Did anyone here ever really like field service? (page 2)

R.F.

I wouldn't say I liked field service, I just felt satisfied with the fact of me putting so much effort into what I thought was the right thing to do. I had to drag my self to meet at 9am to go everyday even after working night shifts on jobs. I was very tired all the time but still, i thought I was doing what was pleasing to God.

Chameleon

Hell no!

I probably would've not cared enough to test "the truth" if field service wasn't mandatory.

WTWizard

It was the pits. Going out in street work, you had to worry about getting kicked out of an establishment like a store (so if you wanted to do real business there, you couldn't) or getting a visit from the police. In the door to door work, you had to worry about getting stuck in a call for hours. I actually liked it when the householders were not interested, and frequently I would dog it so that they would not be interested or knocking too softly (I hated it when my partner insisted in waiting another minute and someone came, or they knocked hard and someone came).

Studies were horrible. You get stuck in there for an hour, and sometimes more. Following this, there is more boredom. I would hope for the person to not be home when we got there. What I hated were those studies where it lasted more than 2 hours, and the questions seemed endless. I hated that "Reasoning" book, which is the bicameral response to how to initiate the use of fraud against unwilling householders. That book ought to be banned--even with freedom of speech left intact--merely because it is a How To Initiate The Use of Fraud Against Unwilling Householders guidebook.

Oh yes, there were a few times where I actually liked it. Invariably, it was when there were problems. People not home. A partner not ready. Someone having one errand after another to run while on service time. The times the TV is on The Price Is Right and the householder refuses to turn it off for the call. Having it rain, being left in the car while the others went on a call, and getting to badly fog up the windows so they will have to waste time clearing them. Bitter cold, which forces us to spend time warming up (and I would let the heat out of the car so it would take longer). Snow so bad that it creates problems with parking. Having a partner get stung by a bee. Going through a whole territory and finding not even one person home. Having that beautiful rap music blasting so it can be heard through the whole street. And having a long drive across town for a call out of the territory, getting lost there, and then the person is not even home.

Oh yes, I remember the one time we did book store witnessing (so the store will not get pestered needlessly by more of the same, I will not mention the name of the store or if it was a chain or locally owned). We went in the store with a pocket full of tracts to hand out to customers. What I did was to bypass the customers. I went straight to the books that suited my interests, including science (staying out of the religious sections so I wouldn't have the "opportunity" to sway someone interested in another religion). I did one return visit there, but it was to buy a book I had previously seen on the first visit. That time, I had zero tracts. I didn't place anything that day.

hilannj

I really hated it, I was always so scared that someone I knew would come to the door. I would get territories as far from where I went to school as I could, and I would always be like I have a call, its like 25 minutes away from when I was 'helping' another cong. work there territory. At the hall I went to we believed in long breaks.. u know like 1 call and then breakfast, which was eggs and pancakes at a local restaurant and then for good measure we would give the waitress a tract. :) those were the days when I was 13 and got free breakfast for showing up, almost made me what to go.

Hortensia

no, hated it. Bored to tears by the Watchtower. Sometimes the Awake was interesting.

R.F.

I really think that most JWs have a strong disdain for field service. That's evident by the constant and prolonged breaks. haha.

There have been many times where we don't get to the territory until 9:45 and they go on break at 10:30 at McDonald's for 45 minutes.

helncon

Not really.

But i did enjoy going out with different ones and having a chat not JW related.

And it was the only time i got one on one time with my dad too.

Also, a side question: did anyone actually like reading the Watchtower and/or Awake?

I did like some of the subjects that they brought up when i went home for a few weeks my dad had left a few out i had a quick read (whilst trying not to throw up) but there was some interesting stuff.

Helen

mkr32208

I hated it. My wife loved it...

free2think

Nope and Nope.

I hated the field service and used every excuse possible to go on 'calls,' which is what i used to call them to the other dubs, really it meant coffee break.

I hated reading the wacktower and awake, i think i only read an awake cover to cover twice in my whole life. At that was when i speed read it, i had no idea what it was about afterwards, lol.

lisavegas420

I'm trying really hard to think of something good to say about field service....

We lived in rural ky...lots of old country roads. There was a period time when we had an older sister and her un-believing husband would go with us. I just loved to listen to her stories of when she was a little girl. The old man hardly ever said anything, just looked out the window. The elders told my dad that we could not take the old man any more as he wasn't a witness. Neither of these people drove, so I'm sure it was a treat for both of them to go for rides in the country. Sadly, this sister got to old and weak to go out in field service, and after awhile no one even bothered to pick her up for the meetings. I used to see her sitting out in front of her house all alone after her husband died. She's gone now too.

Oh wait...that got sad....ok...sometimes, when we would go way out in the country, we would find a box turtle crossing the road and we'd take him home. Or we'd find walnuts on the side of the road and stop and pick up a bunch.

There was the times, when we went in "un marked territory" and we'd make a day of field service..of course the highlight of these days was the picnic lunch.

Sometimes, the country people would trade eggs or corn or fresh tomatoes for the magazinges, that was fun.

lisa

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