Creative House-to-House Time Wasting Manuevers

by Black Man 27 Replies latest jw friends

  • Check_Your_Premises
    Check_Your_Premises

    Man the light has really come on for me. This is why they are always showing up at my house. All the time! They just say, "oh we were just in the neighborhood. Don't mean to bother you. Blah Blah Blah." They were using me to pad their hours!

    I will have to find a way to use this to my advantage. I think I will go out in service with my newly dunked wife. That will kill two stones. It will build up trust in my wife's cult identity. I can also drive them absolutely batty by pushing the pace. "Come on! Lets go to some more doors! WHat, break already?! We only talked to a few people?! Step up the pace, why are you oh so superior jw's who look down on me being outpaced by an awful unbeleiving mate!!!"

  • Scully
    Scully

    CYP writes:

    Man the light has really come on for me. This is why they are always showing up at my house. All the time! They just say, "oh we were just in the neighborhood. Don't mean to bother you. Blah Blah Blah." They were using me to pad their hours!

    I will have to find a way to use this to my advantage. I think I will go out in service with my newly dunked wife. That will kill two stones. It will build up trust in my wife's cult identity. I can also drive them absolutely batty by pushing the pace. "Come on! Lets go to some more doors! WHat, break already?! We only talked to a few people?! Step up the pace, why are you oh so superior jw's who look down on me being outpaced by an awful unbeleiving mate!!!"

    Believe it or not, you have to be Approved? to join them in their Door-to-Door? work. Which requires that you Study? with them first. There are procedures to follow, you know.

    Besides, if you go with them, where will they go to when they have to use the bathroom?

    Here's an idea: Next time your wife goes out in service, and they stop by... invite them in. Tell them you have coffee ready. Get them into your living room, where you have a nice big ouija board open and ready to go. They'll stampede outta there and never bother you again.

  • tijkmo
    tijkmo

    that is an interesting scenario though isnt it....if you want to go with your wife in fs cos of the risks?? involved and cos you love her...what could they do about it....dare you to try

  • Shania
    Shania

    I knew a pioneer who would find unbaptized people at the hall on Sunday and talk to them before and after meeting and count that as service time..............that's easy service, they come to you.........pretty smart huh? Then you get in a service group with children and talk about the great teacher, that way you don't have to get out of the car and go door to door. Then I knew of a grandmother who would only spend time with her grandchildren if she could study with them and count her time...........mind you their parents where in the religion.............but grandma wouldn't spend fun time with the children, only spiritual time so she could count her time.................is this love for your grandchildren or what?

  • czarofmischief
    czarofmischief

    Just take somebody who isn't baptized yet along with you. Even breaks count then.

    CZAR

  • Max Divergent
    Max Divergent

    I can't believe how stupid I was... fuck... I remember taking days off work and going from sun up to past sun down knocking on doors ON MY FUCKING OWN FOR GOD'S SAKE... I could have gone to the fucking pub, got pissed and counted the same fucking time and nonone would have known the fucking differece... what a fucking moron I was...

  • Englishman
    Englishman

    I've actually clocked up 3 hours without speaking to a soul. We'd usually kick off by putting a leaflet through a door, then go out into the country where there were miles to walk between houses. Then drive back, another leaflet in another door, into the pub, voila, I'm a pioneer!

    Englishman.

  • orangefatcat
    orangefatcat

    My best manuevers were going out in to the country and do witnessing. Now as you all know how many homes there are in rural territory . What maybe you can count them on your fingers. So after starting your time at 8 AM by going for coffee and toast, leave a magizine on the table or where they place the newspapers. Then after 15 minutes you go out side of resturant and stand like a pole and place a magizine or track with a person or as earlier stated in the window wipers of an automobile. Next drive for half an hour to territory. Take out your house to house record sheet. Print slowly and neatly the directions to the territory, the lot number if found if not make a full description of the house or farm . Don't forget to count the horses and pigs. Next gather your book bag make sure you have the latest mag. and then slowly walk up to the door and knock. Oh no no one is home. Shuffle back to the car while petting the dogs or cats.

    They are mammals too. Next get back into your car. Make a notation that no one was home. Neatly return it to the book bag. Now start the car and drive another half hour back to the service arrangement. After arrangement make sure you bring someone not baptized so you can count this time. Next after prayer saunder back out to the car with your service partner. Oh would I pick up sister so and so who lives 10 miles away as she couldn't make it to the group, she slept in and the kids were late for the bus and her car broke down and she needs to get out so she doesnt' have to listen all day to her winey kids. Next return driving carefully to the rural territory oh say 20 minutes away. Sister so and so says I have to leave early today cause the kids are all alone. Okay we'll stop at 11;30 that will give you two hours and you drive down the country road admiring all the pretty scenery, stop and see the animals close to the fence, mention aboiut Jehovah's creation, still counting time.. Oh gee its close to coffeee break, do you have time or should I just take you home. Oh no I have time for a coffee and whatever.

    Meanwhile continue speaking about the service so everyone hears you in the resturant. Smile at the waitress and tell her you have someting she might like to read. Still able to count time through coffee break. After 30 minutes you say oh my I didn't realize so much time went by. Well I will get you home and then I will travel back to the territory and finish that last house on the concession. 45 minutes. away.

    Lalalala, slow down its lunch time. Pull over under lovely trees. Take out lunch. Eat smile and wave as people go by in their car, probably your not at homes are at home now.. Oh well I will come back tomorrow and see if I can get them home.

    Lady and dog coming down the road. Good I can count my lunch hour. Leave her a pamphlet. Book bag is too far away. Talk for 20 minutes about creation. Oh are you a JW, yes I am. Well I told the last JW not to come to my house any more . Oh what house is yours? The last one on the street. Oh okay well let me come up to your house when I am finish eating and I will make sure that no more witnesses come to your door. I don't have my pen handy to take down your address and particullars so give me a bit and I will see you soon. After eating lunch cleaning up and getting the wrinkles out of your skirt and fix your hair and make up you go to the last house. Oh gee that lady likes to walk its about 15 minutes up the road. Oh gee my speedometer isn't working. Darn need to get it fixed. May be do that this afternoon. Go back to town half an hour away. Stop go into convinience store and then the laundry mat at the end of the strip mall and leave two mag. Wow what a morning, its two oclock. Oh gee I can go home now. Lay down for a rest and count my hourss up for the day lets see started at 8 am and worked right throught til 2pm gee thats six hours. Gee where oh where did the day go. Saunder back to car to go home. Oh there is sister needs to know everything across the street.. After standing for an hour talking to her I need my rest. You know what I had the magaizines in my hand the whole time I was talking to sister needs to know everything , wow thats another bonus hour. Now I have seven hours in. Back at home finally get out of car slowly as neighbour is working in garden, may be I will chat with her. We chat chew the fat, talk aboiut gardening and mention about Jehovah's creation. Oh now I have another hour gee I am having a great day now I have eight hour.

    Tonight we go to the study, oh that will give me at least two more hours. Oh I am just having a fabulous service day. !0 hours .

    Tomorrow at kingdom hall be sure to tell everyone about your productive witnessing the day before. I just had a thought I have all my service time in for the month. I can take the rest of the month off. lets see what is todays date. Its the first of the month. just think I have my 10 hours for the month. I am as free as a bird for the rest of the month. Next month I think I will do the same thing. And I did.

    I am such a good publisher. Maybe one day I might pioneer. I will think about it.

    How was your serviice for the day or rather the month.???

    All in the life of a ex jw.

    Orangefatcat.

  • the_classicist
    the_classicist
    Or standing at a door for up to 5 minutes when you know nobody was there.

    When I was a kid, I used to think that people did that because they wanted to make sure someone was home or else that person would be in a bad situation at armageddon and their blood would be on that JWs head. That was the impression, I wonder if it was really true for most people who did that.

  • jillbedford
    jillbedford

    I was a regular pioneer for 5 years, never missed my time. I wasn't quite as creative as some who have posted here.

    We met for service at 9a and got to the first door at 9:30a. This was always a previous not at home, so it was quick, not at home again. Then we would head out to territory in another county, no KH in the county, was previously unassigned. This was a one hour drive. Now 10:30a. When arriving, we would due a few houses, then break for coffee, at 11:00a, sometimes this would be back in home territory, another hour drive, but usually it was close in the territory. This was always extended beyond 15 minutes, but always counted time as we would leave a couple mags somewhere. Then back to territory for a few more houses. It is 11:30 or 11:45a. A few more houses, or one house, then back to KH, one hour drive back. Arrive at KH, 12:45p head to return visit. After return visit, ask car group if they have any more return visits. If there are no responses, keep driving until someone comes up with one, this lasts to about 2:00p. Now it is bible study time, head to old folks home, they always tolerate this kind of thing and welcome the visit. "Study" with 93 years old, who can not hear, or read, from 2:15p-3:00p. Head back to KH, drop off afternoon field service group, do one last return visit before returning home, ending time at 3:30p. This counts as 6 hours. I needed to get 90 a month. So this process was repeated 4 days a week. Sunday afternoon, Friday and Thursday were spent doing cleaning work. Of course this was the only work any of us were qualified for as no one had any education, except from the Watchtower and Awake!

    Upon return home, get out home school materials, all self taught as parents who were also raised JW do not have any higher education. Look into math books that you are failing the courses and have no one to help you with..... But of course, this does not matter as the system will end soon. In the meantime you will find a wonderful Bethelite brother who will marry you and the two of you can pioneer together. Even though this is a step down for him, to leave Bethel, he will make this sacrifice for you. He will accept his new position as a regular pioneer elder with his new assignment in a congregation where the need is great. The two of you will live off the charity of the local congregation in your little trailer parked behind the new kingdom hall, that you helped build last weekend. But this is all temporary as the system will end soon, and you will have a beautiful home in the new system. If you would like to see a picture of it, you can look in the "Live Forever" book.

    Looking back, I can not imagine this life, but this was all I knew.

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