20 something unmarried male driving a 4 door car is a good clue that he is a JW.
  
  There are many clues out there, the fun part is trying to interpret them.
  
  
  When Amanda and I picketed the local kingdom hall on sunday, I made a game out of it trying to figure out which car group was JW and which car group was church people. I was seldom wrong in my selection. The JW's seemed more distant and haughty looking.
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  johnny cip

  OK minimus; i'll humor one of your questions. i can smell a jw a mile away. without my glasses on. but it can be tricky on sundays . as other people also get dressed up for chruch. heres were a closer look in needed. first check for a wt mag rolled up in the hand. or what kind of bible they maybe carrying the bookbag is a big givaway. if i'm befuddled i will go up and ask what church they go to . and ask them how was service today. most of the time they will tell me the church and ask if i'm a christian. i will say yes i am. they will say god bless you. and i will tell them to enjoy the love of christ... christian are always happy you stopped to talk to them. and the jw's get mad you stopped to talk to them.