Most Awkward, Embarrassing, Comical things you Experienced as a Witness ?

flipper

Many of us I'm sure experienced embarrassing or comical moments as a witness. Some things we'd rather just forget , I'm sure, but some things helped us think on our feet, quickly in helping others . Here are a few of mine.

I was out in service with a good buddy when we were both in our early 20's. My then witness wife and myself were in the front seat , and my buddy and a sister who he was trying to impress and get to know were sitting in the back seat of our non air conditioned Ford Pinto car. The windows were down, it was over 100 degrees and my buddy had a real bad body odor problem which dominated and was overcoming all 4 of us in the car ! He obviously had NOT used deodorant ! Nobody had said a word- but the smell was so bad it was like the proverbial 800 pound gorilla in the car ! So, I suggested out of the blue, " Hey ! I need to get something at this Safeway store over here . Let's stop real quick ! " So I invited my friend " Jim " to come with me inside the store. So I tried to figure a nice way to break it to him. I asked, " Uh, hey Jim , I want to ask you something, but I feel a bit embarrassed , but I care for you, and I know you are trying to get sister pretty girls interest , did you use deodorant this morning ? " He said, " Oh, man ! Does it smell? " I said, " Well yeah, it does. But I didn't want to say anything in front of the sister ! As I didn't want to embarrass you. " He really appreciated it and thanked me . Unfortunately- he still didn't get the girl . But at least from then on - he would smell better.

This same brother and I were out in service , and after ringing the bell- a naked 30 something year old woman comes running down the stairway to answer her door ! The front curtain was open- she had nothing on but her skin ! I might say, attractive too ! But she was obviously waiting for someone else as she stood there shaking her hands , and turned around and ran back up stairs ! This brother asked me, " What do we do now ? " I said, " Well, this lady needs to hear the good news too ! Let's give her a few minutes to get herself together and we will ring the bell again ! " Needless to say - she did NOT come back and answer the door. I guess I should have figured that one out , eh? But hell, I was 24 at the time, young and energetic !

So, what awkward, embarrassing, or comical things have you gone through that you don't mind sharing ? How did you handle it ? This could get fun ! I look forward to your thoughts and experiences ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper

watson

My "all time" was the time at the circuit assembly when I came out of the bathroom, which was located halfway up the auditorium, walked out to the center aisle, and strolled all the way to the back, where my seat was, with my fly wide open. Not just slightly open, but we're talking barn door, white flag, open. I get to the back and my ex-best friend is openly snickering and pointing.....That was tough, I think I was about 14.

keyser soze

One time, out in the ministry, my brother was having a really bad "digestive crisis". One of the people in the car group was engaged in a long conversation with a householder. It finally got to the point where my brother couldn't wait any longer. He had to ring the doorbell of one of the neighbors and politely ask if he could use their bathroom. Does that qualify as awkward or embarrassing?

White Dove

My mom at every meeting.

Casper

Good Ones, Mr. Flipper

I classify this one as awkward :

I was squeaky new in service,

A sister and I got out at a house that had a run down trailer behind it. She took the house and sent me to the trailer alone, where I had to slop thru mud to get to it. There were no steps so I knocked on the bottom of the door.

A man answered dressed only in jeans, I had obviously woke him up, & I was eye level with his feet. I forgot everything I had planned to say, so I said...

"You don't care about the Bible do you ?" and he goes, "Nope" and I said "I didn't think so", and I turned around and trudged back thru the mud...

What he must have thought of me...

Cas

IP_SEC

I was working in southwest texas with an english brother in service. He told the house holder about something that was in the... lost book of the bible... yes the laust book... he was talking about the last book... revelation. You should have see her face lol

knock knock

Casper, I find that hilariously funny!! :)

Casper

Casper, I find that hilariously funny!! :)

Knock Knock,

I was so humiliated...!!! I can laugh about it now tho....... So glad those days are behind me...!!!

Cas

primitivegenius

i was out in service in rural territory.......... was this sisters turn so we walk up to the door of a run down trailor that looked like it should be condemned......... grass was knee high where it was bare dirt....... she knocked and no response. i made some comment about the state of repair of the trailor and the fact that there were four or five cars sitting there obviously not running........ since no one was there right................

as we were walking away this dirty redneck gentleman crawls out from under one of the cars....... covered in grease and oil. apparently he had been working on the car the entire time........... and it was aways from where we were knocking so HOPEFULLY he didnt hear my judgemental jw speach about his house. offered him the standard cult mind controlling publications(wt and A) and he declined........... so we left asap.

flipper

WATSON- Wow ! Your fly was open walking down the aisle ? Hope you were wearing underwear that day ! LOL! You could have really " exposed " the truth then !

KEYSER SOZE- That is funny ! Can you imagine having to ask a random householder if you could use their bathroom for a minute ? Witnesses will do anything to get into houses.

WHITE DOVE - Your mom was comically embarassing ?

CASPER- Funny story ! Hope you didn't get your nice shoes too muddy - if they looked like the shoes in your avatar ! Good looking shoes ! That was a real awkward situation for you.

IP_SEC- That is great ! The lost book of the Bible. I think the entire Bible is lost - if you get my drift.

PRIMITIVE GENIUS- It is funny where people can be hiding or hanging out when we are talking . So the dirty gentleman under the car was as dirty and messed up as his trailer ? Crazy !

The second experience was - I was walking half way back from a door with a service buddy- and this German Shepherd dog came running full tilt from the back yard charging us ! We both looked at each other and ran for the chain length fence ! It was 3 feet high or so, and I jumped over it, and fell on my back on the sidewalk ! My partner got hung up on top of the fence ; and as the dog is biting at him, I yanked him over the fence and he fell on his back too ! We were both just dying laughing ! Really great

Most Awkward, Embarrassing, Comical things you Experienced as a Witness ?

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