by dogon 35 Replies latest jw experiences
Worldlies reading National Enquirer don't go around claiming to be God's perfect chosen people who happen to be the best employees in all of world history, while having God's mouthpiece on Earth writing same in God's special periodicals.
Not that this is the biggest issue about jws.......and it really does not affect our lives in any way.........but it is another, albeit small, example of hypocrisy.
I was in the bank the other day...it's a small branch, two tellers... and I was the only customer. The teller I approached had a medical textbook open laying to the side. Apparently she's taking medical classes and was using any down time to study.
Some banks are using temp services now. Maybe this explains the lack of ambition. It also tells me that these institutions are on the way to a fall.
(White Dove) Bank tellers only earn about $8/hr.
Only? As in 'only a mere pittance of what you are really worth'? I think you are using this word "only" to justify stealing time . However, if you contracted your time for those wages you should abide by your word.
Still, it is white collar and usually doesn't demand janitorial duties on the side.
Is it janitorial or just consideration for others to make sure the pens work properly and are plentifully available?
Is it janitorial or courtesy to make sure the machines have paper or to ask if your fellow employees need something since you have a few minutes with nothing to do?
Is it janitorial or personal responsibility to take a turn wiping out the microwave in the breakroom or cleaning up the coffee drips and sugar spills on the counter?
I mean, why clean a clean counter that's only had money touch it?
Yeah. Money isn't dirty. If you can't see germs then they probably are not there.
Just wait silly girl. What will finish off paper money in this society could very well be a pandemic. And with contageous germs the one thing we all pass around is paper money.
That's blue collar common laborer thinking. Busy busy busy!
Ambition, courtesy,and going the extra mile have nothing to do with being blue collar. And I don't care how white collar you think you are or how much education you think you have...if you don't have work ethics you will never make the grade.
With the snobbish class distinction you attempt to make here...that one is too good to be personally responsible for keeping an area clean, too "above" assisting others with common courtesy or thoughtfulness, and not obligated to do anything that is not in your job description...you will always be a blue collar mentality. You seem to pride yourself on "being better" than someone else. And you seem to think that your wages being a dollar or two more than someone else gives you the privelige of raising your class status.
Be sure to ask if they want fries with that or you are fired! Wipe that counter! Mop that floor! Serve those customers!
You also seem to justify being a slacker, stealing time or anything else, because you don't think you are being paid enough. Unless you can show you have leadership potential and are willing to be a cut above by doing more than required, you will never make it to management level.
It's a friggin' BANK! They don't get dirty like that. If it's okay with the boss to read whatever, then why worry?
Banks don't get dirty. hahaha. You obviously don't keep up with current events, either.
It's a friggin' BANK! They don't get dirty like that
Peter Ender, an infectious diseases expert who has studied the prevalence of germs on paper money, said the contamination of banknotes is a reflection of what is commonly present on human skin, particularly on hands.
In 2001, Ender and his team at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Centre, near Dayton, Ohio, obtained dollar bills from people waiting to buy food at a high school basketball game in Dayton. Seven per cent of the bills collected showed traces of harmful bacteria, like Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae, that can cause serious illness. Eighty six per cent carried less harmful germs, like streptococcus, enterobacter, pseudomonas and other bugs that rarely cause illness among healthy individuals but can be very dangerous to people whose immune systems are compromised. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=07c0a52f-2c9b-469a-ba85-ae0fa1d27396&k=76062
Looking for Germs and Cocaine? Check Your Money
Philip Turner adds, “Many studies, including two of my own, have shown that money can be effective for germ transaction. ABC’s “20/20” asked me to help them prepare a segment on this issue, and I devised a plan for collecting money from street vendors, shops, restaurants, and other establishments in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, DC. After each transaction, the bills received were put directly into newly purchased wallets, which were then sealed in plastic. The bills were tested and found to be contaminated with germs of fecal, respiratory, and skin origin. Although the risk of contracting a serious infection from dirty money is low, the germ count is high enough to make it easy to contract a cold, a bout of diarrhea, and similar ailments.” (3)
Depending on where you are in the world you might get a different reaction to this issue. Disease experts in northeastern India issued a recent report that said ‘overused and soiled’ currency can transmit tuberculosis, pneumonia and other lung infections. British health authorities and travel guides regularly warn tourists in the region to wash their hand following every financial transaction.
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(Steve 2) Talk about picking on the JWs for any conceivable thing. The teller next door could have been reading the National Enquirer. Yawn.
Steve, JWs already stick out like a sore thumb in society. If the boss gets wind that this dub is promoting some religious agenda at her window, she may get dismissed. How do you think this might influence him when other JWs apply for work there? Or even ex-JWs? And do you think this will affect her collegues as far as developing a "generalization" type attitude toward all JWs?
Anyway, this is not just about JWs. It is about having work ethics.
Not that this is the biggest issue about jws.......and it really does not affect our lives in any way.........but it is another, albeit small, example of hypocrisy.
Many thanks for the welcome sense of proportion. It seems that JWs are damned if they do and damned if they don't. I totally disagree that reading the Bible during work hours is an example of hypocrisy. Was the teller neglectful of her duties in any way? or discourteous? How do you know that she should not have been reading the Bible during work hours? Have you spoken to her manager to find out? You are simply assuming that she should not have been reading the Bible when her branch may have sanctioned reading when not busy. I know of some customer receptionists (in low paying jobs) that are allowed to do personal work on computers provided they attend to customers. Another poster said that time between customers should be spent reading up on the job or improving job skills. If that standard were applied industry-wide, there'd be mass sackings. Besides, it could be argued that reading the Bible, or any of the sacred texts of the world's religions will improve the likelihood of pro-social behaviour. At a guess, I'd say that a teller who is mindful of her "spiritual" needs would probably be a very conscientious employee.
MAN, do we have many things to discuss and to critizise! Imagine, in addition to the wars in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Congo, in addition to the starvation in tens of countries, in addition to nature catastrophes, in addition to the greenhouse effect, in addition to the killing of animal species - in addition to all of this, someone sees the worst thing of it all, a thing so terrible that it is totally unheard of! - A JW reading in the Bible at the bank!
Wow - is there no end to all terrible events heaping up on us? What will be the next thing? - A JW TALKING about his or her faith?
Steve, LOL, where did I say I assumed any of those things? It's just a theoretical discussion, barely small talk, no big deal.
Well, I remember a girl I once knew, Karen Kunde, got fired for constantly reading watchtower mags in between waiting for customers. She felt it was her right as long as work was kept up. Religions is controversial, Medical school is not. There in lies the rub. Karen was fired for not getting approval for assembly time off. She got verbal approval, but the supervisor said she did not. She knew it was because of her stubbornness in reading religious propaganda on work time. God will cost you in the end. And he never pays reparations. LOL but he sure takes 10% No Questions Asked.
As for those who say you can do what you want as long as your work is caught up, I really do not care about what people do unless I am the employer, but as far as dubbers go if they want to be true to the crap they spew, then they should ask the supervisor if it is ok to read propaganda if there are no customers. If they are given the thumbs up fine, but if not its stealing plain and simple as far as dubber rules go. But we all know they take the rules they like and dismiss all that they do not at the same time as telling others what the rules are. They are Hypocrites first class almost to the one.
JWs are just damed.
Hey, if I ran the bank, I'd rather they read the Bible than played some Gameboy. Not a lot to do when you have to stay at your post. I once had a job with HOURS of down time, no customers-I just had to be there IN CASE someone needed me-and after I cleaned every conceivable thing, made sure the supplies were ordered, etc, etc, I was STILL not allowed to read a book or magazine. On a Sunday-8 hours, 2 clients in an office that was pristine. IT WAS SO LAME. They were thinking small. "The more you know" and all that! I agree about the blue collar attitude.
Lets not pick on the JW bank teller.
Ok , my take on 'reading the bible in public'.
I do believe it reinforces the fact that 'I am holier than those around me' it is a showy thing to do....a bit like praying in public.
I read the W/A on the bus etc... and I DID feel that those around me were 'no where near as holy as me'.
This is what I feel now... looking back at that time....READING BIBLE STUFF in public makes you self -righteous...yes that's what I was.
Leave it at home read it in private...pleeease!
...just my Humble opinion!
...guess i would of made a perfect elder had i been a bloke! LOL
