I'm in a major UK city, and we're assigned to an out of city location for our District Convention.
To set the scene this site is off a busy motorway (freeway). It's a football (soccer) stadium. There is nothing around aside from one petrol (gas) station which also has a tiny supermarket in it. Other than that, there's nothing. No houses, no commercial units, just farming fields. All the roads have parking restrictions on leading off the motorway and around the stadium. There is no parking other than at the stadium. Everyone either drives or goes on a coach. Nearest train station is miles and miles away.
So we've been asked to order our car parking tickets for the DC. It's one per family. Last week at the mid-week meeting I did just that. Here is the conversation...
Me: I need to order my car park ticket for my family.
ANold Elder: Fine, I'll put you on the list.
Me: So...
ANold Elder: So...what?
Me: What happens if you don't have a ticket?
ANold Elder: Haha, well you don't get in! Remember there's no parking anywhere else. That's why we're reminding all the brothers to order them!
Me: So...what about all the invites to the DC we're handing out to everyone on the door to door work. If people did respond, where would they park? I mean if there's no car park places, where would they go? *laughing* It's like saying "Please come to our district convention... err...but don't really ".
ANold Elder: .....er......*looks at paperwork*
Me: Oh dear...
ANold Elder: ...hmmmm.....*walks away*
Seriously, thousands of Witnesses engaged in a literally useless work. You can argue about doctrines, but this really, really is a waste of everyones time.
Once you start understanding how this group works then it really does open your eyes to the pointless crap going on around you.
...OUTLAW