Privileges

neat blue dog

For me, outside the JW context, that word seems to relate to something like a prison setting, where you're ALLOWED to do certain things based on good behavior.

pistolpete

like a prison setting, where you're ALLOWED to do certain things based on good behavior.

John, now that you are reinstated, you qualify to clean the bathrooms. You can start tonight. BTW, you will need some gloves because someone went outside the toilet.

pale.emperor

Isnt it funny how the "privilages" were always something nobody in the real world would want to do? Smack the label "privilage" onto it and it suddenly becomes a good thing.

Cleaning toilets
Mopping up vomit at a convention
Being a human microphone stand
Sitting away from your family to run the sound desk
Door knocking for 70 hours without pay
Cooking the CO a meal

I hated the use of the term in that context, and when I was an elder, I refused to use it that way. All the other appointed men would announce, for example, "Book Study #2 has the privilege of cleaning the Kingdom Hall tonight after the meeting". I would announce "Book Study #2 is assigned to clean the Kingdom Hall tonight after the meeting".

waton

The other term is "enjoy" as in "will enjoy the privilege" "enjoy reviewing the meeting". and "serve as/in" the congregation as POoBoE. really

enjoy dominating over the other dismayed wannabes.

redvip2000

Once you step out you really start seeing how ridiculous it is. Calling pointless work as privilege. Here take this microphone and run up and down the isle for the answers on the Watchtower study. There that's your privilege.

Meanwhile the rest of the people get to sit comfortably.

road to nowhere

The privilege was being able to get up and move around, visit on some jobs, and once upon a time meet a girl. A few times as attendant at convention I actually felt good about handling a medical issue or similar

I could fall asleep reading the WT, running mikes, or the sound box. Staying seated was nap time

Overrated

Some privileges were alot better then sitting there listening to seemingly endless crap coming from crazy clueless people.

mickbobcat

Ohhh having the CO over for dinner, lol, they treat the CO like the pope. People would fight almost to get the so called privilege of having the goof over for dinner. I remember one CO who half the congregation went out and bought Faulty Towers VHS tapes as he had them in his car and would watch them with who he was at dinner with.

stan livedeath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKaQLYPf5hM&list=PLZwyeleffqk7hc1f7CFf4I9fjVFpanvG7&index=4