What's the most ridiculous thing you were ever counselled on? (page 13)

watch the tower

At bethel, there is a rule that you can only put 3 items max on any flat surface. I guess this is so that the housekeepers can dust the surface without much hassle. Anyways I had a boombox with the detachable speakers on my desk along with 2 other items. This is 3 items right? Wrong. I got a call from the home overseer one day and got counseled for having 5 items on the desk. When I told him it was only 3, he told me that the speakers counted as 1 item each so there were 5.

uuuuugghhhh. Why did we ever put up with this crap??

RichieRich

One time last week (lol), i didn't allow the POs ~~spies~~ daughters to hang with me at the state fair. And then I said I hated them...

What's so wrong with that?

watch the tower

I get herded into a full judicial committee for flirting with a clown. I kid you not. On second thought could there be anything worse than flirting with a clown?

OMG, LOL! I lost it on that one!

lucky

Someone in my pioneer school told me I looked like a JCrew model. I took this as a complement at the time, but apparently not everyone was so keen on the fresh-faced, preppy look. The elders counselled me that I should get my hair cut and get a perm (I had waist-length thick blond hair), start wearing makeup, and not wear such long skirts. I guess they preferred that I look like someone out of a ten year old JCPenney catalog, like all of their wives.

Spectre

I was pulled into the back room once and an elder was absolutely livid with me since he found out that I was taking a life drawing class. He didn't say so but I know he thought that after the class I was going home and masturbating after seeing an ugly naked hippy guy. A week later another elder was added and he was much more level headed about it. However, when I showed up on a sunday to read the watchtower a few weeks later, I found that they had found someone else to replace me.

carla

This is one thread I am going to print! (along with my many others) Maybe I should get it bound up all fancy. Think Bethel could do it for me?

SPAZnik

It's a toss-up between:

Talking about my problems to an older wiser woman who encouraged me with practical, relevant help.

Loving someone of another belief system.

AuldSoul

Watching Star Trek. Spock's mind meld ability was clearly spiritistic.

W. Baker, of a Marietta, GA congregation, once kindly instructed me to "dumb down" my comments at the meetings. He used the example from 1 Corinthians where a visitor might not understand what was being said. Of course, I was speaking English...and the verses in 1 Corinthians were about people speaking in foreign tongues. Looking back on it, I think my comments made him feel stupid.

fokyc

Eric Beveridge from NY Bethel came to our congo to give a special talk with slides,during a short break he quietly asked me if I could get him a glass of water, which I did.

At the end of the meeting a couple of elders took me on one side to tell me that I shouldn't have got the water as I wasn't a servant in the congo.

fokyc

sandy

My Dad just told me that my brother was counselled for having his sports team flag on the car.

What's the most ridiculous thing you were ever counselled on?

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