This has the makings of a Bud Light commercial.
Real Theocratic Heroes
Mr. Kingdom Hall Seat Finder.
by JimmyPage 15 Replies latest jw friends
This has the makings of a Bud Light commercial.
Real Theocratic Heroes
Mr. Kingdom Hall Seat Finder.
My family was very seldom late for the meeting, so when we were late it was usually because of a stressful situation of one sort or another. Well, we had this one guy that always was the attendant and when he heard someone coming in late, he would suddenly act all engrossed in his watchtower lesson or some scripture that was being read. So he sits there all pious and you are standing there like a complete looser. If you wanted his attention as to where you should sit, he would then hold up his hand as if to say let me think about this deep thought for one more minute. I started to take notice of his behavior and if someone important came in late and he would roll out the red carpet. What a jerk!
jimmy page: You're late and the back rows are all taken. However there is still room if you take that long walk up close to the podium.
oh my soon to be dear friend jp...you naughty boy...you have have not been to a meeting in a very, very long time........the close walk to the podium (only dubs even know this word).......is not necessary anymore......since over half the rows to the front are empty......only the back two are semi-full.....
well it is about like that in my last hall....and if i prayed....i would pray for that to be the case in all halls...........oompa
The last time I was at the Sunday meeting my daughter and I were late. She really did not like anyone at the KH so Brother attendant walked us down the isle in front of the podium. I felt the warm brotherly stares on my back. I whispered to my daughter are you hungry? Here is the keys to the truck I will meet you in a few minutes. That was 14 years ago. never been in a KH since!
I do remember one assembly when I was first dating my wife. There was a nazi elder from my old congregation who was determined to fill every seat in a row before directing people to the next row.
At a DC, I was sitting at the end of a row with my fiance next to me, and the seat next to her was empty, so we put our coats there. The Nazi came up and asked if the seat was empty. I said no, it has my coat on it. He then asked if any PERSON was sitting there. I said yes, your imaginary friend is sitting there, don't u recognize him? He then turned to my fiance and started talking to her as if I wasn't there. She looked at me and I told her to ignore him which she did. He got up and started talking to the other attendants while pointing at us. One of them was my buddy and he walked over and asked what happened. I told him what had happened and stated that there is no way I'm moving my coat to open the seat There's rows of empty seats behind us and if he has a problem with it, he can complain to whomever he wants. My buddy grinned and walked back to the group of attendants that had gathered. They looked over and nothing further was said to me.
My fiance then asked why the brothers from Northridge were so odd. It's just a seat.
The lady that studied with me in the beginning was so wierd!
She taught me to sit up front..it would look like you were really interested and you would earn brownie points!..
By the time I had three kids I eventually moved to the middle...we didn't have "Kids and Moms" sections where I went, you were supposed to control your kids no matter what age they were therefore you could sit anywhere.
At least my kids were trained to sit like zombies by the time they started school..
Snoozy..signing out....Ah..the memories...