“The cleaning crew went through me albums while I was working...damn snoops turned me in to the home overseer ... they were most upset over the images on my Pink Floyd Album, The Wall. They asked my what I planned to do with them. I asked them what they wanted me to do with them since I never [listened] to them (my record player was broken). They said I had to decide what to do to with them and then let them know.” —Biff McFly
Really? I suppose their point was, we’re going to tell you what you did wrong and we’re going to let you decide to do the right thing...or else! What would have happened next had you not done the right thing and hid them? Seriously, you had a few options. You could have sent them home, or to someone else, to hold for you while you were away...or you could have destroyed the albums and burned the jacket...or you could have kept the albums and burned the jacket. If it was the images only, would they have objected to the albums? Anyway, as the Chad Mitchell Trio noted: “If Mommy is a Commie, then you’ve got to turn her in!”
BTW, did the cleaning crews have the authority to snoop on residents? When you signed whatever agreement you signed, did you surrender your rights to privacy? What if you’d had a safe, would they have objected to that?
“I think what is often forgotten is that JWs are constantly reminded that this is God's organization! So, you expect much from the so-called House of God (Bethel).” —JoePublisher1
Which brings up a thought. What happens if someone honestly questions the church at Bethel? Also, if you see GB members in a library, the lunch room or in the hallway, are you free to speak to them or are you told not to speak to them? In some companies or corporations, you’re told not to even make eye contact with top executives. But let’s say one speaks to you first and then you ask, “By the way, Brother Jones, anciently the Lord spoke through apostles via the Holy Spirit. Is the church still led that way in our time? Even though there are no more apostles, we do have a General Body. Do they have the same sort of inspiration as the ancient apostles?”
Would you be disciplined or would the brother try to explain the answer? In short, how large was the rift between the rank and file employee or volunteer and the upper crust?
“My most disturbing Bethel experience was when my husband hooked up with someone else’s wife and I was not allowed to sit in on the judicial meetings to hear what he had to say or to keep him honest about the nature of our relationship. And then how he wasn’t disfellowshipped, although he never asked me to take him back and clearly told me of his intention to be with her.” —Mocha Latte
This is an amazing story. A man who commits adultery and then isn’t “cut off,” or excommunicated. Especially when he finds solace in the arms of a married woman! Add to that that you have no input into the case makes it even worse. Did they attempt to take any action against you, and what kind of divorcement agreement did you make? Did the church decide your alimony or did you go before a civil judge?