my first shunning (more or less)

by zev 4 Replies latest jw friends

  • zev
    zev

    yep....

    i work on the automile in norwood, mass.

    it happened yestered. had to return a part for gwen's father van while we contemplate what to do with the van. needs a widow regulator. i had bought the gear tape that frequently fails on those models, but it turns out it needs more than that.

    anywho, a jw from my old hall is the service janitor manager there. it was only a matter of time before we crossed paths. previously, he never saw me in there. his time he did. he was looking over the top of his terminal when i strolled in. we locked eyes. i have NO DOUBT he not only recognized me but formulated his stragedy quickly.

    as i was waiting for a credit to my visa, "dino the dink" (as we have called him in the business for years) made every effort to attract my attention, including walking right behind me and taking down various posters that were hanging around the parts counter. i ignored him, though i could see him in the reflections of the glass around me

    that was tantamount to shunning, because knowing him he would have come up and gave me an attabay slap and hey how are you doing. (its been nearly 3 years since i've seen him, and i know he was asking a fellow eployee about me not so long ago and how i was doing) he couldn't bring himself to do it.

    poor dubs. i feel bad for them. although i don't feel bad about what happened yesterday, cause its programmned in them to behave worse than animals.

    so......"dino the dink" if your reading this........g'day to ya!

  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere

    Yeah, one of my favorite first shunnings was by someone my family helped into the WTS. Oh Irony, Oh Irony!

  • mouthy
    mouthy

    Zev I bet he keeps thinking abut it.

    The first time I was shunned -it was by a woman that used to tell all ---I was her spiritual Mum. Her 3 kids all called me their Gran. We spent so much time together -I know they all loved me. But I went to the Market & she saw me ( after it was announced)-went as white as a ghost & turned & ran away......Havent seen or heard from her since....

    Poor souls....Imagine the guilt they MUST feel!!!

  • XQsThaiPoes
    XQsThaiPoes

    the sad thing it is guilt mixed with fear. The fear they will be shuned and chastised for talking to you. Now I don't know all situations but there are some people that I would shun, but could not because they were elders. Now that they are DFed I will shun them whole heartedly. But I can't see enforcing shunning people by decree. It should be promoted a conscience matter like it is on paper (I know there is no new light on dfing I am saying the wt hides from the word shun and never likes to explain how dfed people are treated to the media).

  • GermanXJW
    GermanXJW

    Why didn't you approach him?

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