What sort of a witness were you?

brinjen

I'm talking door to door service work here. Were you the kind who would insist on getting a conversation at ever door? Or where you (like me) the kind who would take a "not interested" as an excuse to get the hell out of the householders face? Any stories of those you worked with?

blondie

1) I preferred going by myself (unless in bad neighborhood, or creepy one). The women in the "car group" were so gossipy. I felt like I needed to wear armor to ward off the stabs to the back. I wondered why the "worldly" people were nicer.

2) I prepared but not the WTS programmed presentations, I wanted HHs to remember me for good not for bad.

3) I would once a week when pioneering just offer a free home Bible study to everyone I met, using a "I wonder what that means" scripture that we all have read once or twice. I had about 1 person a month take me up on it. Thank goodness, I didn't close the deal but 5 times and 3 of those are out.

4) I never went out more than 1 hour in d2d at one time. I would take a break, coffee from my thermos and eat a little something from my packed lunch. Then I'd try some other "feature of the witnessing work."

5) I always tried to go where I could have a nice chat with people but not feel I had failed because I hadn't "placed" anything or converted them on the spot.

6) I went back to one area and all the people I ran into who were friendly were the non-jws. Except for 2 jws, the others would have drowned if it had been raining when they were outside.

Blondie

nvrgnbk

I'm talking door to door service work here. Were you the kind who would insist on getting a conversation at ever door? Or where you (like me) the kind who would take a "not interested" as an excuse to get the hell out of the householders face? Any stories of those you worked with?

Great question brinjen! Depended on how hungover I was that morning.

free2think

i was definitely the later. I would even be shaking my head while saying my presentation.

brinjen

1) I preferred going by myself (unless in bad neighborhood, or creepy one). The women in the "car group" were so gossipy. I felt like I needed to wear armor to ward off the stabs to the back. I wondered why the "worldly" people were nicer.
2) I prepared but not the WTS programmed presentations, I wanted HHs to remember me for good not for bad.

Yeah I noticed that too, I always felt I fit in more with the wordly people and found them to be much more honest and genuine. Funny that...

Love point no 2, I never went by the suggestions either, they looked too false to me.

CyrusThePersian

I admit that field service was my weak point. I couldn't wait to get my hour or two in and then get the hell back home. (or to the doughnut shop! Yes, I confess, I was one of those elders!) God help me if I got into any kind of real discussion with a householder, the best I could do was spout off some nonsense from the Reasoning book.

I was much more adept at giving talks and conducting Watchtower and book studies where I could prepare ahead of time what I would say. I never was any good at thinking on my feet as it were.

CyrusThePersian

WTWizard

I would do whatever I could to minimize the amount of effective speaking to the householder I did. I would always go in on time; of course, they would like to keep that "just one more call--just one more call--just one more call..." crap going. Then there was the last call that usually lasted several hours or more. I hated that.

What I did like was when things went wrong and slowed things down. I would like to see The Price is Right on TV. Or, if there was someone blasting some rap music on the street where I could hear and enjoy the swearing. Or if the people were not interested or not home--I used to do the wimpiest knocks on the door to minimize the chance that someone would actually hear it. And I liked having it start raining suddenly, so we would either have to do calls or get soaking wet. Plus, I liked being left in the car when the others were on a call, especially if it was cold and raining out. Steaming up the windows was a pastime: They would have to waste a good ten minutes clearing them.

R.F.

I tried to get a bible study at every door.

I honestly think I was one of the annoying Witnesses at times.

If someone told me they weren't interested I was subject to come back with, "Why not?! Not intersted in what?!"

I knocked like the police and if I knew someone was in the house I spent extra time there knocking.

If I ran into preachers/pastors I loved to debate(I was alone obviously at those times)

......and all of this was when I thought it was for everyone's benefit to be a part of DUBdom.

unique1

I was a bit of both. I took it for an answer for the first few years, then I decided to try the conversation stoppers. Are you not interest in religion or the bible? Then I gave up again because that never workd.

juni

I pioneered off and on while raising 4 kids. It was HARD work and I had to be extemely organized w/my time.

Sometimes I would use their canned presentation when I was too tired to be spontaneous.

Also, for a while used some of their suggestions for overcoming objections until I just wouldn't do it anymore cause I felt so pushy and that is not me.

I agree w/Blondie. Working from my own car was better than sitting among backbiters and gossipers. I would often times take my own car cause I didn't trust the driving while blah blahing sisters drove. A group of us were in a near death situation once......very, very close to a head on collision until I screamed to STOP!

At the end I only used my Bible and left the literature in the car. Just had friendly conversations w/people and not pushy. I finally saw that I was merely a magazine saleswoman. Left them w/good thoughts about God; that's all. No more Not at Home lists either..... I was done jumping through a manmade organization's hoops.

Juni

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