What used to bug me was one of many people we used to give rides to, actually it was always a sister or a sister with kids, Sis. Blabbermouth who used to talk to everyone after the meeting until they were ready to lock the door was one of the folks my parents used to give a ride to. My mother used to gab to, but not as bad as this sister and rarely did my parents ever say anything to her llike we have to leave in ten minutes or something.
Did you pick-up many people for the meetings??
by karter 37 Replies latest jw experiences
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Farkel
:Did you pick-up many people for the meetings??
No, but I picked up people after the meetings. They were of the fair gender, mind you.
Farkel
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Simon Morley
Lots, especially the elderly. Even picked up a sr in her 80's and her own son moved to another congo to avoid helping her. We took her to more dr apts, suppers, assemblies, ect than her own miserable son and his self centred, selfish wife. There was no reason (nor did they offer one) for them to move to a neghbouring congo (same hall/dff night). Just did not like the responsibility.
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life is to short
My husband was an elder and I was an elders wife and we had to pick up everyone who needed a ride. None and I mean none of the other elders would. I was so frustrated, my husband said they would have to answer to Jehovah. Yeh so what. One family live three block from one of the elders and yet the elder assigned a sister who lived three miles away to pick up this family. I told my husband no way would I pick them up with the elder and his wife being only three blocks away.
Oh my husband and I had fights over this. The sister who would not put her baby in a car seat while ridding in our car. My husband and I would get into yelling fights over this. I had to call the insurance company over it and have them threaten to drop us unless the idiot put her baby in a car seat.
I hated picking up ones because they were all crazy and viewed us as a taxi never giving us a dime much less a thank you.
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Simon Morley
LITS: Kudos for sic'ng the insurance company on your husband. It still amazes me that as an elder I was at times I acted completely irrational and illogical and drove my wife mad. Now we are both out we laugh about my time when my brain was removed and put in storage...
NUGGET: Amazing isnt it! Rarely did I get any money for gas (although it was hard on the elderely and I did not mind helping the out). We had one elder who was so lazy he did not work blaming some fake cardiac disorder that was never diagnosed by any doctor and he took no medication. He never had a car and always got a ride everywhere by some of the R&F. When you went on vacation the cheeky bastard would ask to use your car while you were away. Talk about ingratitude!!
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Captain Obvious
I've always showed up late or just in time... Even when I was a believer. Never got asked to drive anyone! I'd say that's second best to not going at all.
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Aware!
Same as skeeter1, I would refuse to give anyone a lift. We live in a litigious world. I only did it once, but didn't know the brother lived half an hour away from me, and he didn't offer me money. I wouldn't charge someone if they lived really close to me because I was still going to the same place. I say those that can't make it should just call in and listen to the meeting at home.
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Phizzy
Over the years we picked up a good number for meetings and for F.S, most were appreciative at least verbally, I have to say.
The funny one was when we picked up an elderly sister and took her to the K.H but totally forgot to take her home ! a couple of times we forgot to pick up too, shame was it was this same sister, and I liked her, we just were useless at remembering.
We didn't get asked to do it any where near as much as others were, I wonder why ?
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blondie
I grew up in a one car family and a father who was not a jw and did not want to be trapped at home without a car. We depended on rides from jws for years. When we finally were a 2 car family, we did not mind giving rides to others. As a single sister no dependents, I continued giving rides to older jws and jws w/o cars. I always got gas money and appreciation. But I had a full car, usually 4 more people. And they didn't always live on the way, it could be a round about trail. Sometimes I barely had time to change clothes when I got home f rom work. We would some times stop after the meeting and have a treat and they would pay for me.
I found that elders and/or people with nice cars did not like to use them in field service, kids making them dirty. I was in one circuit where the CO special needs talk was about the elders putting an extra expense on the pioneers by the elders refusing to use their own cars.
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dozy
I felt responsible for the people in my book study & generally gave lifts if required. Some were friendly & gave gifts to the kids or offered petrol ( gas ) money - a really kind old sister used to bake delicious cakes for us. Others didn't even say thanks or show any appreciation at all - so I guess it was a bit mixed.
Once the ( JW ) daughter of an elderly man refused to give him lifts anymore ( he had a bladder problem & used to urinate on the car seat ) so I used to give him a lift ( polythene bag strategically positioned on the passenger seat. ) We used to pick up the old guy from a nursing home - often he would be asleep or his helpers would forget to get him ready so we used to have to wait around for him. The PO moaned once that I was not getting to the Sunday meetings 20 minutes early every week , so I asked if he would pick up the old chap or get some of the other elders to go in a rota. No offer was forthcoming , but the PO never bothered me again.
When I left the congregation I asked his new book study overseer to arrange a lift for him but he did it once & never bothered again as he didn't want the smell in the car , so the old chap didn't get to the meetings any more. He died a couple of years later never having attended another meeting. So much for Jehovah's Loving Organisation.