in service...

topic posted Mon, September 10, 2007 - 1:43 PM by  joel
here's a question for everyone:

what's the silliest thing that's happened while you were in field service? me? there's the time i started talking about music videos b/c the kids were watching mtv. or the times i ran into friends or teachers from school. the top one though was when i said "thank you please come again" after placing a set w/ some woman. i had just started working @ mc D's & had their meme stuck in my head. i wish i could have said something cool like "all your base are belong to us" or "gonads and strife", but no...

"thank you come again"

anyone else do dumb stuff on some stranger's porch early in the morning???

j
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joel
Albuquerque
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    Wed, September 12, 2007 - 2:40 AM
    LOL, yeah - I remembering having a brain fart right after I got married - I hadn't gotten used to my 'new' last name. I remember at my first door in feild service after my wedding, I went to introduce myself and all I could say was "I'm sorry, I forgot my name." It was too funny! I'm sure the householder thought I was insane.
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      Wed, September 12, 2007 - 7:27 AM
      One time I was talking to this lady at the door and a cat ran into her house and I said something like "cute kitty" and she goes - very flatly - "that's not my cat". I excused myself, so that she could chase the neighbors cat out of her house.
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      Mon, March 3, 2008 - 4:29 PM
      > I'm sure the householder thought I was insane.

      yeah, but they thought that as soon as they saw the copy of the watchtower in your hand.
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    Wed, September 12, 2007 - 4:16 PM
    this didn't happpen to me, but the kitty story reminded me of it:

    my mum, who's now a regular pioneer was @ a house once & a dog walked up to her. she petted the dog & worked through her presentation. as this was happening, the dog peed on her leg. just lifted up & let it go. she told me the story w/ a laugh & all, but it's still pretty funny to me...

    j
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      Wed, September 12, 2007 - 6:29 PM
      OMG, dog stories!!!!

      YEARS ago, when I was pioneering, one of the other pioneer sisters I went out with a lot was about 6'1" tall and BIG boned, not fat but BIG. She was terrified of dogs. I remember one time, a dog came charging out of the house we were at and she grabbed me, literally picked me up and threw me in front of her like a shield (she was one strong chica!). It was crazy!!!

      At another door, all she heard was the sound of a big dog barking through the front door and she took off running across the yard(amazingly agile she was for her size too!), terrified that it was gonna come through the door to "get" her. She completely destroyed the bush the people had planted next to the door when she plowed through it...we had to leave a note (since they weren't home) telling them we she would replace it.
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        Fri, November 2, 2007 - 11:19 AM
        One time i made a childish bet with a friend of mine who was as 'crooked' as i was - the bet was that i could place the magazines, and wouldn't take no for an answer. We knocked and they're like, 'not interested', i asked, 'why not, it's free, it's information, i won't bother you anymore, who can go without a little advice, look at the title it's relevant to today, you might find valuable information and be thankful later'... etc. I won! ha. Then one time they didn't open the door, they just said "we're Catholics here!" and my boy whispered to me, "j-dubbs here, let's fuck them up!" haha. We just walked away. Oh and one time, a drunk guy answered claming to be Perez Prado, a famous Mexican singer. We we're like, nice to meet you, have a nice day.
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    Sat, November 3, 2007 - 9:06 AM
    How about people that answer the door naked?

    HELLO! What is up with that?
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      Sat, November 3, 2007 - 3:50 PM
      When I was 17, In Nevada, we went in service to some of the Whorehouses, as the ladies lived there, and, well, you gotta witness to everyone. Most embarrassing? One of the ladies said "Your cute!" and then proceeded to offer me a "free one."
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      Mon, November 5, 2007 - 9:12 AM
      come on now... you MUST know whats up with the naked people answering the door!
      they do it to freak out the jws...
      have your non jw friends ever admitted that they do that?
      mine have...
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        Mon, November 5, 2007 - 6:18 PM
        I would NEVER answer the door naked. Now, suitcocking, or prhaps a kilt and a boner? Yes!!!
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          Tue, November 6, 2007 - 8:58 PM
          'suitcocking' ???
          what in the world is that??
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            Wed, November 7, 2007 - 12:34 PM
            Well, "Shirtcocking" is what alot of old farts do @ burningman (some young farts too) which is just wearing a t-shirt and no pants, We tried to do somethin even sillier out there, wear a nice suit, and just whip it out of your zipper...
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              Wed, November 7, 2007 - 2:00 PM
              I for one have never ever seen 'shirtcocking' at the Burn, but I had a good giggle when I read your description of what it meant.
              Thanks for making me laugh, its been an odd day, I needed it!
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                Sun, November 18, 2007 - 11:52 AM
                Once in field service, the guy at one door said he believed in fairies and dragons and I automatically said, "Yes, lots of people believe that, but have you ever considered..." Meanwhile, the brother I was working door to door with looked at me like I was insane...
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                  Mon, November 19, 2007 - 1:56 PM
                  Fairies and Dragons! haha, yes of course, is there a reubuttal for that in the Reasoning Book? haha.
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                    Wed, November 28, 2007 - 2:27 PM
                    I used to go out in service alot.... as in almost on a daily basis. I've gotten my name confused with the person I went to the door with...... and one time I had a guy tell me he didn't believe in imaginary friends.
                    I took that as an insult, as I was 16 or so at the time.... I truly thought he was insulting me, until I became an atheist, and then it struck me what he meant. lmao
                    Now I am just agnostic. Two many archetypes out there, for me.
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          Wed, November 28, 2007 - 2:22 PM
          hahahahhaahaha
          I got kicked out for joining the Navy.
          THat remindes me, of this one time, I was getting ready for work, and had this huge boner.....:) The recruiter came to my door, my wife answered..... I walked up to the door in nothing but my boxers, and thought the poor guy was going to have a heart attache. I forgot about the boner, and couldn't figure out at first, why he had such a f-ed up expression on his face.
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        Wed, November 28, 2007 - 2:19 PM
        Why is it always naked men? I would have gotten a cheap thrill from a naked woman answernig the door. :) But alas it never happened to me.
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    Mon, March 3, 2008 - 2:13 PM
    I used to be the Bell Captain at the Hilton Hotel in Pleasanton, CA. About a decade after I had quite that job I was in service one morning. I knocked loudly on the door and yelled out loud... "BELLMAN".

    Fortunately no one ws home!

    My wife was laughing hysterically for over half an hour and we finally just went home.

    :-)

    Thomas

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