Parking at the DC today (page 2)

POs Son

As a kid, I brought a walkie-talkie with me on the first day of an assembly. Wow... you would have thought I had brought a Christmas Tree on a Cross. I had attendants all over me explaining it was not allowed. Best part - it was not even close to their frequency!

blondie

My husband had a short stint in parking. We observed how "disobedient" the faithful sheep were, especially after a day of spiritual food. We never saw more fingers and heard the F word then we did that day. Of course, we were at the other end trying to get out while we were directed totally out of the way, we were disobedient but no finger or F word from us, but the parking attendant was not as reluctant. We were smart and had taken off our badges. These men are on power trips because they really want to be inside on the really important jobs.

WTWizard

I wonder how many witlesses it takes to park a car in a parking lot. Seems that there are no attendants at parking garages, and yet people there manage just fine, thank you.

Outaservice

Are they still charging for parking spots?

At Notra Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, I drove right by the attendants even though they were yelling at me to go a certain direction. I went just beyond the territory they had control over, and then parked on the University's area for the public. They hated it, but I let them know they are not getting a dime out of me.

I also, with a few other JW's ate at the cafeteria at the college with the Nuns. The food was great and reasonable. I only attended because my wife had to go, but I could care less after I dropped her off, if I had to walk 10 miles to find a parking spot and I was in no hurry.

Outaservice

keyser soze

There was always a bunch afterward tho, telling us which lane we "couldn't" go down to get out of the parking lot quicker...

This cracked me up, because it's so true. I remember one time, my brother-in-law defying the little twerp of a parking attendant and going the opposite way that he was pointing. The parking attendant was crushed.

wha happened?

I volunteered for whatever job that got me out of sitting and listening to that awful program

SnakesInTheTower

WTW:

Seems that there are no attendants at parking garages, and yet people there manage just fine, thank you.

of course, there are lots of people who cant park worth a crap in real life...

I once worked parking at the old Arena in St. Louis (now long gone). One blazingly hot, humid, sticky St. Louis summer during the DC, this brother was waving a sister into her parking spot like the guys on the tarmac at the airport. When he signaled her to stop, she inched forward another couple inches and parked it....turned the car off....got out...

of course, the brother couldnt move.... she had run over his foot, pinning him in place. Miraculously, he had no broken bones and continued in his madness in Parking. That was my last year in parking....

Where the DC is held now is horrid to get out...45 minutes or more..... There are only 2 ways out..no short cuts, nothing... and if you get there early...it is luck of the draw where you park at... it is not first in gets close parking...it is more random than that..... you could get there 20 min before the session and if they are starting a new row, lucky you, you get to park near the arena.....if you arent lucky, you have a 5-10 min walk across the parking lot..... They dont charge for parking at this place, even though they have a captive audience. I hate this location because there is absolutely nothing within walking distance to go eat away from the BorgConvention.... and even driving everything is a mile or more away.

I am soooo glad I am not doing that stuff anymore...

I told someone recently....last year was the first convention in recent memory that I had no assignments. OMG was I bored out of my mind....

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MinisterAmos

I scored all the anti-parking dweeb points at a Circuit Convention that I attended in Panama City, FL. They always designate the best spot in the lot with a special WT "No Parking" sign. It's something of their own design and has no purpose other than (I guess) to test the obediance of the Bros. or maybe they are reserving the spot for the "return of the Kings"?

So on Sunday I took my daughter out to see the dolphins on a glass-bottom boat, got to the Assy about 1 PM and parked in the King's spot. I moved the sign in front of the truck next to mine and went in.

About 20 minutes later "Will the owner of the white Ford f-150 parked in the no-parking spot please see Accomodations"?

yourmomma

yeah, power trip is a good term. i remember 3 years ago i crossed the street like 2 feet outside of the cross walk on a totally clear street, and a brother yelled at me to use the cross walk. so i started walking towards the cross walk he shouted "no, no, go back and start over". it was insane. every fiber of my being wanted to yell "go fuck yourself asshole!" that brother did me the best favor of my life, it was at that point when i started to wake up.

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