Do You Have the "I Was Just A Publisher" Mentality? (page 2)

OrbitingTheSun

I was just a publisher, but I never expected to be more than that.

minimus

Sometimes, still having the "I was just a publisher" attitude shows up here.

teenyuck

Sometimes, still having the "I was just a publisher" attitude shows up here.

Well of course it's going to show up. Most people were just publishers. Most never reached the exaulted ranks of elder or pioneer or (gasp!) special pioneer. As Scully and Orbiting pointed out, being female we were told we were second class citizens, needed to be in subjection, needed our husbands guidance, yada, yada, yada. GAG. As for the men who exhibit that attitude, as has been pointed out on other threads about elders, being an elder meant priviledges and *specialness* the average Joe publisher was not going to see. (But secretly wanted to; most just refuse to admit it) Old habits die hard. The rags that we passed out and that crap we read every week made it quite clear you (all of us) were a brainless twit and were to do as told and like it. Like any insidious thing, it creeps up and next thing you know you are repeating the same stuff even after you left. It's embedded in the harddrive.

rocketman

GAG

Pretty much my wife's sentiments teeny. She regularly gagged on Proverbs 31, a/k/a , as she'd put it, the "job description for women".

rocketman

Oh, and my wife also used to GAG at prayers when the person saying it would say "Bless the elders, and the Ministerial Servants, and the Pioneers". She'd ask, "how come no one says 'bless the average publisher"?

integ

It's all a crock of poohey.

Thanks,

Integ.

minimus

What is "poohey"?

undercover

Adding to that, having been one, I got the feeling that there was something uncomfortable about it. I always just wanted to be 'one of the boys' and to just be liked, but often times, being an elder got in the way of that to some extent.

I was an MS. Appointed at an early age. Earlier than anyone else in my peer group. I didn't get big-headed about it(as best as I can remember). I always felt undeserving actually. But all my buddies(so called) started to not include me in weekend activities anymore. Can't have the MS along. He might counsel us or tell on us. After they were appointed later, it kinda went back to normal but I remember that not being "one of the boys" was not fun and I felt left out somewhat.

plmkrzy

"just a publisher"

No

I could never understand why we were called publishers in the first place. We were distributors.

primitivegenius

I was an MS. Appointed at an early age. Earlier than anyone else in my peer group. I didn't get big-headed about it(as best as I can remember). I always felt undeserving actually. But all my buddies(so called) started to not include me in weekend activities anymore. Can't have the MS along. He might counsel us or tell on us. After they were appointed later, it kinda went back to normal but I remember that not being "one of the boys" was not fun and I felt left out somewhat.

amen to that been there done that, and being the po's son i caught crap for every little thing that went wrong and i was supposed to KNOW better. and i never deserved crap tho i did pretty much act right most of the time but poof ms poor regular pioneer...... and all the while told by an elder................. well the highest position we can own to is being a publisher in jahs orginazation........................ YEAH WHATEVER wheres my boots it sure got thick in there

Do You Have the "I Was Just A Publisher" Mentality?

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