I've been wondering if this is just something that's done in my area, or if people do it all over.
Every year on Memorial Day, a lot of people meet for FS and then when they break into groups, they all discuss which cemeteries they are going to "work". Every major cemetery in the city is divvied up. The idea is, they take a stack of small tracts (usually the What Hope for Dead Loved Ones) and they basically park the car in the cemetery and walk around handing them out to the mourners. When they've made the outside loop and then all the inside aisles, they move on to another cemetery.
In other words, a person could be at their mother's grave crying and planting some bulbs, and a JW will walk right up to them and say "Good morning, I'd like to leave you something to read. It talks about the bible's promise of a resurrection hope for our dead loved ones."
Now, as a JW, I was still uncomfortable with this. These people are remembering that those they loved are gone. They are visiting to memorialize them. And in comes someone to stick religion in their face. At that time, their own religion is probably what strengthens them.
Now, as an ex JW, I think it's downright horrible to bother people like that. Worse than bothering them at their homes. Much worse. It's more personal. I was talking to my bf about it last night and he actually got angry. He asked me not to tell him anymore about it and compared the JW's with Westboro Baptist Church in their methods. Basically, you don't tread on someone else's grief in order to push your own agenda. You just don't. I fully agree with him.
Anyone else have this in their area?