Fake Knock and Other Sneaky Tactics During Field Service

by sacolton 67 Replies latest jw experiences

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  WTWizard

  I never got away with the fake door bell ring, since someone always listened for it. I have, on the other hand, attempted the UPS Door Ring--leaving before the householder has a chance to respond. Invariably, the other group members insisted on going back, and waiting until the householder had a chance to reach the door. Rather, I tried to dog the presentation so the householder would not be interested.

  I have, however, done some hanky panky witlessing at a bookstore. One day, we were assigned by the group leader to go to a major bookstore with a pocket full of wastes of paper. Everyone else in the group tried to reach other customers who were trying to browse through books. Instead, I headed for the science section and started browsing for books myself--steering toward areas where no one else was there. Needless to say, I placed precisely zero that day.
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  yknot

  My sitster and I started doing faint knocks when we were teenagers and covering the opposite side of the street from my parents.

  My brother and his peers did 'paper-route' witnessing, tossing out rolled and banded literature as they passed each driveway

  It was the pioneers who taught me how to fake RVs and Bible Studies.
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  verystupid77

  Did you ever do the fake knock and sister or brother supper zealous was with you and said I do not think they could hear that and then they banged on the door so loud that you just wanted to crawl away. Of course it was your door and the HH was so pissed and you had to explain why you were there and of course they thought you were the one who knocked.

  Oh the good times that we had in service.
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  wha happened?

  oh and keep in mind the idiots who would just keep knocking and knocking and knocking....
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  Edington

  The 'pioneer walk' was a special skill learned by pioneers in my cong'

  While every one else was walking a normal pace the pio's walked only half as fast & it was alright cos' the Circuit overseer said it was OK as it made the territory last.

  It was like one of those special effects used in advertising when evereyone is whizzing along but the person in focus is walking normally, bizarre.

  Then there was another trick the pio's used of knocking on one door in town & then walking to the next town to do a call then walking all the way back to do another.

  Ed
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  bibledike

  I did the light knock and a pioneer sister was with me. Then she confronted me about it, but the crazy part about it I wasn't even scared. I was like okay. She was like well it sounded like you didn't even want to knock. I guess my body was working faster than my mind. I didn't even think that I was slowly fadeing away.
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  isaacaustin

  I never, ever would have thought of the fake knock. As a child it was horrible to knock at the door and have it answered by my classmates (I was already made fun of by everyone- this just gave the kid more to talk about). Although I am not exactly sure how I would have pulled off a fake knock being that I was with an adult. I remember once working with a 'weak' JW who didn't want to be out in service (I was 14 or so and at this point not wanting to be out myself). He told me if there were any houses I didn't want to do he understood. And he would knock very lightly...and if the door was not answered in 10 seconds we were off. And then the walk to the next house would slow down considerably.
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  verystupid77

  Then there was another trick the pio's used of knocking on one door in town & then walking to the next town to do a call then walking all the way back to do another.

  I am learning so much on this sight. I thought that this was just something only the hall that my husband and I pioneered in did. I know that may sound stupid.

  I used to drive me nuts because we pioneered in the country and the territory was 150 miles one way and 50 miles the other way. We had 10 pioneers and they would make a call in one place and then drive 40 miles to the next call and then back to where we had just came from. We would leave town and drive 70 miles for one call come back to town and pick up someone drive 40 back the same way. It was so crazy. All the Gas and where and tear on the car which was always our car. My husband hardly worked because he was the only elder and the hall needed him so I worked one or two jobs plus pioneered and I was exhausted. None of the other pioneer would give us a cent for gas.

  I always felt like such a idiot, it was a small town of 2000 people and everyone in the world knew we were doing the service this way. The worldly people in town joked about us wasting time and gas. I brought it up many times to the CO and he thought it was just fine. I told him how exhausted I was and that no one was helping with money for gas. It was like oh well you are only severing Jehovah not men keep that in mind.

  No one wonder I was so depressed. I was very depressed to the extreme where I thought of suicide. I never could understand why I was so depressed in the true religion that brings such joy. I passed out in service because I was just too tired. I left to go outside because I did not feel well and sit in the car. I passed out on the back pouch and the sister I was with didn't even come to check on me as she was inside with a study and God forbid that she spend the time to make sure I was not dead. She did tell me she heard me fall latter on.

  I know the brothers at Bethel do not care, I have told them. This just shows to me so clearly that this is not the life saving work that they say it is.
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  isaacaustin

  VS- not at all is it a life-saving work. The Brooklyn brass know it is not. If it was they would not use such a slow, painstaking, inefficient method to talk to no one (as no one is home). Those at home cut you off with a 'not interested' before they hear the message. If the brass beleived this to be 'the truth' they would get their message out en masse in such a way that even those not interested could not help but to be exposed to it.
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  sacolton

  I'm sorry, but when the monthly magazines have topics like "Grooming tips for your pets" ... how is that spreading the Good News?