by truthseeker 16 Replies latest jw friends
Having done field service in the UK, I preferred working streets as opposed to blocks in the US. Working "blocks" was confusing, as more often than not, we would have no idea which way to go, or how far to go. At least with a street, you could work over and over and completely cover it, and not have to write "stopped at 125 XXX Ave"
Which do you prefer?
I liked blocks because the end seemed closer; we had long streets.
Blondie
i preferred blocks, because apparently armageddon was "just around the corner..."
bethelight
I preferred Dunkin Donuts! Maverick
actually, what am i saying... service sucks!!! the only good thing about it, was, when i was a kid (before the donation arrangement), if i placed a set of magazines, i got to keep the 70 cents and spend it on whatever kids spent 70 cents on in the 80's
Breathel
preferred Dunkin Donuts
Especially when it was just around the corner at the end of the block.
I actually preferred rural territory; I sometimes only had to go up to one door in 2 hours if we had a car full.
Blondie (who took no dog houses)
Well, Truthseeker,
I was raised on a hillside in Kentucky. I didn't know what a "block" was until I was about 17. Like Blondie, I liked the rural areas where you had to out run the dogs and you would meet a bearded man behind the house working in "bib-overalls" that had common sense. I still have regrets of the crap I told and studied with those people. Oh well, it's over now.
Elmer
I prefered remote rural areas, where houses were few and far between, and there was a nice picnic spot and swimming hole for a break.
I preferred the country side too, very long farm lanes which took a half hour each way to walk them. Though the dogs being set on us often freaked me right out, plus I was the 'guide' as a kid for a dear old soul of a brother who was totally blind from near birth.
The elders locally wouldn't let us wear wellington boots even though many of the lanes were rutted and covered in deep cow shite and mud and water, they said it would be too disrespectful, we had to turn up in our best meeting shoes, idiots. You can imagine the farmers reaction, most of them guffawed at our obvious ineptitude, posh suits an all. Nuts.
Town I couldn't stand working, meeting all those people when knocking on doors was the last thing I wanted to be doing, walking long lanes, even with the mud and packs of dogs leaping up was much more preferable, at least you had your field service case if they got too angry and could use it to give them a whallop if not a sound boot if they menacingly snarled around you too much.
Glad its ruddy all over.
I didn´t care as long as it was far away from home. Minimising the risk of meeting someone I knew. Rural was best for that reason.
