Do You Try To Avoid The Witnesses If Possible? (page 2)

Bodhisattva1320

when i move.. i always call the kindom hall and put my new address on their do not call list. i hate to see children soliciting religion - it really bums me out.

Finally-Free

I am firm, smiling and slightly rude.

The downside to being only slightly rude is that many JWs are too stupid to take the hint. Now, if you were more like me they'd avoid you like the plague.

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jaguarbass

I dont answer the door when they knock and I dont argue with the walls when they dont.

parakeet

I live in a different area from my dub days. It's nice to be anonymous when it comes to dubs.

Yeah, I don't know one dub in Georgia where I live so it's not much of an issue. When they come to my door or if they approach me in a parking lot or at a gas station I just say firmly that I am not interested. I try not to be super rude because mainly I feel sorry for these fools but I make it clear that I''m not interested in their literature or talking to them about their religion.

I see some extended relatives occasionally that are JWs. I do not talk to them about anything related to JWism. I know one of the last times I saw my uncle he started trying to tie the bad economy into talk of the "last days". I just changed the subject.

Alpaca

I too do not live in the same area that I did during my days in Dubdom. Now, I live many states away.

In 10 years I have had only 2 contacts with them. One "contact" if you can call it that, was a tract in my door. The other was an older guy who was working with maybe 6 other people on the street passing out invitations to the Memorial...he rang my doorbell and I just politely refused.

I couldn't care less at this point...they are just a non-issue to me. It might be different if I was still living in the same place.

What is really funny is that whenever I drive past one of the half dozen KHs in this area and see them in the parking lot either before or after meeting, they all look so surreal. It's almost like a clip out of Ozzie and Harriet or better yet "The Lottery"...at the beginning of the flic everything looks normal. They all look the same and they all look so "perfect"....perfectly dressed, perfectly groomed, living in their perfect fantasy. For Christ's sake they even walk the same!!!!

What a frikken' waste of time that was.

chickpea

i dodge 'em if i see them before they see me
otherwise if they catch me out in public, i limit
any convo to just passing comments...

my fave thing to say when asked how i am doing
is to say, really great, hope the same is true for you...
gotta fly, mate.... take care

in my defence, as if i need one,
rarely am i out on errands at a
meandering pace..... i usually
have several missions to accomplish
and since they have nothing to say
i actually care to hear..... mazalama, mama

WTWizard

I disfellowshipped them. I know all they care about is getting me to the boasting sessions and out in field circus, and I do not feel like wasting my time explaining to them that I am not going back. Especially when they do not view any reason as good enough.

LouBelle

I don't actively go in search of them. If there are witnesses that I knew in the same shop as me, I'll walk past and treat them as strangers, if they greet me I'll be polite and greet back. They are too awkward around me.

keyser soze

It depends who they are, and in what setting. If it's a situation where I know the conversation will turn into "what congregation do you go to, now" or "have you been getting to the meetings", then yes I try to avoid that altogether.

Do You Try To Avoid The Witnesses If Possible?