Ozzie's Weekend Poll #104

by ozziepost 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  ozziepost

  G'day all,

  How's it going with you this fair weekend? Downunder we're having a fine but very cool time. The news for us is very sobering (the Bali bombing convictions, etc), Sydney Airport's going to have a 500 million dollar re-fit to equip it for the new double decker Airbus in 2006 and Bethel's very quiet this weekend.

  So, what shall we do to pass our time together? So, get yourself a cup of coffee or better still, crack a bottle of shiraz, and reminisce togetther.
  This weekend's poll topic is:

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  How important were placements to you?

  1. Very important, especially the magazines.

  2. Very important, especially subscriptions. (especially a double sub)

  3. Very important, especially books.

  4. Fairly important.

  5. Essential to getting "privileges".

  6. Essential for keeping the elders off my back.

  7. Not so important

  8. Never bothered.

  9. What's placements?

  10. Other (please detail)

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  So what do you reckon? Let's share.

  Enjoy.

  Cheers, Ozzie (of the upside down class)

  Blessed are the bewildered - for they won't notice!
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  Leolaia

  I think #6 applies to me. 5 hours on my report sucks, but having quite a few placements for such few hours would seem to make up for that.
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  Lehaa

  Well you'd have to go out witnessing to place.

  Seeing I did no report for years I guess, #7 . Not so important.
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  blondie

  There was a time back before the early 70's when publisher quotas were still monitored, not just 10 hours, but 12 magazines, 6 RVs, and 1 bible study was touted, that placements meant something to me. But when they dropped the quotas, I didn't care what I placed. It did matter than I had already paid for the stuff and needed to place it to break even, but even that didn't matter.

  I would hear people say "I placed 10 magazines this morning" knowing that this person would never return to follow up on the placement. Every time I see a WT book at Goodwill's, just as pristine as the day it was placed, I think of all the so-called placements and how many "seeds" were never opened.

  I loved have a good discussion with people. When others would say, "I placed X magazines," I would say I had 3 good Bible discussions with people. What did you talk about with those people? I knew they had just said as excerpted from a JW joke "Here's magazines, you need, 25 cents."

  Blondie (#10 Other)
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  JH

  6. Essential for keeping the elders off my back.
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  ozziepost

  publisher quotas were still monitored, not just 10 hours, but 12 magazines, 6 RVs, and 1 bible study

  Ahh, those were the days!!!

  I think that subconsciously those quotas, although not officially described now, are still in the minds of many, especially elders when considering recommendations for appointments in the congregations.
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  Soledad

  for me it was all about placing the magazines. I remember when I was about 10 I had spent an entire Saturday morning ringing bells, walking up steep hills, being chased by dogs and I didn't place 1 magazine even though I had spoken to many people. I came home and my mother asked me how it went. I sighed "I didn't sell one magazine!" you should have seen the look on her face--as if the devil himself was in our living room!! "You dont SELL magazines, you PLACE them! Never say you SELL magazines!!"