Ozzie's Weekend Poll # 135

by ozziepost 15 Replies latest jw friends

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  ozziepost

  G'day all,

  Well, what a week! Health problems have been our overriding concern but, as the song says, "I'm still standing!"

  How's things been with you? Ready for the weekend, eh?

  Here in Oz we've 'enjoyed' watching yet another TV program exposing the WT empire, again on the issue of its protection of paedophiles and its harsh treatment of abuse victims.

  Now though, it's time to rest a while and share in our regular weekend poll. So, are you ready?

  This weekend's poll question is:
  

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  What was the biggest hindrance to attending all five meetings?

  1. Getting home from work and rushing to be on time for the meeting.
  2. Getting the kids ready on time.
  3. Children's school homework.
  4. The boss wanting me to work overtime.
  5. Getting the small children to the midweek meetings.
  6. Children out late at mid-week meetings.
  7. So who wants to get up on Sunday morning in Sunday best clothes?
  8. The weather!
  9. Other (please detail)
     

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  So tell us, what did you find? let us know and don't forget............................

  Enjoy!

  Cheers, Ozzie (permanently upside-down class)

  Freedom means not having to wear a tie.
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  stevenyc

  Hey ozzie, hows it hanging?

  What was the biggest hindrance to attending all five meetings?

  For me was boredom, getting to the pub on time for last orders, and taking girls out somewhere far more pleasant.

  steve
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  yesidid

  When I was in I didn't mind the meetings.

  When I didn't believe it anymore I stopped going to meetings.
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  Max Divergent

  iThere were just better thinks to be doing... eating, drinkng, sleeping, JWDing, just sitting, watching Sunday, walking the dog, going to Macca's, making mad passionate love, howling at the moon... all sorts of things....
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  JW83

  For me, definitely schoolwork & tv! When I was doing the HSC I used to get home from the meeting at 9.30 pm & do more work!! Definitely no time for recreational activities! And I used to miss the last half of Seinfeld
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  blondie

  What was the biggest hindrance to attending all five meetings?

  • Getting home from work and rushing to be on time for the meeting;

  this could be true. I had one job where I worked until 5:30, drive home ½ hour; shower, change, eat, grab books and leave by 6:30 to get to a 7:00 book study; time set for the convenience of the conductor. I didn?t have children or a husband and always wondered how families coped.
• Getting the kids ready on time; no kids; I know of several elders that blamed their being late on their children; children grew up, moved out, elders still late, duh.
• Children's school homework; I can remember staying home a few times to do homework, yay!
• The boss wanting me to work overtime; unfortunately, my overtime rarely interfered with meetings, rats!
• Getting the small children to the midweek meetings; I must have slept a lot during the meetings, don?t remember much until I was 10.
• Children out late at mid-week meetings; I can remember dragging at school on Fridays after a late Thursday night
• So who wants to get up on Sunday morning in Sunday best clothes? Who cares what I wear on Sunday, I?d wear my Sunday best clothes if I got to stay home. I hated that there was never a morning I didn?t have to get up early. I can remember sharing a KH and having afternoon meetings. 99% of the congregation took that as permission to sleep in; no one showed up for field service. Knocking on doors Saturday am is bad enough but Sunday am!
• The weather! Sometimes a blizzard or a tornado watch/warning or below zero weather would cancel a meeting. It was amazing how among several congregations in the same area, several would cancel and others would dog ahead. Now would Jesus have stayed home?
• Other (please detail) Having a non-JW father can be helpful if he decides to leave Thursday for a long weekend out of town with the family. I knew one family in my congregation that only went to the Tuesday night meeting for weeks. People were surprised to see them on the rare Sunday.
• Also I knew a family with six kids and it seemed like one was always sick. One parent had to stay home, guess who?
• But first and foremost the biggest hindrance to attending meetings was the unrelenting, boring, repetitious, content and delivery of the parts.

Add to that the unloving behavior of many attending. Shunning, gossiping behind your back, snide comments to your face.

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Hoping for continuing good things for you, ozziepost.


Love, Blondie