From laundry mat to laundry mat

by donny 19 Replies latest jw experiences

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  donny

  About three years ago, I was walking past a local laundry mat and I noticed some of the Society’ s publications laying on the chairs by the window. So I walked inside and found an Awake from 1995 and a Watchtower from 1989. The latter one was funny to me because I was still in the organization when it was released.
  
  I couldn’t help but be shocked at how old these magazines were. Back in my day, the magazines I left behind were rarely over a year old, let alone 20. I have since noticed this is not an isolated incident.
  
  I was in a laundry mat a few months ago and I heard a man say "Why are you looking forward to 1975? How's that looking forward?"
  
  I realized that he was looking a magazine from the late 1960's! Obviously some Witness thought he was doing a good thing by sharing these pamphlets of truth.
  
  Or was it a devious act? Did some former JW decide to clean their home of this unwanted clutter and left it there to sow mass confusion. Muwahaha!
  
  In my JW time I had about 20 magazines per issue allotted for my field service activities. Of course I rarely placed that much and hardly ever recouped my 25 cent per mag investment. As a result the stockpile of magazines would grow as I placed them in a container in the garage.
  
  Then every few months me and one or two other publishers in similar circumstanses would gather them up and spend several hours on a Saturday going from laundry mat to laundry mat offloading the stockpile in hopes that someone might see the light or at least use them for kindling.
  
  How many years of magazines did/do you have piled up in the garage or closet and what eventually became of them?
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  Glander

  I remember JW's who were very superstitious about disposing of accumulated liturature.

  Littering a laundry or similar dumping spot made them feel like they were "witnessing".
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  DaCheech

  glander, I know of quite a few witnesses who will not under any circumstance trash old mags!!!!

  They also are reserved at leaving the current mags for free, so leave accumulated mags in the laundromats
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  cobaltcupcake

  I used to throw my extras away after they were 6 months old. Never felt like it was a bad thing. Maybe I was just callous.
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  Glander

  cobalt with that attitude, no wonder you are here
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  vajeni82

  Laundromat witnessing was always my favorite! I never had to talk to anyione and it looked good on my time sheet.

  When I left, I still had the hang up about not throwing away the books, so I boxed them up in a coat closet.

  Unfortunately, my apartment building's drain backed up. Wouldn't you know it, the only things ruined were those boxes! All that crap was literally covered in crap! Not only did I get rid of it once and for all, but the landlord's insurance paid me a replacement fee of $150.00 and I got all new carpet in my hall and living room! Score!
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  Glander

  lol what did you use to plug the WC?
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  wha happened?

  yea it was easy placements and time doing these laundramats. I still have a pile of mags going back to the late 80's. I need to go through and pull certain ones and trash the rest when wifey isn't home
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  Glander

  "This good news of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the Nations...and then the end of the rinse cycle will come...time is short...better grab a dryer.."
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  outsmartthesystem

  I recall making an entire morning out of driving to laundrymats and leaving magazines. boy was I making Jehovah proud!

  I also agree with Glander. The superstition about how to dispose of the literature is amazing! We were cleaning out once and I started to throw old magazines away.....my wife nearly had a heart attack. She said "I can't believe you would throw letters from Jehovah in the trash!" So I said....ok.....we'll put them in the fire pit. She nearly passed out. "You can't BURN the magazines!!!!!!!" Then what the hell am I supposed to do with them?