Making lots of RVs that were scattered around our congregation's territory. Regarding hours, I always rounded up. If I put in one hour and 10 minutes, I would round it up to two hours. I worked with several pioneers who did the same.
How did you "expand" your Field Service time
by donny 18 Replies latest jw friends
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Sway
Donny, I got a huge laugh at the laundromat story: "why are you looking forward to 1975?" Laundromats are the ultimate dumping ground for WT literature.
I was one the honest ones about reporting FS time. After a while though I noticed everyone else was more or less faking the whole thing. But by then I didn't give a damn about any of it so just stopped reporting altogether.
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WTWizard
I have done "dummy service", meaning taking a walk back from the Kingdumb Hell and counting that as an hour of "street work". Once we worked a bookstore, handing out wastes of paper to customers--and I was browsing for books, staying away from other customers. And there were the errands.
My favorite: The Time Waster. We would be hunting for a house or street. I knew where it was, and let them drive right past it and kept my big mouth shut. We would waste a good 10 minutes, and I always thought it was funny. Especially when they waste half an hour finding a house, and the person is not home.
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Mulan
Yeah, return visits on opposite ends of the territory was always the best.
did that, also rounded off the time even if it was way short of an hour...........
when I was pioneering, several of us would meet at 8AM to do business territory. We would drop mags off at a lube shop waiting room, go for coffee for 20 minutes, do another lube shop or two, hit a laundromat, and head to the KH for the meeting for service at 9. Back in the territory about 9:30, but we counted our time straight through. 10:30 was another coffee break, for at least 30 minutes, then return visits all over the territory.
Afternoons were usually Bible studies, and a few evenings too. I had lots of those, and unfortunately converted several. Many of them are out now though.
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TinyDancer124
I just lied on the reports. I was never questioned.
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Quirky1
I knew a couple that said they placed magazines on their dash board when traveling and counted the time...
F'd up people.
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thepackage
Lied on field service reports!!!! If I Aux. Pioneered I would go out early in the morning before work and if i did 1 hour i would count it as 3!!!! ON weekends my buddy (the PO) and I would go on BS calls to visit the "friends" to encourage them. Most of the time we end up having a cold beer back at his place. About the only thing i miss about field service is have a few drinks at noon and pretenting we had God's blessing!!!!
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Witness 007
I would walk like a 70 year old between doors.
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yknot
Doing FS Mon-Thurs.
Taking unbaptized kids out for some fun....and making 'spiritual' comments all day.
Mani/pedi meetup where several sister get together and read an article aloud and then each leave some litertrash on the waiting table of the salon.
Meals where again the WTS was discussed and a tract left in the bathroom and booth.
The mandatory break after each block rule, tract left of course at pit stop.
Playdates storytime were we each take turns telling short bible stories.
Now my pioneer friends just come to my house and chat with me.....the poor lost inactive!
Oh and I forgot one odd story I heard from a older pioneer/ private housekeeper. She would (like my mom) put on the kingdom melodies during housework but since the sister was at someone elses house she counted it as time!