We left them alone. We knew all we'd do was piss them off and ruin any chance of getting them to open the door some other time. It was a blessed day to stay home and R&R.
Virgogirl
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Did you ever go out in Field Service on Thanksgiving or Christmas morning
by pratt1 in.
i never had a problem with going door to door except for the holidays.. one, i felt like we were intruding on our neighbors who set aside time be with their loved ones.. two, it just made me feel more different and jealous that i was not celebrating the holidays with my family.. any thoughts?
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Well that explains it! Wierd guy at work
by Virgogirl inwe have a very strange guy at work, d. he's in his 40's, lifelong bachelor and wears his pants pulled up real high.
he's a perfectionist for following all the company rules to a t and promply snitches and tattles on everyone he drives a huge 4door car that seems a bit out of place for a single guy.
he is usually sour and scolds people he passes.this morning, i walked up on a conversation he started with a female employee.
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Virgogirl
I know what you mean, Miss Peaches! I never liked this guy. Everyone thinks he's mean because he's such a tattle. Now, I find all the dislike's gone out of me. I just feel sorry for him, for the miserable life he has that comes out in his personality, and for the anguish he may have to go through when he discovers it's all for nothing. My feelings about him have changed and I will be more forgiving. Dan, I was often pissy and crabby, too, as a "Witless" girl! My dad called me Craberta the Crab because I was usually down in the mouth and gloomy. By the way, I grew up in Indiana, next door to Ohio!
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Well that explains it! Wierd guy at work
by Virgogirl inwe have a very strange guy at work, d. he's in his 40's, lifelong bachelor and wears his pants pulled up real high.
he's a perfectionist for following all the company rules to a t and promply snitches and tattles on everyone he drives a huge 4door car that seems a bit out of place for a single guy.
he is usually sour and scolds people he passes.this morning, i walked up on a conversation he started with a female employee.
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Virgogirl
I am pretty sure he is, coming out with remarks about Armaggedon coming soon, but I will really have my ears open now! Do you think non JW's gleefully chat about Armageddon, or am I premature?
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Well that explains it! Wierd guy at work
by Virgogirl inwe have a very strange guy at work, d. he's in his 40's, lifelong bachelor and wears his pants pulled up real high.
he's a perfectionist for following all the company rules to a t and promply snitches and tattles on everyone he drives a huge 4door car that seems a bit out of place for a single guy.
he is usually sour and scolds people he passes.this morning, i walked up on a conversation he started with a female employee.
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Virgogirl
We have a very strange guy at work, D. He's in his 40's, lifelong bachelor and wears his pants pulled up real high. He's a perfectionist for following all the company rules to a T and promply snitches and tattles on everyone He drives a huge 4door car that seems a bit out of place for a single guy. He is usually sour and scolds people he passes.This morning, I walked up on a conversation he started with a female employee. D: "Smile, K! Why aren't you smiling!" K: "Because smiling causes wrinkles and I don't want any wrinkles!" D: "Well, Armageddon's coming! Just wait! After Armageddon, you won't have any wrinkles!" Girl "K" couldn't wait to run away from wierd BROTHER "D" for, apparently that's what he is. Why hadn't it even crossed my mind before? Wierd, sexually repressed, obsessed with following rules and unable to have a normal conversation? This "K" girl is attractive and I guess it was his clumsy way of starting up a chat with her, mentioning the marvels Armaggedon will bring!
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Chewing Gum at KH
by stillajwexelder inthe elders frown upon chewing gum at the kingdom hall and we have had a locals needs part where it was mentioned.
is/was chewing gum at your hall a no-no?
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Virgogirl
Oh, so chewing gum is linked to "behaving indecently!" We had a couple of old coots who liked to clip their fingernails too, during the meetings. Woke me up sometimes, lol!
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My Prediction: More Elders, Ministerial Servants & Pioneers Will Be Removed
by minimus inbecause of this college rule.
i know many family "hads" that have decided that they wanted to have their children go to school.
i know of some older ones that have gone to community college to get a degree so as to have a better paying job.
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Virgogirl
OK, so I wonder about those who recently finished college? And their parents who condoned it and helped them go? Will they have to repent and be sorry about going?"
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Elders' School
by Cellist ini was reading sir82's thread on the recent elders' school and he mentioned them learning how to use the index in the new od book.
does anyone remember the elders' school in 1986 or 87 (i think) where the whole two days was spent learning how to use the new "watchtower publications index 1930 - 1985".
at that time i had the same reaction as sir82 just had .... duh!
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Virgogirl
Oh, hahaha, proandcon! Didn't have my glasses on and I thought you said, "Sure would've been better with live demons!"
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Am I a lost cause?
by Virgogirl ini've been faded for many years now.
my parents are very active and often mention missing my phone calls because the meeting ran late or they went to dinner afterwards with the "friends.
" yet, they never try to coax me back, or in any way plead wwith me to return before it's too late.
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Virgogirl
I've been faded for many years now. My parents are very active and often mention missing my phone calls because the meeting ran late or they went to dinner afterwards with the "friends." Yet, they never try to coax me back, or in any way plead wwith me to return before it's too late. They are elderly and I'm their only child. This strikes me as strange! Wouldn't a parent be pushing hard to bring their child back to the meetings, if they truly believed the end was near? Maybe they don't 100% believe in it themselves, or they don't think the end is near?
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While You Were A JW, What Things Struck You To Raise Your Eyebrows?
by minimus ini'll never forget the time the circuit and district overseers told the elders that from now on the elders would be solely responsible for all judicial matters and that if anyone was going to get sued, it was not going to be the society.
at that point, the 2 overseers laughed outloud.
i knew we were going to get screwed for sure because the watchtower society was already setting us up.
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Virgogirl
When the CO was coming for a visit, all the rivaling elders would scramble to bend his ear first! They all wanted to give him the lowdown on the others they didn't like and win his favors. Snagging him to have dinner before he had even officially arrived in town was a coupe. My dad said you could tell who'd got to him first because of the way he treated you! My dad was always the talked about black sheep because he didn't join the mad scramble to suck up. I wondered how all the slander and backstabbing could be coming from the true religion.
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The GREAT tribulation
by PoppyR indoes anyone else remember horror stories about the great tribulation and what they would do to the witnesses etc.. i remember this being the big topic of conversation for years, then like lots of jw doctrine, they quietly swept it out of the arena, and now it's never mentioned.
i remember pioneering with a girl who couldn't sleep at night and kept praying she'd be strong enough to endure it!
i actually have a talk on tape from a member of the gb where he spoke about ministers swinging from lamposts.. gruesome or what!!
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Virgogirl
They scared us almost to illness from the platform before 1975, helping us to "mentally prepare ourselves." We were told to expect electrocution and beatings and that praying to Jehovah would distract our minds until we mercifully passed out to escape the pain. I had such awful nightmares as a child! I had a beloved cat I talked about in the cargroup once. The elder turned around to me in the back seat and said, "Don't you know, your kitty is just an animal and wouldn't hesitate to eat your flesh during the tribulation if she was hungry?" I never forgot that remark.