My cong were all copycats

usualusername

I am not an expert in control groups but my cong had this odd habit of copying each other in weird ways:

Jobs
Window cleaners. Taxi drivers. Black cab driver. Driving instructors. Zilllions of pyamid schemes.

Clothes
Brothers found a cheap suit store. Within 2 months half the brothers all had the same looking suit. One brother bought a tan/black satchel. Hey presto we suddenly have 30 folllowing suit.

Wives
Black wives became the fashion for a while.

Health
Too many diets and pills to mention!

Is your current cong the same or was your old cong similar?

blond-moment

Yup, the worst one was Avon Roses purfume. Holy stench batman. Then there was the atkins diet, everyone talking about how many ketones in their urine. The diet pills and vitamins crazes. Wing tip shoes. Haircuts etc.

Too bad they don't play follow the leader out the front door and away from the WT.

cantleave

Yep a car park full of 3 series BMWs

Disillusioned Lost-Lamb

It's like witlesses are all a bunch of dub-doppelgangers.

We shouldn’t be surprised though, that’s the way wash-towel (mother) wants it; we’re all so much easier to control when we’re alike.

Star tiger

Oi cantleave,

I've got a 3 series BMW, and absolutely hate the Witnesses, is it because in the states these cars are cheap as chips, lol!

In England they are about $50000 dollars

I'll get rid of it if it idenifies me with one of those evil people!!!!!

Regards,

Star Tiger

Morbidzbaby

YES!!! Pyramid schemes/Multi-level Marketing schemes...diets (HerbaLife, Inner Cleanse...ugh), Mary Kay, Avon... Plus a plethora of cleaning business of all kinds...window washers, carpet cleaners, general house and business cleaning... If one found a way to make money, pretty soon the "market" was saturated with other JW's trying to jump on board. Little do they realize that most of the market had already been "tapped", since they're only allowed to associate with other JW's lol. Pretty soon, Sister Showoff is going to get tired of holding Pampered Chef parties and ordering from every sister in the hall.

the_raisin

Morbidzbaby, my own mother was one of those loons into the pyramid schemes. First it was Tupperware, then Herbalife, then some other company. She never did learn.

In my experience, the things that were copycat-ted the most were hair styles and briefcases :p For the younguns I believe there was a fad of colorful pens and notebooks.

stapler99

"Alternative" health care was quite popular in the congregations I attended (homeopathy etc.).

My cong were all copycats

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