most rude behaviour experienced from elders...

by Albert Einstein 13 Replies latest jw friends

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  Albert Einstein

  What was the weirdest and most rude thing you experienced / witnessed from elders?

  My favourite one is called George. He was a PO in the cong, where I became an elder (I was young and absolutely unexperienced). He was an old dictator-like guy.

  The other day, 60 years old, divorceed, very spiritual and very proud sister came in the KH to George, complaining about a mistake he did (she was right...).

  George didnt know what to say (because she was right) so he looked at her like she was an insane child and said in front of others: "Rita, you know what your real problem is? You need a guy!" Turned away and left...

  Rita complained to a CO, and CO gave to George private counsel, and later told me ... "You have to watch over George, he cannot behave like this..."

  That time I was absolutly confused, today its just funny and ridiculous... I have so many stories about George....

  Albert
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  african GB Member

  They are mostly rude to those who don't go out on FS regularly, miss meetings to watch sport, and don't comment during the meetings.
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  jamiebowers

  An elder was chastising a young pioneer sister for refusing to take a low paying job. She shut him up by asking, "Could you live on minimum wage?"
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  bluecanary

  I attended a bookstudy in New Orleans once. Every time one elderly brother commented, the conductor would find some way to tell him he was wrong, even though he just answered from the info given. This happened four times! It was a very blatant prejudice.
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  QuestioningEverything

  Two days after I was reinstated, we attended a circuit assembly. One elder who seen me(he attended a different cong.) said,"yeah, I heard you were reinstated, hope you stay that way." WTF!!! He was an arrogant, pompous a**hole.
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  chickpea

  the guy came to the KH i attended
  as a widowed MTS hotshot and for
  a time he really did energize the congro...

  he stayed, gratis, at our summer cottage
  for nearly 2 months until arrangements
  came together with a rental belonging to
  another family in the congro i attended....
  he totally trashed the place, using every
  dish and glass, and believe me there
  were many sets of dishes there as it
  had been my in-laws party palace...
  never took out garbage, etc etc....
  
  he was nice enough but totally unschooled
  in manners... when he was CO subbing, he
  used another congro member's cabin and
  NAILED BLANKETS over the window into
  their paneling, ate straight out of the jars
  in their refrigerator.... a real house ape....
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  darnkid

  How 'bout being literally on the brink of suicide because of mental/emotional/sexual abuse by your husband and being told you have no grounds to leave him?

  Course, the elder that told me that was later disfellowshipped for adultery.
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  lalaa

  One time I had gone out in field service and one of the elders looked and me and said "what are you doing here?? I guess armageddon is happening today.
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  OUTLAW

  Watching a room full of them all pissed up(Drunk) on vacation..And..Having a young woman come and sit on they`re laps so they could be all elderly..Ya Right!

  No amount of liquor could make you believe,they were just trying to be good guys..

  They acted like children who thought they could get away with anything because they had position..

  It was disgusting to watch..

  .......................OUTLAW
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  shamus100

  NOw,

  They are not all like that. But the bad ones.... WOOOOO! They were bad! OMFG, I could tell you stories...